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Shirley Cheechoo
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn January 1, 1952 (74 years)
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez.
She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
Filmography
| 2008 | MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lemonde |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds · as Betty |
| 2000 | Johnny Greyeyes · as Shirley |
| 2000 | Backroads · as Ruby |
| 1997 | Song of Hiawatha · as 1st Old Woman |
| 1996 | The Rez (TV Series) · as Simone Crow |
| 1996 | Place of the Boss: Utshimassits · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Medicine River · as Candy |
| 1983 | Spirit Bay (TV Series) · as Cast |