What is Joanna Shimkus?
{{Infobox person | name = Joanna Shimkus | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|10|30}} | birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada | spouse = {{marriage|[[Sidney Poitier]]|1976|2022|reason=died}} | children = 2, including [[Sydney Tamiia Poitier]] | occupation = Actress | nationality = {{flatlist| *[[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] *[[Canadians|Canadian]]}} }} '''Joanna Shimkus Poitier''' (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian-Lithuanian actress. She is the widow of Bahamian-American actor and diplomat [[Sidney Poitier]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2008|title=Joanna Shimkus|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/65326/Joanna-Shimkus/biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615090138/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/65326/Joanna-Shimkus/biography|archive-date=2008-06-15|work=[[The New York Times]]|department=Movies & TV Dept.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Sidney Poitier as Black Militant|author=Guy Flatley, Philadelphia|date=10 November 1968|work=The New York Times|page=D15}}</ref> Her best known movie roles were in ''[[Boom! (movie)|Boom!]]'' (1968), ''[[The Lost Man]]'' (1969), ''[[The Virgin and the Gypsy (movie)|The Virgin and the Gypsy]]'' (1970), ''[[The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker]]'' (1971) and ''[[A Time for Loving]]'' (1972). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimkus, Joanna}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian movie actors]] [[Category:Canadian television actors]] [[Category:Canadian stage actors]] [[Category:Lithuanian actors]] [[Category:Actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia]] {{actor-stub}}