- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWinona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer
- Nickname
- Aunty Nona
- Nona Beamer was born on August 15, 1923 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Sesame Street (1969), My Place in the Lineup (2017) and KiHo Alu-Keola Beamer (2001). She died on April 10, 2008 in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
- She founded the Aloha Music Camp, which she operated with her son Keola, a Grammy-nominated slack-key guitar player.
- In 1949, she began teaching Hawaiian culture, leading to a long career at the Kamehameha Schools. She also took over her mother's hula school and taught hula for 30 years.
- She attended Colorado Women's College, Barnard College, and Columbia University.
- She was a songwriter, performer, author, and hula teacher, and an authority on Hawaiian culture. Her ancestral Hawaiian name comes from Princess Manono; it means "precious flower".
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