Cree Summer
| Cree Summer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cree Summer Francks July 7, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Parent(s) |
Don Francks Lili Red Eagle |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts | |
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer.
She is known for playing Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World. In animation, Summer was the original voice of Penny in the 1983 cartoon Inspector Gadget. She also voiced Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, Susie Carmichael on Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Princess Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom, Foxxy Love in Drawn Together, Numbuh 5 in Codename: Kids Next Door, Magma in X-Men Legends, Yvonne and Gordon in Mrs. Munger's Class, and Cleo the Poodle in Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Summer was born in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 1969, and grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan. She is the daughter of Don Francks, a Canadian actor and musician, and Lili Red Eagle, an African American from North Richmond, California, and adopted member of the Plains Cree First Nations. She and her family also traveled and lived around British Columbia during her childhood, and started public school at the age of nine in Toronto. Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is a former MuchMusic VJ.
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