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Joanna Marie Shimkus (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier married Joanna Shimkus, a Canadian actress, in 1976, and he told PEOPLE in 2016 that "my wife and my children mean the most to me"
Joanna Shimkus is a Canadian-born actress, model and producer, best known for starring in movies, such as ‘Zita’ and ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy’. Joanna began her career as a model in Montreal and soon moved to Paris to further boost her position in the fashion industry.
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.
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier’s second wife was Joanna Shimkus, an actress he met on the set of the 1969 movie The Lost Man, in which they played love interests, Jason Higgs and Cathy Ellis. They married on...
Aug 7, 2021 · Joanna Shimkus and Sidney Poitier meet on the set of The Lost Man and married in 1976; Shimkus stopped acting after 1972 and the birth of their first child.
Jan 6, 2023 · Sidney Poitier was one of Hollywood's most celebrated actors, having brought diversity into the industry back in the 1950s. Behind his success was a controversial personal life, all until he met his wife Joanna Shimkus.
