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Joanna Marie Shimkus [1] was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, [4] a Jewish father of Lithuanian descent [5] and Marie Petrie, [4] a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. [6] Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. [7] She attended a convent school [8] and was brought up in Montreal. [9]
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the first Black Oscar winner, married Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus in 1976 and had two daughters. They shared a loving and respectful relationship, despite the challenges of interracial marriage and Hollywood.
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Joanna Shimkus was born on 30 October 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Zita (1968) and The Uninvited (1969). She was previously married to Sidney Poitier.
- October 30, 1943
Aug 7, 2021 · Joanna Shimkus is a Canadian-born actor who met her husband, Sidney Poitier, on the set of "The Lost Man" in 1963. She has two daughters who are also in the entertainment industry, but she stopped acting after 1972 and focused on her family.
Joanna Shimkus or Lady Poitier was born on October 30, 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. While her mother was a homemaker, her father served in the Royal Canadian Navy. Her father had Lithuanian-Jewish roots, while her mother was of Irish descent.
Actress Joanna Shimkus standing against a mirror and wearing a black cashmere sweater with white lacing and tiny white grommets down the sleeves and... Actress Joanna Shimkus wearing long-length wool knit tunic with fleurs-de-lis yoke and matching pants by B.H. Wragge-Stitches; wide, Echo knit...
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Joanna Shimkus is a Canadian film actress and the widow of Sidney Poitier. She starred in films such as Boom!, The Virgin and the Gypsy, and The Uninvited, and has two daughters and three grandchildren.
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