Buffy Sainte-Marie
Acting
Born February 20, 1941
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 fo…
Known For · 29 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Top of the Pops
Austin City Limits
The Merv Griffin Show
The Virginian
Dinah!
Kraft Music Hall
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Then Came Bronson
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Uranium
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
The Broken Chain
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Walkabout to Hollywood
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Broken Rainbow
Festival
Buffy
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code
As Long as the Rivers Run