Joanna Shimkus

Joanna Shimkus Poitier (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian-Lithuanian actress. She is the widow of Bahamian-American actor and diplomat Sidney Poitier.[1][2]

Joanna Shimkus
Born30 October 1943 (aged 82)
Nationality
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
(m. 1976; died 2022)
Children2, including Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Her best known movie roles were in Boom! (1968), The Lost Man (1969), The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) and A Time for Loving (1972).

References

  1. Sandra Brennan. Joanna Shimkus. The New York Times (2008).
  2. Guy Flatley, Philadelphia (10 November 1968). "Sidney Poitier as Black Militant". The New York Times: D15.