Sidney Poitier & Joanna Shimkus – 44 Years

Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus and Bahamian-American diplomat and actor Sir Sidney Poitier have been married for over 44 years, and they are still going strong. They raised two beautiful and amazingly talented daughters such as themselves. Poitier was the first African-American actor to ever star in a Hollywood movie, and he was also the first-ever colored man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor of the film, Lilies of the Field. Meanwhile, Shimkus was a popular actress from the sixties to the seventies, appearing in films like The Lost Man, where she worked with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Her last appearance was in the movie, A Time For Loving. Overall, this power couple had such impressive careers, and now it is up to their promising daughters to continue their legendary careers. These days, the loving couple would spend time with their adorable grandchildren, one from Sydney Tamiia and two from Anika. With Sidney’s net worth of $25 million and Joanna’s net worth of $1 million combined, these lovebirds no longer have to work to continue living the high life, giving them self credit for all the hard work they’ve done all these years.