Buffy Sainte-Marie OC | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Beverley Jean Santamaria |
Born | Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S. | February 20, 1941
Genres | |
Occupations |
|
Instruments |
|
Years active | 1963–2023 |
Labels | |
Website | buffysainte-marie |
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941[1]) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist.[2]
Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She has won recognition, awards, and honors for her music as well as her work in education and social activism. In 1983, her co-written song "Up Where We Belong", for the film An Officer and a Gentleman, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards.[3][4] The song also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song that same year.[5]
Since the early 1960s, Sainte-Marie claimed Indigenous Canadian ancestry, but a 2023 investigation by CBC News concluded she was born in the United States and is of Italian and English descent.[6] Some Indigenous musicians and organizations have since called for awards she won while falsely claiming an Indigenous identity to be rescinded, including her induction to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.[7][8][9][10][11] In her work, she has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.
Academy Award winner: Music – Original Song ("Up Where We Belong", Music by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Will Jennings)
Sheward-1997
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Colesawards
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Francisaptn
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).CP24 2023 h358
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).sfchron2023
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).