Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
Credits
11 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Johnny Tootall
Director
In Shadow
Director
Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
Director
Christmas in the Clouds
Betty
Johnny Greyeyes
Shirley
Backroads
Ruby
Silent Tears
Song of Hiawatha
1st Old Woman
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
Narrator
Medicine River
Candy
The Wake