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Shirley Cheechoo was born on 1952 in Eastmain, Quebec, Canada, is an Actress, writer, producer, director & visual artist, chancellor. Discover Shirley Cheechoo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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Shirley Cheechoo Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Shirley Cheechoo's Husband?
Her husband is Blake Debassige
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Nanoshkasheese Debassige |
Shirley Cheechoo Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Shirley Cheechoo worth at the age of 71 years old? Shirley Cheechoo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Canada. We have estimated
Shirley Cheechoo's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015, the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
In February 2008, Shirley was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the area of art by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation. She was also awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award in 2013 to recognize her commitment to education. She also received the Anishnabek Nation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.
Shirley first gained national attention with Path With No Moccasins. Her directorial debut was with a short film called Silent Tears, which won several film festival awards for Best Short Film and was "screened at the 1998Sundance Film Festival."
Shirley attended art classes at the Manitou Arts Foundation during the summer of 1966.
Shirley Cheechoo was born in 1952 in Eastmain, Quebec, and grew up in Moose Factory and Hearst, Ontario. Shirley spent her early life on traplines with her parents and brothers, but at the age of nine was sent to a residential school, Shingwauk Residential School, now known as Algoma University College. At this school Cheechoo, like many other residential school survivors, experienced violence and abuse and was told that "her parents would die if she ran away." After leaving school at fifteen, Cheechoo experienced problems with substance abuse, but eventually, she turned her life around and began to work in film and theatre to explore themes of healing and survivance post-trauma. Her experiences at a residential school and her road to healing are documented in her stage play 1991 Path with No Moccasins.
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a 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.
