Sheila Tousey
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Lithe Native American actor who first met director Sam Shephard while playing Maggie Eagle Bear in Michael Apted's "Thunderheart" (1992). Tousey went on to star in Shephard's "Silent Tongue" (1993) as the ghost of River Phoenix's dead wife and as her twin sister....
Biography
Lithe Native American actor who first met director Sam Shephard while playing Maggie Eagle Bear in Michael Apted's "Thunderheart" (1992). Tousey went on to star in Shephard's "Silent Tongue" (1993) as the ghost of River Phoenix's dead wife and as her twin sister.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
This So-Called Disaster
(2003)
Herself
Christmas in the Clouds
(2001)
Ravenous
(1999)
Martha
Backroads
(1999)
Grace
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians
(1999)
Narrator
Song of Hiawatha
(1999)
Nokomis
Sparkler
(1997)
All the Winters That Have Been
(1997)
Irene
Grand Avenue
(1996)
Lord of Illusions
(1995)
Jennifer Desiderio
Medicine River
(1994)
Slaughter Of The Innocents
(1993)
Silent Tongue
(1993)
Awbonnie/ Ghost
Thunderheart
(1992)
Producer (Feature Film)
Christmas in the Clouds
(2001)
Coproducer
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
This So-Called Disaster
(2003)
Other
Cast (Special)
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians
(2001)
Narrator
The Way West
(1995)
Voice
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
(1993)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
A Thief of Time
(2003)
Coyote Waits
(2003)
DreamKeeper
(2003)
Skinwalkers
(2002)
Wildflowers
(2000)
Life Events
1992
Feature acting debut, "Thunderheart"
1993
TV acting debut, "Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun"
2001
Offered memorable turn in the independent film "Christmas in the Clouds"; also served as one of the movie's co-producers