Shirley Cheechoo

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.

• Silent Tears

  1997

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  Song of Hiawatha

  1st Old Woman

• Johnny Tootall

  Writer

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  Christmas in the Clouds

  Betty

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  Backroads

  Ruby

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  Medicine River

  Candy

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  Johnny Greyeyes

  Shirley

• The Wake

  1986

• Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)

  Director

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  In Shadow

  Director

• 2005Johnny TootallWriter
• 2003In ShadowDirector
• 2003Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)Director
• 2001Christmas in the CloudsBetty
• 2000Johnny GreyeyesShirley
• 2000BackroadsRuby
• 1997Silent Tears
• 1997Song of Hiawatha1st Old Woman
• 1996Place of the Boss: UtshimassitsNarrator
• 1993Medicine RiverCandy
• 1986The Wake