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Suzanne Lapointe
Suzanne Lapointe, Order of Canada, C.M. (16 May 1934 – 2 January 2015) was a Canadian singer, actress and television presenter. Biography Suzanne Lapointe was born in Montreal on 16 May 1934, the second of six children of Armand Lapointe, a commercial traveler, and Lucette Brousseau, who created clothing. With a voice worthy of a prima donna, she went initially towards her study of singing as a young girl after her Classics, classical studies. Initiated by her singing aunt Marthe, who was a soprano for Variétés lyriques, she studied Vocal range, classical singing at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where she also studied acting with Jean Valcourt and drama in Sita Riddez's class. In 1959, she successfully auditioned to become a hostess on the television show ''La Poule aux oeufs d'or'', which became a gateway to the artistic field in Quebec. In 1960, she received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, which allowed her to spend two years singi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
