Joanna Shimkus

  • Known for: Actor
  • Date of birth: 1943. October 30.
  • Place of birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 wo...

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