Red Wing (actress)

Red Wing
Born February 13, 1873(1873-02-13)
Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, United States[1]
Died March 13, 1974(1974-03-13) (aged 101)
New York City, New York, United States
Other names Lillian St. Cyr
Occupation Actress
Years active 1908 - 1921

Red Wing (born Lillian St. Cyr, February 13, 1873 – March 13, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She and her husband James Young Deer were billed as the first Native American Hollywood "power couple."[2] She was born into the Ho-Chunk Tribe of Nebraska on the Winnebago Reservation.

She appeared in the film The Squaw Man (1914). From 1908-1921, she performed in more than 35 other silent films.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hollywood Whiteness and Stereotypes". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Race-and-Ethnicity-HOLLYWOOD-WHITENESS-AND-STEREOTYPES.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 
  2. ^ "Profile: Lillian St. Cyr (Princess Red Wing) and James Young Deer". nsea.org. http://www.nsea.org/news/StCyrYoungDeerProfile.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 
  3. ^ "Young Deer and Red Wing". newspaperrock. http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2008/12/young-deer-and-red-wing.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 

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