Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CREE SUMMER!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Cree Summer Francks is an american-canadian actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer . she is known for playing Winifred “Freddie” Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World . Summer she also voiced the character Mo in the Horrible Histories and Kermit’s Mom . she started public school at the age of nine in Toronto . her unique, throaty voice was instantly recognizable to viewers Summer was cast as the freespirited Winifred “Freddie” Brooks in the cosby show spin-off A Different World . she remained a regular cast member of the show from 1988 through its end in 1993 . summer’s professional work since has been limited to voice acting . she has guest appearances on other live-action television shows such as Living Single and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . at the start of the third season of A Cree voiced the neighborhood ice-cream woman and innocent love interest of Slimer . Summer voiced over 101 animated characters between 1983 and 2006 . Among her most famous roles was in Inspector Gadget (Sea summer is a frequent co-star of Canadian-American actress Tara Strong . she voiced Auriel in Diablo 3, and reprised the role for Heroes of the Storm . summer voices Medusa in the game Kid I she reprised her voice of She-Hulk in the introduction video for the MMORPG Wildstar . she provides the voice of vampire derby girl Roller Brawl in the Skylanders series . in 1993 she released an album with her band Subject to Change . Capitol Records did not officially release the album because of creative differences . the records that were produced were distributed as promotions and are considered a rarity . Summer released her solo album Street Farie produced by and featuring guest artist lenny Kravitz . her label dropped her and a planned spot with Lilith Fair was canceled . Summer recorded a song titled a number of Summer’s portrayed characters are singers or sing songs within a show . was portrayed as a singer with real talent, allowing Summer to sing in the role . Summer also sings the opening Elmyra Duff sang many times on Tiny Toon Adventures . she co-performed lead vocals in the song “Cool Kitty” with Tara Strong . her character Priscill Summer also has a younger brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, a Canadian actor and songwriter . the couple has two children, Brave Littlewing and Hero Peregrine .