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Joanna Shimkus

1943 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Shimkus is the 2,135th most popular actor (up from 2,787th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Canada (up from 207th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joanna Shimkus ranks 2,135 out of 13,578Before her are Bernhard Wicki, Richard Bull, Gil Birmingham, Jack Klugman, Mai Zetterling, and Noomi Rapace. After her are Pedro Alonso, Gina Gershon, Richard Roundtree, William Baldwin, Mayumi Tanaka, and Mel Blanc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Joanna Shimkus ranks 237Before her are Joyce Meyer, Barry Manilow, Dick Taylor, Mike Ratledge, Georgi Asparuhov, and Sirajuddin of Perlis. After her are Domenico Calcagno, Mike Leigh, Ramón Sampedro, Rashid Sunyaev, Robert Gates, and Frederick Chiluba.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joanna Shimkus ranks 176 out of 1,622Before her are Jane Bell (1910), Deanna Durbin (1921), David Foster (1949), Sid Meier (1954), Norman L. Bowen (1887), and James Gosling (1955). After her are Robert D. Hare (1934), Ethel Smith (1907), William B. Davis (1938), Lorne Greene (1915), Nelly Furtado (1978), and Christian Cage (1973).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Joanna Shimkus ranks 45Before her are Peter Cullen (1941), Nathan Fillion (1971), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Michael Ontkean (1946), Fay Wray (1907), and Deanna Durbin (1921). After her are William B. Davis (1938), Lorne Greene (1915), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Vanity (1959), Henry Czerny (1959), and Marie Dressler (1868).