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Tantoo Cardinal

Actress | Director

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Performed in a series of one-hour documentaries called "As Long as the Rivers Flow," about Native Canadians' drive for self-government. See more trivia »

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Rose Marie Cardinal
in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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2012 Landlocked (pre-production)
Meme (rumored)
 
2012 Eden (post-production)
The Nurse
 
2012 Blackstone (TV series)
Wilma Stoney
– Human (2012) … Wilma Stoney
– Forgiveness (2012) … Wilma Stoney
– 50/50 (2012) … Wilma Stoney
 
2011 Every Emotion Costs
Aunt Marcy
 
2011 Shouting Secrets
June
 
2010 Shattered (TV series)
Carol
– Out of Sorrow (2010) … Carol
– Stairways to Perceptions (2010) … Carol
 
2010 Father&Sons
Gordon's Sister
 
2009 Tales of an Urban Indian (TV movie)
Dianne
 
2009 Dear Prudence (TV movie)
Ruth Vigil
 
2009 Walking on Turtle Island
Lodge Wife
 
2009 Water Under the Bridge (short)
Neighbor
 
2008 Mothers&Daughters
Celine
 
2008 Changing Climates, Changing Times (TV movie)
Grace Lajoie
 
2008 Mom, Dad and Her (TV movie)
Heather
 
2008 Ancestor Eyes (short)
Verna
 
2008 The Englishman's Boy (TV mini-series)
Little Soldier's Wife
– Part Two (2008) … Little Soldier's Wife
– Part One (2008) … Little Soldier's Wife
 
2008 Older Than America
Auntie Apple
 
2008 The Guard (TV series)
Ursula
– The Beacon (2008) … Ursula
– Coming Through Fog (2008) … Ursula
– Live Free (2008) … Ursula
– Waheguru (2008) … Ursula
 
2007 Luna: Spirit of the Whale (TV movie)
Gloria Maquinna
 
2006 Unnatural & Accidental
Aunt Shadie/Rita
 
2006 The Road to Christmas (TV movie)
Sioux Woman
 
2003-2006 Moccasin Flats (TV series)
Betty Merasty
– The Other Side (2006) … Betty Merasty
– Hide and Seek (2006) … Betty Merasty
– Whose Team Are You On? (2006) … Betty Merasty
– Pay the Piper (2006) … Betty Merasty
– Smoke Signals (2006) … Betty Merasty
See all 22 episodes »
 
2006 Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (TV mini-series)
 
2004 H2O (TV movie)
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
 
2004 A Thief of Time (TV movie)
Irene Musket
 
2004 Windy Acres (TV series)
Aunt Laura
– Barns of Steel (2004) … Aunt Laura
– Did Turkey Eat His Wife? (2004) … Aunt Laura
– Feed Chicks (2004) … Aunt Laura
– Kissing the Flatlander (2004) … Aunt Laura
– The Frickin' Epiglottis (2004) … Aunt Laura
See all 7 episodes »
 
2004 Memory (short)
Ida
 
2003 DreamKeeper (TV movie)
Old Pawnee Woman
 
2002 Tom Stone (TV series)
Judge Crowfoot
– Royalty (2002) … Judge Crowfoot
 
2002 How the Fiddle Flows (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2002 Edge of Madness
Ruth
 
2002 A Day Out with Gordy (short)
Woman
 
2001 MythQuest (TV series)
Walloha
– Red Wolf's Daughter (2001) … Walloha
 
2001 Family Law (TV series)
Mrs. Grant
– Americans (2001) … Mrs. Grant
 
2001 Dodson's Journey (TV movie)
Waitress
 
2000 The Lost Child (TV movie)
Aunt Mary
 
2000 Blood River (short)
Claire/Mattie
 
2000 Postmark Paradise
Reenie
 
2000 Navigating the Heart (TV movie)
Mary
 
2000 Canada: A People's History (TV series)
Plains Storyteller
– When the World Began... (2000) … Plains Storyteller
 
1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom
Heaven Fontaine
 
1999 The Hi-Line
Singing Bird
 
1999 In Jest
 
1998 Cold Squad (TV series)
Theresa Sandiman
– Salty Cheever (1998) … Theresa Sandiman
 
1998 Smoke Signals
Arlene Joseph
 
1998 Big Bear (TV mini-series)
Running Second
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Running Second
– Episode #1.2 (1998) … Running Second
 
