{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person | name = Kim Winona | image = KimWinona1954.png | alt = A smiling woman with fair skin and dark hair | caption = Connie Buck (Kim Winona), from a 1954 newspaper | other_names = Constance M. Marlow, Connie Buck | birth_name = Constance Elaine Mackey | birth_date = October 10, 1930 | birth_place = South Sioux City, Nebraska | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|6|23|1930|10|10}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | occupation = Actress | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse(s) = | relatives = | children = 2 }}
'''Kim Winona''' (born '''Constance Elaine Mackey;''' October 10, 1930 – June 23, 1978), also credited as '''Connie Buck''', was an American actress, mostly playing Native American roles in Western television programs.
== Early life == Winona was born Constance Elaine Mackey in South Sioux City, Nebraska, the daughter of Elaine G. Melior. She lived in Spokane, Washington, as a girl.<ref>{{Cite news|last=FSR|date=1954-08-07|title=Young Actress Awaits Word of Good Role in TV Series|pages=3|work=Spokane Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82665344/young-actress-awaits-word-of-good-role/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux people,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Shearer|first=Lloyd|date=1956-02-26|title=From Tepee to TV|pages=90|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82663548/from-tepee-to-tvlloyd-shearer/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and her mother was active in compiling records of Native American family trees.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Metzger|first=Joyce Owen|date=1979-08-01|title=The Family Tree|pages=47|work=Spokane Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82667642/the-family-treejoyce-owen-metzger/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Career == Winona worked as a secretary and model when she first lived in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1956-02-19|title=Indian Charmer from South Dakota|pages=99|work=Star Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82664276/indian-charmer-from-south-dakota/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> On television she had a regular role as Morning Star in ''Brave Eagle'' (1955–1956),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hawes|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pQKmPSfHCQC&dq=Kim+Winona&pg=PA133|title=Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958|date=2001-12-26|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1132-0|pages=133, 237|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1957-06-09|title=WGN-TV to Carry Cheyenne Series; Opens Tomorrow|pages=37|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82664564/wgn-tv-to-carry-cheyenne-series-opens/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> of which she explained that "The script writers have never made me say 'Ugh', 'Me catchum this', or 'Me wantum wampum.'"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lieber|first=Leslie|date=1956-07-08|title=TV Smokes the Peace Pipe|pages=95|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82663963/tv-smokes-the-peace-pipeleslie-lieber/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The show was praised for casting several Native American actors in regular roles, and for having a Chippewa technical advisor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=Vernon|date=1957-02-03|title=Eagle Top Indiams TV Totem Pole|pages=74|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82665057/eagle-top-indiams-tv-totem-polevernon/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> While in this role, she was a guest marshal of the Hesperia Days parade in Hesperia, California.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 7, 1956|title=Junior Rodeo Feature of Hesperia Days|page=17|work=San Bernardino Sun|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19560607.1.17&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Kim+Winona%22-------1|access-date=August 2, 2021|via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>
As Connie Buck, she also appeared in ''The Man Called X'' (1956), ''Bolt of Lightning'' (1957),<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXeNAwAAQBAJ&dq=Connie+Buck&pg=PT659|title=Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 through 1989|last2=Garcia|first2=Frank|date=2014-05-12|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1030-6|language=en}}</ref> ''Cheyenne'' (1958), ''The Rough Riders'' (1958), ''26 Men'' (1957–1958), ''Northwest Passage'' (1959), ''Gunsmoke'' (1959),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Stephen B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zkDI7CHjisC&dq=Connie+Buck&pg=PA86|title=Andrew V. McLaglen: The Life and Hollywood Career|date=2011-09-07|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8670-0|pages=86|language=en}}</ref> ''Black Saddle'' (1959), ''Bat Masterson'' (1960),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rainey|first=Buck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-0yKIIRLSMC&dq=Connie+Buck&pg=PA252|title=Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws|date=2015-11-17|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0328-5|pages=252|language=en}}</ref> and ''Rawhide'' (1959–1960). She had a role in the film ''Gun Fight'' (1961), and was hired to promote the film ''Apache'' (1954), despite not appearing in it.<ref name=":0" /> She also painted and did sculpture.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1956-01-22|title=Kim Winona|pages=127|work=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82664466/kim-winona/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1956-05-27|title=All She Had to Do Was Be Herself|pages=115|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82664896/all-she-had-to-do-was-be-herself/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1949-02-02|title=Tries for Award|pages=3|work=Spokane Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82666157/tries-for-award/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Personal life == Winona married four times and divorced three times. Her first husband was Harvey L. Buck; they married in 1949 in Spokane.<ref name=":1" /> Her third husband was John Gilbert Stewart; they married in 1972 in Los Angeles and divorced in 1976. Her last husband was Charles Marcus "Chic" Sorenson; they married in 1977. She had two daughters, Migan (Mimi) Richman, and Michelle Stewart. Michelle is a young adult and supernatural thriller writer under the pen name Michelle Morningstar. Kim Winona died in 1978, aged 47 years, in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1978-06-27|title=Constance E. Sorenson|pages=9|work=Spokane Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82667253/constance-e-sorenson/|access-date=2021-08-02|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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* {{IMDB name|0935442}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Winona, Kim}} Category:1930 births Category:1978 deaths Category:People from South Sioux City, Nebraska Category:Native American actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:20th-century Native American people Category:20th-century Native American women Category:People from Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Category:Santee Dakota people Category:American television actresses Category:Santee Dakota women Category:Native American people from Nebraska Category:Native American people from South Dakota