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Tantoo Cardinal Biography (1950?-)

Born July 20, 1950 (some sources cite 1951), in Anzac (near Fort McMurray), Alberta, Canada; daughter of Julia Cardinal; married Fred Martin (a lawyer andnative rights activist), 1968 (divorced, 1976); married John Lawlor (an actor), January 14, 1988 (separated); children: (first marriage) Eric and Bryan (stepsons), Elizabeth and Annie (stepdaughters), Cheyenne (son); (with actor Beaver Richards) Clifford; (second marriage) Riel, Annie.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

July 20, 1950?

Anzac, Alberta, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• He Comes without Calling, 1975
• (As Tantoo Martin) Indian woman, Death Hunt, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• New Day--New Horizon, 1982
• (As Tantoo Martin) Caroline, Running Brave, Buena Vista, 1983
• Annie, Candy Mountain, Metropolis, 1987
• Sonny's mother, War Party, 1988
• Molly Brant, Divided Loyalties, 1989
• Black Shawl, Dances with Wolves, Orion, 1990
• Chomina's wife, Black Robe (also known as Robe noire), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
• Sister Amantha, Mustard Bath, [Canada], 1993
• Pet, Legends of the Fall, TriStar, 1994
• Title role, Silent Tongue (also known as Le gardien des esprits), Trimark Pictures, 1994
• Dawn Rainfeather, Sioux City (also known as Ultimate Revenge), IRS Releasing, 1994
• Bangor, Where the Rivers Flow North, Caledonia Pictures, 1994
• Dolores, Silence, 1997
• Granma, The Education of Little Tree, Paramount, 1997
• Arlene Joseph, Smoke Signals (also known as Le secret des cendres), Miramax, 1998
• A Stranger in the Kingdom, Kingdom Come Pictures, 1998
• In Jest, 1999
• Singing Bird, The Hi-Line, Panorama Entertainment, 1999
• Reenie, Postmark Paradise, Outrider Pictures, 2000
• Claire/Mattie, Blood River (short film), 2000
• Ruth, A Wilderness Station (also known as Edge of Madness and Station sauvage), Lions Gate Films, 2002
• Disappearances, Kingdom County Productions, 2002
• Also appeared in the documentaries Before Columbus and Native Indians: Images of Reality.
• Film Director
• Stories from the Seventh Fire (short film), 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Father Lacombe, CBC (Canada), 1971
• (As Tantoo Martin) Tantou, Indian princess, Marie-Anne (also knownas Marie Ann), 1979
• Rosanne Ladouceur, Loyalties (also known as Double allegeance), CBC, 1986
• Little Doe, Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, CBS, 1987
• Dr. Vivian Dominguez, Lightning Field (also known as The Lightning Incident), USA Network, 1991
• Emily Moore, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, TNT, 1994
• Marilyn St. Claire, "Spirit Rider," WonderWorks Family Movie, PBS,1994
• Turtle Mother, Tecumseh: The Last Warrior, TNT, 1995
• Nellie, Grand Avenue, HBO, 1996
• Violet Boucher, Heartwood, The Family Channel, 1998
• Mary, Navigating the Heart, Lifetime, 2000
• Aunt Mary, "The Lost Child," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 2000
• Dodson's Journey, CBS, 2001
• Miniseries
• Francoise, By Way of the Stars (also known as Der Lange Weg desLukas B.), CBC (Canada), 1992-1993, The Disney Channel, 1994
• Voice, The West, PBS, 1996
• Voice, Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, PBS, 1997
• Running Second, Big Bear, syndicated, 1998
• Old Pawnee woman, DreamKeeper, ABC, 2003
• Specials
• (As Tantoo Martin-Cardinal) Rose Lesperance, Places Not Our Own (also known as Daughters of the Country: Places Not Our Own and Histoire sans fin), 1988
• Sarah Winnemucca, Nobody's Girls (also known as Nobody's Girls:Five Women of the West), PBS, 1994
• Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995
• Narrator, In the Light of Reverence, PBS, 2001
• Episodic
• Renee Stonehouse, "Breach of Trust," Street Legal, CBC (Canada), 1992
• Renee Stonehouse, "November," Street Legal, CBC, 1992
• Helena, "Auggie's End," Harts of the West, 1993
• Gabe LaRoche's mother, "Bounty," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years,syndicated, 1996
• "Salty Cheever," Cold Squad, CTV (Canada), 1998
• Mrs. Grant, "Americans," Family Law, CBS, 2001
• Walloha, "Red Wolf's Daughter," MythQuest, 2001
• Judge Crowfoot, "Royalty," Tom Stone, CBC, 2002
• Also appeared as Maria Brant, "Miles to Go," The Campbells.
• Series
• Host, As Long As the Rivers Flow (documentary), Canadian Public Television, 1991
• Snow Bird, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1993-1995
• Betty Moses, North of 60, CBC (Canada), beginning 1993
• Appeared as Annie in the series Spirit Bay, CBC.
• Other
• Virgil White Wolf, The Last Best Place (pilot), CBS, 1996
• Irene Musket, A Thief of Time, 2003
• Stage Appearances
• Title role, Jessica, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1982, then Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986
• The Young Poundmaker, Saskatoon, 1985
• Kookom, All My Relations, 1990
• Katerina, Widows, 1993
• RECORDINGS
• Audio Books
• Reader, Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Author of five short radio plays for Alberta school broadcasts, 1978-1979.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Native North American Almanac, Gale, 1994
• Notable Native Americans, Gale, 1995

Periodicals

• Maclean's, October 20, 1986, pp. 63-64; December 30, 1991, p. 42