Joanna Shimkus

Personal Info

Birthday

October 30, 1943

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Also Known As

Joanna Schimkus

Johanna Shimkus

Joanna Shimkus

Biography

Joanna Shimkus Poitier (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier, and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Lithuanian-Jew and Marie Petrie, a Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent school and was brought up in Montreal, Quebec.

Known For

The Last Adventure

The Uninvited

Ho!

Six in Paris

A Time for Loving

Woman in Chains

The Lost Man

Zita

Filmography

2022
Sidney
as Self
1972
A Time for Loving
as Joan
1971
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Lisa Alren
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Yvette
1969
The Uninvited
as Anne
The Lost Man
as Cathy Ellis
1968
Woman in Chains
as Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
Ho!
as Bénédicte
Boom!
as Miss Black
Zita
as Annie
1967
The Last Adventure
as Laetitia
1965
Idoli controluce
as Alexandra
Montparnasse et Levallois
as Monica
Six in Paris
as Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
1964
All About Loving
as Sophie