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Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal CM is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage. With over 130 credits in 50 years, she's received numerous awards, including the Earle Grey Award, and in 2009, she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada, as a screen and stage actress, and as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company." She starred in Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," and her upcoming projects include the Marvel Series "Echo" and the animated feature "Wendell and Wild." Known for her work in Stumptown and 3 Pines, she has a rich history in films like "Legends of the Fall," "Dances with Wolves," and "Wind River," and TV shows such as "SEE," "Westworld," and "Frontier." Tantoo Cardinal has multiple honorary doctorates.

Known For: Acting

Born: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 1950-07-20

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Running Brave	Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)	39
2	1986	Places Not Our Own	Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)	50
3	1987	Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge	Little Doe	64
4	1987	Loyalties	Rosanne Ladouceur	50
5	1990	Divided Loyalties	Molly Brant	0
6	1990	Dances with Wolves	Black Shawl	78
7	1991	The Lightning Incident	Vivian	40
8	1991	Black Robe	Chomina's Wife	66
9	1993	Silent Tongue	Silent Tongue	46
10	1993	Where the Rivers Flow North	Bangor	64
11	1994	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee	Mary's Mother	50
12	1994	Legends of the Fall	Pet	74
13	1995	Tecumseh: The Last Warrior	Turtle Mother	60
14	1998	Smoke Signals	Arlene Joseph	67
15	1999	A Stranger in the Kingdom	Heaven Fontaine	33
16	2000	Navigating the Heart	Mary	64
17	2000	The Hi-Line	Singing Bird	52
18	2000	The Lost Child	Aunt Mary	60
19	2001	Dodson's Journey	Waitress	40
20	2003	Dreamkeeper	Old Pawnee Woman	66
21	2004	A Thief Of Time	Irene Musket	47
22	2004	H2O	Grand Chief Katie Blackfire	47
23	2006	Unnatural & Accidental	Aunt Shadie / Rita	42
24	2006	The Road to Christmas	Sioux Woman	57
25	2007	Luna: Spirit of the Whale	Gloria Maquinna	63
26	2008	Older Than America	Auntie Apple	44
27	2008	Mom, Dad and Her	Heather	45
28	2008	Dear Prudence	Ruth Vigil	57
29	2008	Mothers & Daughters	Celine	10
30	2009	Changing Climates, Changing Times	Grace Lajoie	64
31	2010	Every Emotion Costs	Aunt Marcy	0
32	2010	Fathers & Sons	Gordon’s Sister	35
33	2013	Eden	The Nurse	65
34	2014	Chasing Shakespeare	Older Venus	31
35	2014	Rez Carz	(voice)	0
36	2021	Tantoo Cardinal	self	0
37	2021	Back Home Again	Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)	70
38	2022	Wendell & Wild	Ms. Hunter (voice)	66
39	2022	The Last Manhunt	Ticup	59
40		Wildwood	(voice)	0
41	1978	Marie Ann	Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)	0
42	1981	Death Hunt	Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)	66
43	1988	Candy Mountain	Annie	57
44	1988	War Party	Sonny's Mother	62
45	1990	The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'	Herself	65
46	1993	Mustard Bath	Sister Amantha	0
47	1993	Spirit Rider	Marilyn St. Claire	60
48	1994	Sioux City	Dawn Rainfeather	51
49	1995	Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges	Alive	0
50	1995	Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West	Sarah Winnemucca	0
51	1996	Grand Avenue	Nellie	90
52	1997	The Education of Little Tree	Nonna	66
53	1998	Honey Moccasin	Honey Moccasin	40
54	1998	Big Bear	Running Second	0
55	1998	Heartwood	Violet Boucher	35
56	2000	Postmark Paradise	Reenie	0
57	2001	In the Light of Reverence	Narrator (voice)	0
58	2002	Edge of Madness	Ruth	56
59	2002	How the Fiddle Flows	Narrator (voice)	0
60	2003	Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic	Self	83
61	2011	Shouting Secrets	June	90
62	2013	Maïna	Tekahera	64
63	2014	Down Here	Stella Mitchell	52
64	2015	Hope Bridge	Lana	53
65	2016	On the Farm	Ada Taylor	50
66	2016	ARQ	The Pope	61
67	2017	Wind River	Alice Crowheart	74
68	2017	The Great Northern Candy Drop	Narrator / Louisa (voice)	60
69	2018	Falls Around Her	Mary Birchbark	75
70	2018	Hold the Dark	Illanaq	54
71	2019	Through Black Spruce	Mary-Lou	53
72	2019	The Grizzlies	Janace	72
73	2019	Red Snow	Grandmother Ruth	53
74	2020	The Corruption of Divine Providence	Juniper Fairweather	70
75	2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Lizzie Q	74
76	2024	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo	Self - Chula	59
77	2024	An Ode for Leviticus	Luna	0
78	2024	Inkwo for When the Starving Return	Auntie (voice)	10
79	2025	Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood		80

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Aunt Mary	86
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1977	For The Record		0
4	1986	The Campbells	Maria Brant	50
5	1987	Street Legal	Renee Stonehouse	70
6	1992	North of 60	Betty Moses	59
7	1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Snow Bird	76
8	1993	Harts of the West	Helen	62
9	1995	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Gabe LaRoche’s Mother	63
10	1998	Cold Squad	Theresa Sandiman	69
11	1999	Family Law	Mrs. Grant	82
12	2000	Canada: A People's History	Plains Storyteller	95
13	2001	MythQuest	Walloha	67
14	2002	Tom Stone	Judge Crowfoot	75
15	2003	Moccasin Flats	Betty	0
16	2004	H2O	Grand Chief Katie Blackfire	90
17	2006	Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis	Iba Beauvais	0
18	2008	The Guard	Ursula	77
19	2008	The Englishman's Boy	Little Soldier's Wife	40
20	2010	Shattered	Carol	52
21	2011	Blackstone	Wilma Stoney	70
22	2011	The Killing	Hooker	78
23	2012	Arctic Air	Aunt Mary	66
24	2012	Longmire	Marilyn Yarlott	77
25	2014	Penny Dreadful	Old Native American Woman	78
26	2014	Outlander	Adawehi	82
27	2014	Strange Empire	Pichette	52
28	2014	Mohawk Girls	Zoe’s Mom	55
29	2016	Bull	Chief Tsosie	70
30	2016	Westworld	Ehawee	80
31	2016	Frontier	Kamenna	68
32	2017	Cardinal	Nookomis	69
33	2017	Godless	Iyovi	78
34	2018	Corner Gas Animated	Real Estate Agent (voice)	69
35	2018	New Amsterdam	Jane Munsee	84
36	2019	Stumptown	Sue Lynn Blackbird	72
37	2019	See	The Dreamer	81
38	2022	Spirit Rangers	Moon (voice)	66
39	2022	ONI: Thunder God's Tale	Principal (voice)	77
40	2022	Three Pines	Bea Mayer	63
41	2023	The American Buffalo	(voice)	67
42	2024	Echo	Chula Battiest	61