Ted Thin Elk
Actor, Film actor
1919 – 1997
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Who was Ted Thin Elk?
Ted Thin Elk, American actor, a Sicangu Lakota Sioux, who spent most of his life on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was 72 when he got his first role in the movie Thunderheart.
Also known as Chief Ted Thin Elk, he was accorded a First Americans in the Arts award in 1992, the first year the honor was awarded.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1919
- Also known as
- Chief Ted Thin Elk
- Spouses
- Anna V. Carroll
(1993 - 1994) - Mary Sitting Hawk
(1969 - 1985) - Arvella Pawnee
(1946 - 1967)
- Anna V. Carroll
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 27, 1997
Rosebud Indian Reservation
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on July 23, 2013
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