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Born on February 20, 1941, Buffy Sainte-Marie is from Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Buffy Sainte-Marie is listed as an actor, singer-songwriter and visual artist. That works out to 85 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes University of Massachusetts Amherst. Listed accolades include Officer of the Order of Canada (1997), Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2010), Academy Award for Best Original Song (1983) and 4 more.
My Take
Buffy Sainte-Marie matters to me as proof that a songwriter can be both an artist and an argument. For six decades she has folded love, war, religion, and the realities facing Indigenous communities into music that never feels like a lecture, and the 1983 Academy Award showed she could conquer the mainstream on her own terms. What I admire most is her refusal to specialize: singer, composer, visual artist, activist, all running on the same restless current. Few performers have kept their convictions and their creativity in sync for so long, and her catalogue still sounds urgent rather than historical. That endurance is the real award.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Name (Japanese)
- バフィ・セント＝マリー
- Reading
- ばふぃ・せんと＝まりー
- Born
- February 20, 1941 (age 85)
- Origin
- Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupation
- actor / singer-songwriter / visual artist / record producer / composer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
2. Background
- University
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2010 Governor General's Performing Arts Award
- 1983 Academy Award for Best Original Song
- 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
- 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Original Song
- 1995 Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- 1997 Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year
- 2009 Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://buffysainte-marie.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/buffystemarie/
- Xhttps://x.com/BuffySteMarie
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy%20Sainte-Marie
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467027
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Buffy Sainte-Marie born?
Born February 20, 1941 (age 85).
Where is Buffy Sainte-Marie from?
Buffy Sainte-Marie is from Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States.
What does Buffy Sainte-Marie do?
Buffy Sainte-Marie works as actor, singer-songwriter, visual artist, record producer, composer.
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