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Joanna Shimkus

Popularity: 3.737
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1943-10-30
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Also Known As: Joanna Schimkus, Johanna 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...