Buffy Sainte-Marie
Known for Acting · 29 credits
- Born
- 1941-02-20 (age 85)
Biography
Canadian-born American singer-songwriter, guitarist, political activist, and visual artist known especially for her use of music to promote awareness of issues affecting Native Americans. Orphaned as an infant in Canada when her mother, a Plains Cree, died in an auto accident, Sainte-Marie was adopted by an U.S. couple of Mi’kmaq ancestry and raised in Massachusetts & Maine. Her earliest days as a self-taught folk singer were spent shaking up the coffeehouses and consciousnesses in Greenwich Village and helping Joni Mitchell get discovered. Along with her lifelong commitment to and advocacy for Indigenous and Aboriginal people around the world, she has changed the education system from within, and maintained an unwavering passion for social justice, equality and the Earth mixed with her love of sound and songs. Her legacy is that of as an ever-curious, ever-evolving, and technologically pioneering musician, producer, composer and artist — despite her inability to read a note of music.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Austin City Limits
1975
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Nai'Be
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The Spirit (voice)
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Tender Grass
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
Movies (18)
Uranium
1990
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Walkabout to Hollywood
1980
as Self
The Broken Chain
1993
as Gesina 'Grandmother' / Seth's Wife
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022
as Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006
as Self
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
as Self
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
as Self
Broken Rainbow
1985
as Translator's Voice (voice)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong
1996
as Main Artist
Festival
1967
as Self
Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
2010
as Self
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965
as Self
The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code
2015
as Narrator
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Buffy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
as Self - Cree (archive footage)
As Long as the Rivers Run
1971
as Self
Buffy
2010
as Self
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
as Self
About Buffy Sainte-Marie
Canadian-born American singer-songwriter, guitarist, political activist, and visual artist known especially for her use of music to promote awareness of issues affecting Native Americans. Orphaned as an infant in Canada when her mother, a Plains Cree, died in an auto accident, Sainte-Marie was adopted by an U.S. couple of Mi’kmaq ancestry and raised in Massachusetts & Maine. Her earliest days as a self-taught folk singer were spent shaking up the coffeehouses and consciousnesses in Greenwich Village and helping Joni Mitchell get discovered. Al… With 29 credits spanning from 1958 to 2022, Buffy Sainte-Marie has appeared in 18 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Buffy Sainte-Marie Movies
- Uranium (1990) — as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Walkabout to Hollywood (1980) — as Self
- The Broken Chain (1993) — as Gesina 'Grandmother' / Seth's Wife
- Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On (2022) — as Self
- Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (2006) — as Self
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