Cree Summer
Cree Summer (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles , California , USA ; actually Cree Summer Francks ) is an American voice actress , actress and singer .
Life and accomplishments
Cree Summer was American US in the city of Los Angeles born, but spent her childhood in Red Pheasant Indian Reserve , an Indian reservation in North Battleford, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . She is a daughter of the Canadian actor and singer Don Francks . Her mother Lili Francks is a Canadian actress and dancer, she is an Indian from the Cree tribe and bears the name Red Eagle , she also has Afro-Canadian ancestors. Cree Summers younger brother Rainbow Sun Francks (* 1979) is also an actor and singer. B. Lieutenant Aiden Ford in the Stargate Atlantis TV series .
Cree Summer began her professional career as a voice actress in the animated series Inspector Gadget (1983). As an actress, she was in the comedy series College Fever ( A Different World ) (1987-1993), an offshoot of the Bill Cosby show , to see. In the scene from Michael Jackson's music video Black Or White (1991), in which different faces merge, she is the last face. She devoted herself more to her music career in the USA and released her CD Street Faërie in 1999 . She composed and sang the pieces of music. The American musician Lenny Kravitz produced, arranged and contributed background music. They sang the song Mean Sleep in a duet. She also appeared as the opening act on Kravitz's 1998/1999 tour. In 1999 Summer and Kravitz could be heard at the Rock am See open-air festival on Lake Constance.
Meanwhile, Cree Summer often works as a voice actress. She has since appeared in over 130 productions, often as the voice of an African American woman . It can be heard predominantly on television in English-language cartoon series and films, but also in computer games and in commercials. She lent her voice characters in the original versions of films Atlantis - The Lost Empire ( Atlantis: The Lost Empire ) (2001) and Bambi 2 - The Lord of the Forest ( Bambi II ) (2006).
In 1999 Cree Summer was nominated for the Annie Awards , 2001 for the Daytime Emmy Awards . In 1996, 2002 and 2004 she was nominated for the Image Awards .
Filmography (selection)
It is also sometimes listed as Cree Summer Franck, Cree Summer Francks, Cree Summer-Francks, or Cree Summers .
Voice actor
- 1983: Inspector Gadget (episode The Invasion )
- 1985: The Ewoks ( Ewoks )
- 1990: Widget - The little guard ( Widget, the World Watcher )
- 1990: Captain Planet ( Captain Planet and the Planeteers )
- 1990: Tiny Toon Adventures ( Tiny Toon Adventures ) (4 episodes)
- 1994: Animaniacs (episode No Face Like Home / Lookit the Fuzzy Heads )
- 1995: Freakazoid! (Follow Dance of Doom )
- 1994, 1995, 1996: Gargoyles (4 episodes)
- 1997, 1998: Pinky and the Brain ( Pinky and the Brain ) (2 episodes)
- 1999: Simsalabim Sabrina ( Sabrina the Animated Series )
- 1999: Expedition of the Gooseberries ( The Wild Thornberrys ) (2 episodes)
- 1999: Pepper Ann (3 episodes)
- 2000: Disney's Weekend Kids ( The Weekenders )
- 1999-2001: Batman of the Future ( Batman Beyond ) (14 episodes)
- 2001: Johnny Bravo (episode A Johnny Bravo Christmas )
- 2001: Atlantis - The Lost Empire ( Atlantis: The Lost Empire )
- 2002: The Adventures Thornberrys ( The Wild Thornberrys Movie )
- 2002: Totally Spies ( Totally Spies! ) ( Followed by Model Cityzens )
- 2002: Rugrats (episode Who's Taffy? )
- 2002: Barbie as Rapunzel ( Barbie as Rapunzel )
- 2003: Teenage Robot ( My Life as a Teenage Robot ) (episode Ear No Evil / Unlicensed Flying Object )
- 2003: Rocket Power (episode Reggie's Big Break )
- 2003: All Grown Up - Nearly adult ( All Grown Up! )
- 2000–2004: Gingers Welt ( As Told by Ginger ) (16 episodes)
- 2004: Star Wars: Clone Wars ( Star Wars: Clone Wars )
- 2003-2005: Code name Kids next door ( code name: Kids Next Door ) (3 episodes)
- 2005: Camp Lazlo
- 2004–2006: Danny Phantom (5 episodes)
- 2006: Ben 10 (2 episodes)
- 2006: Witch ( WITCH ) (4 episodes)
- 2004–2007: Drawn Together (36 episodes)
- 2006: Bambi 2 - The Lord of the Forests ( Bambi II )
- 2010: The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
Computer games
- 2003: Freelancer - Freelancer
- 2003: Final Fantasy X-2
- 2006: The Legend of Spyro - A New Beginning - Cyndar
- 2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum
- 2012: Kid Icarus: Uprising - Medusa
actor
- 1987-1993: College Fever ( A Different World ) (87 episodes)
- 1994: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ) (episode The Harder They Fall )
Discography
- 1993: Womb Amnesia
- 1999: Street Faërie
- 1999: Revelation Sunshine (single)
Web links
- Cree Summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Summer, Cree |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Summer Francks, Cree; Summer Franck, Cree; Summer-Francks, Cree; Summers, Cree |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American voice actress, actress and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 7th July 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |