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.
- Also Credited As:
Sheila M. Tousey
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Job Titles:
Actor, Dancer, Producer
Milestones
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1992 Feature acting debut, Thunderheart
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1993 TV acting debut, Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
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2001 Offered memorable turn in the independent film Christmas in the Clouds ; also served as one of the movie s co-producers
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Started performing Native American dances as a child on the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian reservations