Shirley Cheechoo
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
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Shirley Cheechoo
Biography
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.
Acting
(2001)
Christmas in the Clouds
as Betty
(2000)
Backroads
as Ruby
(1997)
Song of Hiawatha
as 1st Old Woman
(1996)
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
as Narrator
(1986)
Crew
(2005)
Johnny Tootall
Writer, Director
(2003)
In Shadow
Director
(2003)
Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
Director
(2000)
Backroads
Writer, Producer, Director