User:MichaelQSchmidt/Lili Francks
Lili Francks | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Don "Iron Buffalo" Francks |
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Lili "Red Eagle" Francks is a Canadian actress and dancer who is of Cree and Afro-Canadian ancestry; she is also a member of the Plains Cree First Nation.
Her most recent role was the character of Theresa in the 2006 film Away From Her, based on the short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro.
Her role of Insectiva as part of cast of Grossology received a 2009 Gemini Awards nomination.
Most recently, she appeared in the 2013 documentary film Goodness in Rwanda.
She is the wife of entertainer Don "Iron Buffalo" Francks and is the mother of Cree Summer and Rainbow Sun Francks, also actors.[1]
Filmography[edit]
- Shock Treatment (1964) as Alice (as Lili Clark)
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) as Dancer (as Lili Clark)
- Finian's Rainbow (1968) as Sharecropper (as Lili Clark)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) as Mrs. Washington (as Lili Clark)
- Fields of Endless Day (1978 Documentary) (as Lili Clark)
- A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979) as Candle Seller
- Cagney & Lacey (1981) as Honey
- Letting Go (1985) as Mitzi
- Street Legal (1987) as Nurse Lamont
- Short Circuit 2 (1988) as Officer Mendez
- Stepping Out (1991) as Dancer
- Forever Knight (1992) as Trial Judge
- Guilty as Sin (1993) as Nurse
- Spenser for Hire: Ceremony (1993) as McNeeley
- Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994) as Judge
- Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994) as Martha
- A Vow to Kill (1995) as Naomi Mills
- A Holiday to Remember (1995) as Social Services Clerk
- Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (1996) as Inmate
- Nothing Sacred (1997)
- The Fixer (1998) as Mrs. Holmes
- The Defenders: Taking the First (1998) as Alice Rawls
- Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (1999) as Tanya
- Twice in a Lifetime (1999) as OB Nurse
- The Third Miracle (1999) as Woman in Churchyard
- Sirens (1999) as Julia Morgan
- Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000) as Aunt Jerusalem
- Doc (2001) as Clerk
- Sounder (2003) as Sara
- Blue Murder (2003) as Landlady
- The Inlaws and the Outlaws (2005) as Herself
- Away from Her (2006) as Theresa
- Grossology (2006-2007) as Insectiva
- Da Kink in My Hair (TV Series) (2007-2009) as Mrs. Hutchinson
- Goodness in Rwanda (2013) as Herself / Althea
Recognition[edit]
In 2009, she received shared Gemini Awards nomination for her work in Grossology
References[edit]
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