Tantoo Cardinal
| Tantoo Cardinal | |
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 Hand print, Aboriginal Walk of Honour, Edmonton AB |
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| Born | Rose Marie Cardinal July 20, 1950 Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal, CM (born July 20, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress.
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[edit] Career
Cardinal was born in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Her mother, Julia Cardinal, was a Métis of Cree descent.[1][2] She has played roles in many notable films and television series, including Spirit Bay, Dances with Wolves, Black Robe, Legends of the Fall, Smoke Signals and North of 60. She was cast in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mini-series By Way of the Stars with Gordon Tootoosis as The Cree Chief and Eric Schweig as Black Thunder. It was shot in Uxbridge, Ontario.
In 2009, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada, as a screen and stage actress, and as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company".[3]
On August 23, 2011, Cardinal, Margot Kidder, and dozens of others were arrested while protesting the proposed extension of the Keystone Pipeline.[4]
[edit] Filmography
- Every Emotion Costs
- He Comes Without Calling
- Marie-Anne
- Places Not Our Own
- Death Hunt
- New Day - New Horizon
- Running Brave (1983)
- Loyalties (1986)
- Candy Mountain (1988)
- War Party (1988)
- Dances with Wolves (1990) - Black Shawl
- Black Robe (1991) - Chomina's wife
- The Lightning Field
- Where The Rivers Flow North
- Spirit Rider
- Silent Tongue (1994) - title role
- Sioux City (1994) - Dawn Rainfeather
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) (TV)
- Legends of the Fall (1994) - Pet Decker
- Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) (TV) - Turtle Mother
- Grand Avenue
- Silence (from 1997)
- The Education of Little Tree
- Smoke Signals (1998) - Arlene Joseph
- In Jest
- The Hi-Line - Singing Bird
- Navigating the Heart
- Postmark Paradise
- The Lost Child
- Dodson's Journey
- Edge of Madness
- V-Day: Until the Violence Stops (2003)
- A Thief of Time
- Dreamkeeper (2003) (TV miniseries) - Old Pawnee Woman
- The Space Between All Things
- Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way 2-DVD Set (2007)[5]
[edit] Television
- Tales of an Urban Indian
- By Way of the Stars (1992)
- North of 60
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- 500 Nations (1995) (TV miniseries)
- Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery - Sacagawea (voice)
- Big Bear
- Windy Acres
- Moccasin Flats
- Spirit Bay
- H2O
- Mom, Dad and Her (2008) (TV film)
- Dear Prudence (2008) (TV film)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/7512.html
- ^ "Tantoo Cardinal". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001987/. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ "Governor General Announces 57 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. December 30, 2009. http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13469. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ "Margot Kidder arrested at White House oil protest". CBC News. 23 August 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/08/23/edm-keystone-xl-oilsands-protest-kidder-arrested.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.nativespiritinfo.com
[edit] External links
- Tantoo Cardinal at the Internet Movie Database
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]
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