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Dim Dam Dom1965* 8.0
Sidney2022* 6.9
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?1966* 6.5
Woman in Chains1968* 7.0
Ho !1968* 6.3
The Last Adventure1967* 6.9
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker1971* 4.2
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood2023* 3.6
The Lost Man1969* 4.3
Boom!1968* 5.9
A Time for Loving1972* 5.0
The Virgin and the Gypsy1970* 3.1
All About Loving1964* 4.7
Six in Paris1965* 6.6
Zita1968* 5.0
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard2025* 6.0
The Uninvited1969* 6.1
Montparnasse et Levallois1965* 4.5
Idoli controluce1965* 10.0
Joanna Shimkus
ActingBorn 30 Oct 1943 · age 82Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Joanna Marie Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Jewish father of Lithuanian descent, and Marie Petrie, a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent school and was brought up in Montreal.
She made her debut in 1964 in Jean Aurel's film De l'amour. (She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's short "Montparnasse-Levallois," his contribution to the anth…
Known For & Filmography
Dim Dam Dom1965* 8.0Sidney2022* 6.9Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?1966* 6.5Woman in Chains1968* 7.0Ho !1968* 6.3The Last Adventure1967* 6.9The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker1971* 4.2Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood2023* 3.6The Lost Man1969* 4.3Boom!1968* 5.9A Time for Loving1972* 5.0The Virgin and the Gypsy1970* 3.1All About Loving1964* 4.7Six in Paris1965* 6.6Zita1968* 5.0A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard2025* 6.0The Uninvited1969* 6.1Montparnasse et Levallois1965* 4.5Idoli controluce1965* 10.0Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.