Personal Info
Joanna Schimkus
Johanna Shimkus
Joanna Shimkus
Acting
Biography
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
Movies
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
as Self
Sidney
as Self
A Time for Loving
as Joan
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Lisa Alren
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Yvette
The Lost Man
as Cathy Ellis
The Uninvited
as Anne
Woman in Chains
as Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
Ho !
as Bénédicte
Boom!
as Miss Black