1998 Heartwood
Violet Boucher
 
1997 The Education of Little Tree
Granma
 
1994-1997 North of 60 (TV series)
Betty Moses
– Walking with Ghosts (1997) … Betty Moses
– A Safe House (1996) … Betty Moses
– The Weight (1995) … Betty Moses
– The Gift (1994) … Betty Moses
– You Can't Get There from Here (1994) … Betty Moses
See all 7 episodes »
 
1997 Silence
Dolores
 
1996 Grand Avenue (TV movie)
Nellie
 
1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (TV series)
Gabe LaRoche's Mother
– Bounty (1996) … Gabe LaRoche's Mother
 
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (TV movie)
Turtle Mother
 
1993-1995 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series)
Snow Bird
– Washita: Part 1 (1995) … Snow Bird
– Washita: Part 2 (1995) … Snow Bird
– Indian Agent (1995) … Snow Bird
– The Offering (1994) … Snow Bird
– Sanctuary (1993) … Snow Bird
See all 7 episodes »
 
1995 500 Nations (TV mini-series)
 
1994 Legends of the Fall
Pet
 
1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (TV movie)
Mary's mother
 
1994 Sioux City
Dawn Rainfeather
 
1993 Harts of the West (TV series)
Helen
– Auggie's End (1993) … Helen
 
1993 Where the Rivers Flow North
Bangor
 
1993 Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
 
1993 Spirit Rider (TV movie)
Marilyn St.Claire
 
1993 Mustard Bath
Sister Amantha
 
1993 Before Columbus, Programme Three: Rebellion
Narrator (voice)
 
1993 Before Columbus, Programme One: Invasion
Narrator (voice)
 
1993 Before Columbus, Programme Two: Conversion
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 Street Legal (TV series)
Renee Stonehouse
– The Phoenix (1992) … Renee Stonehouse
– November (1992) … Renee Stonehouse
– Breach of Trust (1992) … Renee Stonehouse
– Children's Hour (1992) … Renee Stonehouse
 
1992 By Way of the Stars (TV mini-series)
Franoise
 
1991 Lightning Field (TV movie)
Vivian
 
1991 Black Robe
Chomina's Wife
 
1990 Dances with Wolves
Black Shawl
 
1989 Divided Loyalties
Molly Brant
 
1988 War Party
Sonny's Mother
 
1988 Candy Mountain
Annie
 
1987 Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (TV movie)
Little Doe
 
1987 Loyalties
Rosanne Ladouceur
 
1986 Places Not Our Own
Rose Lesperance
 
1984 Spirit Bay (TV series)
Annie
 
1983 Running Brave
Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
 
1982 New Day - New Horizon (short)
 
1981 Death Hunt
Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
 
1978 Marie Ann
Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
 
1975 He Comes Without Calling (short)
 
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2003 Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
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2009 Saskatchewan River Delta (TV documentary)
Herself - Narrator
 
2007 The Spirit of Sacajawea (documentary) (voice)
 
2006 Dream Makers (documentary)
Herself - Host
 
2003 Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Until the Violence Stops
Herself
 
1999 In Jest: Behind the Scenes (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1997 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (TV special documentary) (voice)
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– Fight No More Forever (1996) (voice)
– Death Runs Riot (1996) (voice)
– The People (1996) (voice)
 
1996 The 1996 Gemini Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (documentary)
Sarah Winnemucca
 
1990 The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (TV documentary short)
Herself
 

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We had no TV where I grew up in my community in northern Canada, and the only images of native people that I was exposed to were my family and my relatives; these were wonderful and strong individuals whom I looked up to. It was only when I moved to Edmonton in Alberta in 1965, that I saw a different kind of image that was prevalent in Canadian society at that time... See more »

Trivia:

Performed in a series of one-hour documentaries called "As Long as the Rivers Flow," about Native Canadians' drive for self-government. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer