Minnie Devereaux

Minnie Devereaux
Devereaux and Mabel Normand. From the Mack Sennett Weekly, 1917
Born	1891 Canada
Died	1984
Other names	Indian Minnie Minnie Ha-ha Minna Prevost Minnie Prevost
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1923

Minnie Devereaux (1891–1984) was a Canadian silent film actress. Nicknamed "Indian Minnie" and "Minnie Ha-ha",^[1] Devereaux was a Cheyenne, the daughter of Chief Plenty Horses.^[2]

Devereaux acted in at least a dozen films in the 1910s and 1920s, usually playing an Indian.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1913	Old Mammy's Secret Code		Credited as Minnie Prevost
1914	Fatty and Minnie He-Haw	Minnie He-Haw
1918	Mickey	Minnie	Credited as Minnie Ha Ha
1919	A Daughter of the Wolf	Mrs. Beavertail
	Rose of the West	Natoosh	Credited as Minna Prevost
1920	Up in Mary's Attic	Herself	Credited as Minnie Ha Ha
	'If Only' Jim	Squaw
	Food for Scandal	Paola
1921	A Ridin' Romeo	Squaw
	By Right of Birth		Credited as Minnie Prevost
1923	The Girl of the Golden West	The Squaw
	Suzanna	Herself	Credited as Indian Minnie

References

1. ^ Fussell, Betty Harper (1982). Mabel. New Haven: Ticknor & Fields. p. 96. ISBN 9780899190907. 
2. ^ Malinowski, Sharon; Abrams, George H. J. (1995). Notable native Americans. New York: Gale Research. p. 105. ISBN 9780810396388. 

External links

• Minnie Devereaux at the Internet Movie Database
• Indian Woman Tells History, from Mack Sennett Weekly, vol. I, February 12, 1917

Persondata
Name	Devereaux, Minnie
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Canada
Date of death	1984
Place of death