Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey


Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is an actor, filmmaker and anthropologist. As an anthropologist, she works "to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear." She is also the first female National Geographic fellow and the first Polynesian explorer at the National Geographic Society.
Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.

Filmmaker

Lindsey directed and produced Then There Were None, a 1996 documentary film that chronicles the plight of native Hawaiians. It received the CINE Golden Eagle Award.

Actor

Lindsey has also worked as an actor, perhaps most prominently in the recurring role of the nurse Mai on China Beach. Her guest roles include appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Byrds of Paradise, Magnum, P.I., and a number of other television shows and movies.

Awards and recognition

She was crowned Miss Hawaii in 1978.
Lindsey was married to John W. A. "Doc" Buyers, former chairman and chief executive officer of C. Brewer & Co., from 1999 until his death in 2006.
Lindsey married George D. Crowley, III in 2018.