Carole Laure O.C. (born August 5, 1948) is an actress and singer from

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, Canada.

Career

Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director

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, whom she met in 1977 and who later became her husband. Laure was appointed an Officer of the

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in 2013, "For her international career as an actress, singer, director and dancer."

Singing career

Laure debuted as a singer on the album ''Alibis'' in 1978. In 1989, she devoted an acoustic-oriented bilingual album, ''Western Shadows'', to country and western standards. The album featured cover versions of

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's " Stand by Your Man",

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's "To Know Him Is to Love Him",

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", and

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's "Coming Back to You". The video for "Danse avant de tomber" (a cover of

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's French adaptation of

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' "Save the Last Dance for Me") featured dancer

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of the internationally famous Québec

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. For her 1991 album ''She Says Move On'', she recorded a cover version of

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". She switched from acoustic to electronic music on her 1997 French-language album ''Sentiments Naturels''. The album featured club-oriented genres such as

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, and

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, and collaborators included

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, Mirwais, Shazz,

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. Laure was also named in the songwriting credits.

Acting career

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. Laure and Furey were frequent co-stars in the films of Gilles Carle, most notably, ''L'Ange et la femme'' (1977) and ''Fantastica'' (1980). She also stars alongside

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in the 1981 film ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

* ''Alibis'' (1978) * Carole Laure/Lewis Furey ''Fantastica'' (1980) * Carole Laure/Lewis Furey ''Enregistrement Public au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin'' (1982) * Carole Laure/Lewis Furey ''Night Magic'' (1985) * ''Western Shadows'' (1989) * ''She Says Move On'' (1991) * ''Sentiments Naturels'' (1997) * ''Collection Légende'' (1999)

Singles

* "J'ai une chanson" (1978) * "See you Monday" (with

) (1979) * "Fantastica" (with Lewis Furey) (1980) * "I should have known / Slowly, I married her" (with Lewis Furey) (1982) * "Danse avant de tomber" (1989) * "Anybody with the Blues" (1990) * "She says move on" (1991) * "Perds ton temps" (1992) * "Mirage Geisho" (New version) (1993) * "Passe de toi" (1996) * "Sentiments naturels" (1997) * "Dormir" (Sampler) (1997)

Filmography

(mainly French language) *'' Mon enfance à Montréal'' (1971) *''

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'' (1972) as Shaïra *''

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'' (1972) *'' La Porteuse de pain'' (TV miniseries) (1973) as Marie Harmant *'' La Mort d'un bûcheron'' (1973) as Marie Chapdeleine *''

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(Les Corps célestes)'' (1973) as Rose-Marie *''

'' (1974) as Miss Monde 1984 / Miss Canada *'' La Tête de Normande St-Onge'' (1975) as Normande St-Onge *'' A Thousand Moons'' (1975) *'' Né pour l'enfer'' (''Born for Hell'') (1976) as Amy *''

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'' (1976) as Louise Saitta *'' A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette)'' (1976) as Amoureuse *''

The Angel and the Woman ''The Angel and the Woman'' (french: L'Ange et la femme) is a 1977 Canadian fantasy film, fantasy romance film directed by Gilles Carle and starring Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, and Stephen Lack. The film follows a woman who, after being brutally sho ...

(L'Ange et la femme)'' (1977) as Girl *''

La Menace ''La Menace'' is a 1977 French-Canadian film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Yves Montand, Carole Laure and Marie Dubois. Plot Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is plann ...

'' (1977) as Julie Manet, a Canadian Girl *''

Préparez vos mouchoirs ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' (french: Préparez vos mouchoirs) is a 1978 French romantic comedy film directed by Bertrand Blier and starring Carole Laure, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Riton Liebman. The film won the Academy Award for ...

'' (''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'') (1977) as Solange *'' La Jument vapeur'' (1978) as Armelle Bertrand *'' Inside Out'' (1979) *'' Au revoir à lundi'' (1979) as Lucie Leblanc *'' Fantastica'' (1980) as Lorca *''Asphalte'' (1981) as Juliette Delors *' (1981) as Pauline Klein *''

'' (''Victory'') (1981) as Renee - The French *'' Croque la vie'' (1981) as Thérèse *''

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'' (1983) as Maria Chapdelaine *''

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'' (1984) as Martine *''

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'' (1984) as Nathalie *'' Heartbreakers'' (1984) as Liliane *'' The Surrogate'' (1984) as Anouk Van Derlin *'' Night Magic'' (1985) as Judy *'' Drôle de samedi'' (1985) as Véronique *'' Sauve-toi, Lola'' (1986) as Lola *'' Sweet Country'' (1987) as Eva *'' La Nuit avec Hortense'' (1988) as Hortense *'' La Vie en couleurs'' (TV) (1989) as Laura *''

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'' (TV miniseries) (1989) as La cliente à la mouche / Sylvie, la femme du service des rêves *'' Thank You Satan'' (1989) as France Monnier *'' Beau fixe sur Cormeilles'' (1989) *'' Les Aventuriers d'Eden River'' (''Flight from Justice'') (TV) (1993) as Dr. Ann Stephens *'' Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...'' (1994) as Jess *'' Rats and Rabbits'' (2000) as Rita *'' Les Fils de Marie'' (2002) as Marie *'' Primitifs'' (2002) *''

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(La Belle bête)'' (2006) as Louise *''La Capture'' (Director, 2007) *''

Love Project ''Love Project'' (french: Love Projet) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Carole Laure and released in 2014. An ensemble drama, the film focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of young theatre professionals who are working to ...

(Love Projet)'' — 2014, director

References

External links

RFI Musique - CAROLE LAURE
June 1998 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laure, Carole Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian film actresses 1948 births Living people Actresses from Quebec Singers from Quebec French Quebecers French-language singers of Canada People from Shawinigan Canadian women pop singers