Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joanna Shimkus |
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Birthdate | October 30, 1943 |
Birth Place | Canada |
Age (in 2024) | 81 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Movie Actress |
Joanna Shimkus is best known as Movie Actress who has born on October 30, 1943 in Canada. Currently, Joanna Shimkus is 81 years, 1 months and 14 days old. Joanna Shimkus will celebrate 82nd birthday on Thursday, 30th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Joanna Shimkus upcoming birthday.
Notable for her roles in the French-language films Les Aventuriers (1967) and De l'Amour (1964) and in the 1968 British movie Boom!, she is perhaps most famous as the wife of the acclaimed American film actor Sidney Poitier.
She began her entertainment career as a Paris-based fashion model.
In the late 1960s, she appeared in three films directed by Oscar winner Robert Enrico.
Born in Nova Scotia, she grew up in Quebec as the daughter of an Irish-Canadian mother and a Jewish-Lithuanian father. Her marriage to Poitier began in the mid-1970s and produced daughters named Sydney Tamiia and Anika.
She and her husband acted together in the 1969 feature The Lost Man, sharing the screen with Al Freeman, Jr.
Joanna Shimkus is 81 years old today.
Joanna Shimkus was born on October 30, 1943 in Canada.
Joanna Shimkus zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Joanna Shimkus was best known as Movie Actress.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joanna Shimkus's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. |
1975 | Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). |
1980 | El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice. |
1983 | The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held. |
1983 | A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead. |
1985 | Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. |
1991 | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. |
1995 | Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty. |
2005 | The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. |
2013 | Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India. |
2014 | Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine. |
2014 | Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas. |
2015 | A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured. |
2020 | A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings. |
2022 | A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people. |
1984 | The birth of Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player |
1985 | The birth of Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper |
1986 | The birth of Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor |
1987 | The birth of Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer |
1987 | The birth of Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy |
1988 | The birth of Janel Parrish, American actress and singer |
1989 | The birth of Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress |
1990 | The birth of Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Marcus Mariota, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Devin Booker, American basketball player |
2013 | The death of Bill Currie, American baseball player (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Michael Palmer, American physician and author (b. 1942) |
2013 | The death of Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Renée Asherson, English actress (b. 1915) |
2014 | The death of Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Al Molinaro, American actor (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (b. 1974) |
2015 | The death of Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (b. 1972) |
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