Cathy Elliott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cathy Elliott

Canada Mi’kmaq artist, musician, composer, playwright, member of the Sipekne'katik Mi'kmaq First Nation

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1957

Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 15-Oct-2017

Profession: actor, writer, composer, teacher, playwright, artist, musician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Cathy Elliott (1957–2017) was a Mi'kmaq artist, musician, composer and playwright and member of the Sipekne'katik Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada.
She was known for working with Indigenous youth across Canada to express their culture through theatre and documentary film.
She worked for several years with the DAREarts program and also wrote the first all-Indigenous musical to be offered at the Charlottetown Festival.
The musical, The Talking Stick, was premiered in Prince Edward Island for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.
Elliott was struck by a car and killed while walking alongside a road in Essa, Ontario on October 15, 2017.