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Joanna Shimkus | |
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| Born | Joanna Marie Shimkus 30 October 1943 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Children | 2, including Sydney Tamiia Poitier |
Joanna Marie Shimkus [1] (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. [2] [3]
Joanna Marie Shimkus [1] was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, [4] a Jewish father of Lithuanian descent, [5] and Marie Petrie, [4] a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. [6] Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. [7] She attended a convent school [8] and was brought up in Montreal. [9]
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 anthology film Six in Paris ; it was shot in December 1963, [10] but the film was not released until 1965.) She was then noticed by film director Robert Enrico, who selected her to appear in three of his films; Les aventuriers (1967), opposite Alain Delon and Lino Ventura, Tante Zita (1968), and Ho! (1968).
She appeared in Joseph Losey's film Boom! (1968), opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and The Lost Man (1969), opposite Sidney Poitier. Her film career continued until the early 1970s, including roles in L'Invitée (1969), The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971), and A Time for Loving (1972).
Shimkus married Sidney Poitier in 1976, and they have two daughters: Anika and Sydney Tamiia, who is also an actress. Shimkus has three grandchildren; two from Anika and one from Sydney Tamiia. Sidney Poitier died on January 6, 2022, aged 94. [11]
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian–American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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