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Joanna Shimkus

Film Actress | * 10/30/1943 (80) | Halifax, 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seducti ...

The Virgin and the Gypsy

R

1970 | 1.0/5 | 1h 35min
Drama, Romance / Love
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The story of an apartment in Paris and the various people that occupy it over the years. ...

A Time for Loving

Certification unknown

1972 | 2.0/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy
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Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie ...

Zita

Certification unknown

1968 | 2.6/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a liaison. She leaves her home. Her boss takes her to the Côte d'Azur. They get closer during the long voya ...

The Uninvited

Certification unknown

1969 | 3.1/5 | 1h 55min
Drama
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Movies with Joanna Shimkus as Actress(13)

as herself2022 Sidney
as Joan1972 A Time for Loving
as Lisa Alren1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Yvette1970 The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Cathy Ellis1969 The Lost Man
as Anne1969 The Uninvited
as Bénédicte1968 Ho!
as Annie1968 Zita
as Miss Black1968 Boom!
as Laetitia1967 The Last Adventure
1966 Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
as Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")1965 Six in Paris
as Sophie1964 All About Loving

TV Shows/Series with Joanna Shimkus as Actress(1)

as herself1965 Dim Dam Dom

Movies with Joanna Shimkus as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2022 Sidney

Full Name: Joanna Shimkus
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Saturday, 10/30 1943 (October) in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) (current age: 80 years + 179 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Spouses (current/former): Sidney Poitier
Other names for Joanna Shimkus (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joanna Schimkus"
"Johanna Shimkus"
Joanna Shimkus frequently works together with these people:
Robert Enrico (6x, Crew)
Jean Boffety (4x, Crew)
Claude Chabrol (3x, Crew)
Michel Legrand (3x, Crew)
Éric Rohmer (3x, Crew)
José Giovanni (3x, Crew)
François de Roubaix (3x, Crew)
William Klein (3x, Crew)
Pierre Pelegri (3x, Crew)
Paul Crauchet (3x, Actor)
Jean Douchet (3x, Actor)
Marie-France Boyer (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:155999, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024