Music
Castel began in the music business by recording an album, ''Toi et moi amoureux'', as a duo with Jean Beaulne of Les Baronets. The album spawned popular Quebec hits with "Sous notre toit" and the title track. For the next number of years, Castel recorded and performed mainly songs written by Christine Charbonneau, including "Du fil des aiguilles et du coton", "Château de sable", "Sur le pont", "Je le vois dans ma soupe", "Dominique", "Au fond de nous" and "L'amitié". Later in the 1970s, she began writing her own songs, inspired by blues music. She recorded seven solo albums through the 1970s: ''Du fil, des aiguilles et du coton'' (1973), ''To One and All'' (1973), ''Je le vois dans ma soupe'' (1973), ''Moi j'veux pas déranger personne'' (1974), ''Quand on aime on a toujours 20 ans'' (1975), ''En corps à cœur'' (1976) and ''Noël disco'' (1977).Acting
In the 1970s, she began to take acting roles, starting with the television series ''Du Tac au Tac'' and ''Féminin pluriel''. Her later television roles included the series '' Omertà'' and ''Sous un ciel variable''. In musical theatre, she played the role of Stella Spotlight in a 1980 production of '' Starmania''. In 1986, she played Marlene Dietrich in a production of Normand Mongeon and Roch Harvey's ''Le Phenonène M''. Her subsequent musical theatre roles included Betty Bird in Michel Tremblay's ''Demain matin, Montréal m'attend'' and Janine in Marc Drouin and François Dompierre's ''I''. She appeared in films including '' An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée)'', '' The Wind from Wyoming (Le vent du Wyoming)'', '' Karmina'', ''Broadcasting career
In the 2000s, she became a radio and television host, beginning as cohost with France Beaudoin of the daytime talk show ''Deux filles le matin'' for TVA. In 2005 she moved to Société Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where she hosted the morning talk show ''Droit au cœur'' in 2005, cohosted the variety series ''Pour le plaisir'' with Michel Barrette from 2007 to 2014, and hosted a blues music program for Espace musique. She published an autobiography, ''Ici et maintenant'', in 2016.Discography
Albums
*''Du fil, des aiguilles et du coton'' (1973) *''To One and All'' (1973) *''Je le vois dans ma soupe'' (1973) *''Moi j'veux pas déranger personne'' (1974) *''Quand on aime on a toujours 20 ans'' (1975) *''En corps à cœur'' (1976) *''Noël disco'' (1977)Filmography
Film
Television
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