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Cree Summer
Born Cree Summer Francks
July 7, 1969 (1969-07-07) (age 38)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actress, voice actor, singer
Years active 1983–present

Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles, California), best known as Cree Summer, is an American-born actress, musician, and Emmy Award-nominated voice actress. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and She has followed a Native American spiritual lifestyle for most of her adult life. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States

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Early life and family

Summer was born in Los Angeles, California in 1969, but grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Red Pheasant First Nation is a Cree Nation located 33km south of North Battleford. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 She is the daughter of Canadian actor Don Francks and Lili Red Eagle, a member of the Plains Cree First Nations. Donald Harvey Francks or Iron Buffalo (born February 28, 1932) is a Canadian actor vocalist and Jazz musician Lili Red Eagle Francks is a Canadian Actress and dancer who is of Cree and Afro-Canadian ancestry she is also a member of the Plains Cree Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is a former MuchMusic VJ and former cast member of the television show Stargate Atlantis. Rainbow Sun Francks (born December 3, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Actor and Songwriter. MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia Stargate Atlantis (often abbreviated as SGA) is an American - Canadian Science fiction Television program, part of the Summer is well known as a close personal friend of actress Lisa Bonet. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Lisa Bonet (born November 16, 1967) is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress.

Acting and voice acting career

Summer's career began in 1983 when she was cast as the voice of niece Penny on the original cartoon version of Inspector Gadget. Inspector Gadget is an Animated television series about a clumsy absent-minded and oblivious Detective, Inspector Gadget who is a human being with Her unique, throaty voice was instantly recognizable to casting agents (as well as viewers even today), who began frequently casting her in animated programs. Many of these were part of cult franchises, like The Care Bears Movie (1985) and Ewoks (1985, part of the Star Wars franchise). The Care Bears Movie is a 1985 animated Feature film. It was the first film to feature the popular Care Bears toy characters and Star Wars Ewoks ( September 7, 1985 - January 10, 1987) is an American / Canadian Animated television series Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded

Audiences finally had a chance to put Summer's voice to a face when she was cast as the Afrocentric Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World. Afrocentrism or Afrocentricity is a World view that emphasizes the importance of African people in culture philosophy and history The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 A Different World is an American Television Sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC (from September 24, 1987 Summer, a multiracial woman (of Caucasian, Black, and Native American descent) who wears her hair in a large afro-style, proved to have an appearance as unique as her voice. The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. The Caucasian race, sometimes the Caucasoid race, is a term of Racial classification, coined around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach for the " African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States An afro, sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro", is a Hairstyle in which the Hair extends out from the Head She remained a regular cast member of the show from 1988 through its end in 1993.

During the run of A Different World, Summer continued working in voice acting. She was cast in the short-lived television series Sweet Justice in 1994 until its cancellation in 1995. Barring guest appearances on other live-action television shows such as Living Single and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Summer's professional work since has been limited to voice acting. Living Single is an American Television sitcom,First named My Girls which aired for five seasons on the FOX Television network The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an award winning American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10 1990 to May 20 1996

In all, Summer has voiced over 70 animated characters between 1983 and 2006, many of them African-American girls. These have spanned the realm of video games, cartoon television series, animated films and commercials. Among her most famous roles was in Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) as Elmyra Duff (which she reprised for Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain) and Mary Melody, Aka Pella in Histeria!, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, Foxxy Love in Drawn Together, Dulcy the dragon in Sonic the Hedgehog, Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom (2004), Numbuh 5 and Cree Lincoln in Codename: Kids Next Door, Penelope in Barbie As Rapunzel and Miranda from As Told by Ginger. Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures (also known as Tiny Toon Adventures or Tiny Toons) is an American Elmyra Jessica Duff is a Cartoon character from the Warner Bros Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky Elmyra & the Brain, or Pinky Elmyra & the Brain for short is the retooling of the American Spin-off Mary Melody is a Cartoon character from the Warner Bros Animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. Aka Pella Aka Pella, voiced by Cree Summer, is the only African-American member of the Kid Chorus Histeria! is an American Animated television series of the late-1990s created by Tom Ruegger (who also created Tiny Toon Adventures Susanna "Susie" Yvonne Carmichael is a character from the Nickelodeon shows Rugrats and All Grown Up!. Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on All Grown Up! is an animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from April 12 2003 to August 17 2008 Foxxy Shaquafafa Love is a Fictional character in the Animated television series Drawn Together. Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series created by DiC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America, and was loosely based KIDA is a Television station in Sun Valley Idaho, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 5 as an independent station Atlantis The Lost Empire is the 40th Disney Animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney This is a list of Fictional villains and ghosts featured in the Nickelodeon animated series Danny Phantom. Danny Phantom was an American animated television show created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios Codename Codename As Told By Ginger is an American emmy nominated Animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon in October 2000

Music career

Cree Summer
Birth name Cree Summer Francks
Born July 7, 1969 (1969-07-07) (age 38)
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s) Rock, Alternative
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Actress, Voice Actor
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 1990 - Present
Label(s) A&M Records
Work Records
Associated acts Subject to Change, Lenny Kravitz
Website creesummer.com

Summer has also ventured into the realm of music. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division Subject to Change was a Rock music band formed in 1991 featuring the lead vocals and lyrics of actress and singer Cree Summer. Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Record In 1990, she sang background vocals on two tracks for fellow A Different World cast member Jasmine Guy's self titled LP. Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962 in Boston Massachusetts) is an American Actress, Singer and Dancer. In 1993 she released an album (as lead singer) with her band Subject to Change. Subject to Change was a Rock music band formed in 1991 featuring the lead vocals and lyrics of actress and singer Cree Summer. The album was not officially released by Capitol Records because of creative differences; the records that were produced were distributed as promotions and are considered a rarity. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as The band, with an aggressive political message and rock-soul fusion sound, remained popular as a co-headlining act with other performers. In 1999, Summer released her solo album Street Faërie produced by and featuring guest artist (and friend) Lenny Kravitz, but the album was not hugely successful. Street Faërie was the first full-length album recorded by Cree Summer. Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Record Although Summer toured as Kravitz's opening act, her label dropped her and a planned spot with Lilith Fair was canceled. Lilith Fair was a Concert tour and traveling Music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led The label continued to promote the album, however, sending out a four-track sampler to radio and issuing remix singles of the track "Revelation Sunshine" in Europe, with a special single specifically for Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The character of Susie in All Grown Up! was portrayed as a "singer with real talent", allowing Summer to sing in the role. [1]

Filmography

Animated series roles

Film roles

Live-action TV show roles

Video game roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Inside The "All Grown Up" Series

External links

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