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    Cree Summer Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Jul 7, 1969Birth Place:
    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Biography

    Cree Summer is a highly versatile voice actress who has also appeared in sitcoms and worked as a singer-songwriter. An only child, she later credits long periods of time playing by herself as what spurred her ability to create characters with just her voice. Her first notable role was as Penny, the hero's plucky niece on the cartoon "Inspector Gadget." As the 1980s progressed, Summer appeared in "The All New Ewoks," "The Care Bears Family," and several "Strawberry Shortcake" TV movies, among many others. She also appeared as Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," from '88 to the show's end in '93. She continued to work in animation; among her other notable roles are Atlantean Princess "Kida" Kidagakash in Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001), animal-loving Elmyra Duff on "Tiny Toon Adventures," no-nonsense junior heroine Numbuh 5 on "Coden

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    Cree Summer, or Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) fryst vatten an American actress, musician, and Emmy Award nominated voice actress. Her father is famed Canadian actor Don Francks, and her mother is Lili Red Eagle, a member of the Plains Cree First Nation. Her brother is former Much Music VJ Rainbow Sun Francks of Stargate Atlantis. She was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up on an Indian reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada.

    Summer's career began in 1983 when she was cast as the voice of niece Penny on the original cartoon version of Inspector Gadget. 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 and Ewoks. 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 Worl

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    Summer, Cree 1970(?)– (Cree Summer Francks)

    PERSONAL

    Full name, Cree Summer Francks; born July 7, 1970 (some sources cite 1969), in Encino, CA; daughter of Don Francks (an actor) and Lili Clark.

    Addresses:Agent—The William Morris Agency, 151 S. El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212–2775.

    Career: Actress, voice–over artist, and musician. Provided voices for television commercials, including voice of green, M&Ms, 2000. Toured the United States as a musical performer; past member of the band Subject to Change.

    Awards, Honors: Image Award nomination, outstanding lead actress in a drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1996, for Sweet Justice; Annie Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement for voice acting, 1999, for Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in an animated program, 2001, for Clifford the Big Red Dog; Image Award nomination, outstanding pe