Cree Summer facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cree Summer
Summer in 2020
Born	Cree Summer Francks (1969-07-07) July 7, 1969 (age 55) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship	United States Canada
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Angelo Pullen ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2022)​
Children	2
Parents	Don Francks (father) Lili Francks (mother)
Relatives	Rainbow Sun Francks (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Soul pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Work

Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a talented actress and singer from both America and Canada. She is super famous for her voice acting in many cartoons and animated shows. You might know her voice as Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toon Adventures or Susie Carmichael from Rugrats. She also voiced Lizard in Spirit Rangers, which even won her an NAACP Image Awards!

Cree Summer has lent her voice to characters in many other popular shows. These include Inspector Gadget, Batman Beyond, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Codename: Kids Next Door. She was also the voice of Princess Kida in Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Besides voice acting, she also acted in live-action TV. She played Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in the TV show A Different World from 1987 to 1993.

Early Life and Family

Cree Summer was born in Los Angeles on July 7, 1969. She grew up mostly in Canada, living in places like Saskatchewan and Toronto. Her parents, Don Francks and Lili Francks, were also actors. As a child, she and her family moved around British Columbia. She started school in Toronto when she was nine years old. Cree also has a younger brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, who is an actor and used to be a VJ for MuchMusic.

Amazing Acting Career

Cree Summer's acting journey began in 1983. Her first big role was voicing Penny in the very first season of Inspector Gadget. After that, she appeared in many animated movies and shows. She was in The Care Bears Movie in 1985 and also in Ewoks, which is part of the Star Wars world.

In 1988, Cree got a role in a live-action TV show called A Different World. She played Freddie Brooks, a free-spirited student. She was a main character on the show until it ended in 1993. Even while working on A Different World, Cree kept busy with voice acting.

Voice Acting Superpowers

Cree Summer is truly a voice acting superstar! Between 1983 and 2006, she voiced over 100 different animated characters. These roles were in video games, TV shows, movies, and even commercials.

Some of her most famous voices include:

• Penny from Inspector Gadget.
• Elmyra Duff and Mary Melody in Tiny Toon Adventures. She even played Elmyra again in Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain.
• Susie Carmichael in Nickelodeon's Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!.
• Cleo the Poodle in PBS Kids' Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• Miranda from Nickelodeon's As Told by Ginger.
• Foxxy Love in Drawn Together.
• Valerie Gray in Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom.
• Numbuh 5 and Cree Lincoln in Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door.
• Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash in Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Cree has said Kida is one of her favorite roles!
• Blackarachnia in Transformers: Animated.
• Granny May on WordGirl.

More recently, Cree Summer joined the SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off The Patrick Star Show. In this show, she voices Patrick Star's mom and Squidward Tentacles' grandma! She also has a recurring role as librarian Rosalyn Inez on the TV show Abbott Elementary.

Voice Acting in Video Games

Cree Summer has also voiced characters in many video games. She was Auriel in Diablo III and Tandi in Fallout. She also voiced Cynder in The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and Medusa in Kid Icarus: Uprising. You can hear her voice as Professor Penelope Young in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Roller Brawl in the Skylanders series.

Music Career

Besides acting, Cree Summer is also a singer! She recorded the theme song for OWL/TV in 1985. In 1999, she released her own solo album called Street Faërie. This album was produced by the famous musician Lenny Kravitz.

Many of the characters Cree Summer voices are also singers. Susie in All Grown Up! was shown as a talented singer, which allowed Cree to sing in the role. Cree also sings the opening theme song for All Grown Up!. Foxxy Love from Drawn Together was a singer, and Numbuh 5 from Codename: Kids Next Door sang a lullaby. Even Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toon Adventures sang many times!

In 2008, she performed a cover of the song "Dirty Love" with Dweezil Zappa. Cree Summer has shared that she is inspired by musicians like Frank Zappa, Al Green, and Dinah Washington.

Personal Life

Cree Summer is a citizen of both America and Canada. She was married to producer Angelo Pullen for almost ten years. They have two daughters, who were born in 2011 and 2013. Her younger brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is also an actor and songwriter.

Awards and Nominations

Cree Summer has been recognized for her amazing work with several awards and nominations.

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  Cree Summer in 2020

See also

In Spanish: Cree Summer para niños