- Born
- Birth nameBeverly Jean Santamaria
- Height5′ 0½″ (1.54 m)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on February 20, 1941 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Hotel Artemis (2018). She was previously married to Jack Nitzsche, Sheldon Wolfchild and Dewain Bugbee.
- SpousesJack Nitzsche(March 19, 1982 - August 25, 2000) (his death)Sheldon Wolfchild(1975 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Dewain Bugbee(1968 - 1971) (divorced)
- ChildrenDakota Cody Wolfchild
- Long black hair.
- Feathery clothing.
- Colorful hair highlights.
- Inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 1999.
- She has a doctorate of philosophy and an honorary doctorate of letters.
- Has one son: Dakota Cody.
- Pictured on a Canadian nondnominated permanent-rate postage stamp, issued 19 November 2021. Stamp was issued in booklets of 10. Price on day of issue for a single stamp was 92¢ CAN.
- 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.
- I never expect engaging, really. I'm so happy to be a song-writer - I'm even surprised when I get to record anything. I consider it a considerable privilege and a blessing to have a medium of expression that has a place in the world.
- [on living with animals on a small farm in Hawaii] It keeps me natural. People use words like grounded and focused. But I call it plain being natural. When you go out and hug your horse and it hugs you back, that's a very good feeling.
- I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs. That's stage two. That's because I went to college.. You have to be clever. The art of the three-minute song is more like journalism than writing a big 400-page book. You want to be brief, you want to make sense right yen and there. And sometimes that takes a bit of work.
- [on being called an 'icon'] You see them on your computer screen every day. Unless you press the button you don't k ow where they lead, right?
- When somebody says, "Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace", I stop them and say, "No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution".
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