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August Schellenberg
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Born
July 25
,
1936
·
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died
August 15
,
2013
·
Dallas, Texas, USA
(lung cancer)
Birth name
August Werner Schellenberg
Nickname
Augie
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Mini Bio
August Schellenberg was born on July 25, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for
Black Robe (1991)
,
The New World (2005)
and
DreamKeeper (2003)
. He was married to
Joan Karasevich
. He died on August 15, 2013 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Family
Spouse
Joan Karasevich
(? - August 15, 2013) (his death, 3 children)
Trivia
His father was born in Switzerland and his mother was Jewish and immigrated to Canada in 1923 from Poland.
He has played the Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull in three otherwise unrelated productions:
Witness to Yesterday (1973)
,
Crazy Horse (1996)
and
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
.
Of all the characters he has portrayed, Sitting Bull is his favorite.
Was a skilled amateur chef and a lifelong athlete who was a champion diver and boxer in his youth.
Has conducted acting workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University.
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