Sheila Tousey
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Sheila May Tousey is an Native American actress.
, Tousey is a Menominee
and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian, raised on both Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Reservations
.
Biography
Born in Keshena, WisconsinWisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, Tousey is a Menominee
Menominee
Some placenames use other spellings, see also Menomonee and Menomonie.The Menominee are a nation of Native Americans living in Wisconsin. The Menominee, along with the Ho-Chunk, are the only tribes that are indigenous to what is now Wisconsin...
and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian, raised on both Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Reservations
Indian reservation
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs...
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Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Thunderheart Thunderheart Thunderheart is a 1992 American contemporary western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973... |
Maggie Eagle Bear | |
| 1993 | Medicine River Medicine River Medicine River is a novel written by author Thomas King. It was first published by Viking Canada in 1989. The book was later adapted into a television movie starring Graham Greene and Tom Jackson.-Plot summary:... |
Louise Heavyman | |
| Slaughter of the Innocents Slaughter of the Innocents (film) Slaughter of the Innocents is a 1993 thriller starring Scott Glenn & Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus with supporting roles from Kevin Sorbo & Armin Shimerman plus a cameo from Aaron Eckhart set in the Arches National Park of Moab, Utah, and Cleveland Ohio USA.-DVD Box Description:Special Agent Stephen... |
Agent Lemar | ||
| 1994 | Silent Tongue Silent Tongue Silent Tongue is a Western written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in Spring 1992, but not released until 1994. It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix.... |
Awbonnie/Ghost | |
| 1995 | Lord of Illusions Lord of Illusions Lord of Illusions is a 1995 American horror film, written and directed by the British author, filmmaker and artist Clive Barker. The film is based on his earlier short story, The Last Illusion , and it presents Barker's signature character Harry D'Amour onscreen for the first time. It stars Scott... |
Jennifer Desiderio | |
| 1996 | Grand Avenue | Mollie | |
| 1997 | Song of Hiawatha | Nokomis | |
| Sparkler Sparkler A sparkler is a type of hand-held firework that burns slowly while emitting colored flames, sparks, and other effects.In the United Kingdom, a sparkler is often used by children at bonfire and fireworks displays on Guy Fawkes Night, the fifth of November, and in the United States on Independence... |
Hurricane | ||
| 1999 | Ravenous Ravenous Ravenous is a 1999 horror film directed by Antonia Bird and starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle and Jeffrey Jones. The film revolves around cannibalism in 1840s California and some elements bear similarities to the story of the Donner Party and that of Alferd Packer... |
Martha | |
| Wildflowers Wildflowers (film) Wildflowers is a 1999 drama film directed by Melissa Painter. It stars Clea DuVall, Daryl Hannah, Tomas Arana and Eric Roberts. It features former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass reading some of his own poetry... |
Martha | ||
| 2000 | Backroads | Grace Nelson | |
| The Other Side | Edna | ||
| 2001 | Two Grey Hills | Nellie Begay | |
| 2002 | Skinwalkers Skinwalkers (2002 film) Skinwalkers is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel by Tony Hillerman, one of a series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It starred Adam Beach as Jim Chee and Wes Studi as Joe Leaphorn... |
Emma Leaphorn | |
| 2003 | Dreamkeeper Dreamkeeper Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse... |
Janine | |
| Coyote Waits Coyote Waits Coyote Waits is a novel by Tony Hillerman. It was adapted as a TV film, which aired in 2003.-Coyote Waits :The plot involves rock formation vandalism, a dead policeman, an elderly Navajo accused of his murder, a bottle of expensive scotch, and a book on Navajo witchcraft beliefs.This book... |
Emma Leaphorn | ||
| 2004 | A Thief of Time A Thief of Time A Thief of Time is the eighth novel by author Tony Hillerman.The plot involves the Anasazi, a missing archeologist, a stolen backhoe, and people who are termed "pot hunters".Characters include Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.... |
Emma Leaphorn | |
| 2005 | Johnny Tootall Johnny Tootall Johnny Tootall is a 2005 television film written and directed by Shirley Cheechoo and was filmed around Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the Ahousaht Nations people... |
Agnes | |
| Christmas in the Clouds Christmas in the Clouds (film) Christmas in the Clouds is a 2001 comedy film about a ski resort owned and operated by a Native American tribe. Featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, the film went on to receive Best Competition Feature Film at the Austin Film Festival and Best Native American-Theme Film at the Santa Fe... |
Mary | ||