Françoise Graton (4 June 1930 – 7 November 2014) was a
Québécoise actress who lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
She contributed much to the advancement of theatre in Montreal
and particularly in involvement with children.
Biography
After studying at the Collège Marie de France, Françoise Graton joined the Mask Company and started at a very young age on stage and on television. For a few seasons, she directed the theatre at the Percé Art Center.
In 1964 she founded the Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale (NCT) with
Georges Groulx and
Gilles Pelletier, her companion in life.
The Montreal company presented great works of theatre to students.
Graton acted, hosted, directed and administrated the theatre for almost twenty years.
In 1997, the NCT was renamed the .
Graton acted in many plays,
several television dramas and series, and Quebec films.
In 1971 and 1982 she was named Woman of the Year by the Salon de la femme.
She was recognized by the Académie québécoise du théâtre in 1994, and received the prize of the Société québécoise d'études théâtre in 2001.
During Public School Week in 2013, on the 50th anniversary of the NCT, the Federation of Education presented its Prix Hommage (tribute prize) to Graton and Pelletier.
Graton died in Montreal on 7 November 2014, following a fall.
In a special tribute to Graton on 2 November 2015, a one-night show brought together dozens of great names from Quebec theatre, who reprised some of their most noted roles from the past 50 years while raising donations for the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier.
The archives of Françoise Graton are kept in the Montreal archives of the
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ( 'National Library and Archives of Quebec') or BAnQ is a Quebec government agency which manages the province's legal deposit system, national archives, and national library. Located at the G ...
(BAnQ).
Filmography
*' (1953–54 TV series) – Nouki
*''
La famille Plouffe
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'' (1953–1959 TV series) – Hélène Giguère
*' (1955–1958 TV series) – Sylvette
*' (1972–1975 TV series)
*''
Terre humaine
''Terre humaine'' (Human Earth) is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez which originally aired on Radio-Canada from September 18, 1978 to June 4, 1984, totalling 229 episodes.
Plot
The show takes place in rural Quebec an ...
'' (1978–1984 TV series)
*''
The Tin Flute
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'' (1983, french: Bonheur d'occasion, link=no, italic=yes) – Mme Letourneau
*''
Chartrand et Simonne'' (2000–2003 TV series) – Hélène Chartrand
*' (2001–02 TV series) – Cécile
*''
Providence'' (2005 TV series) – Gisèle Lemieux
*''
Days of Darkness'' (2007, french: L'Âge des ténèbres, link=no, italic=yes) – Madame Leblanc
*''Romaine par moins 30'' (2009) – Agnès Obadia
*''Aveux'' (2009) – Grand-Maman Julie
References
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1930 births
2014 deaths
French Quebecers
Actresses from Montreal