Frédérique Collin (born 1944 in

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) is a

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actress, screenwriter and film director. She is most noted for her performance in '' Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t'en ville)'', for which she received a

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nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Genie Awards. Her other acting credits have included the films ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est)'', '' Gina'', '' The Absence (L'Absence)'', '' Lucien Brouillard'', '' To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans)'', '' Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)'' and ''Au fil de l'eau'', and the television series ''Témoignages'' and '' Fortier''. Her stage roles included productions of Anne Legault's ''Conte d'hiver 70'' and

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's ''High Mass for a Full Moon of Summer (Messe solonnelle pour une pleine lune d'été)''. She was also co-director and co-writer with

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of the 1980 film ''La cuisine rouge''. She dropped out of acting after 2003, reemerging in the early 2010s as a

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and

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advocate after going public about her battles with

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and compulsive

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."L'art comme issue de secours"
''

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'', December 10, 2010.

List of roles

Cinema

* 1971 : ''Question de vie'' : ''Estelle'' * 1972 : ''

'' - ''Françoise Durocher'' * 1972 : '' The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse)'' : ''The young servant'' * 1973 : ''La Conquête'' : ''Rita'' * 1973 : ''

'' : ''Hélène Caron'' * 1973 : ''Les Allées de la terre'' : ''Zette'' * 1973 : ''Noël et Juliette'' : ''rôle inconnu'' * 1974 : '' Once Upon a Time in the East'' : ''Lise Paquette'' * 1975 : '' Gina'' : ''Dolorès'' * 1975 : ''The Yellow Island (L'Île jaune)'' : ''Suzanne'' * 1975 : ''

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(L'Amour blessé)'' * 1976 : '' The Absence (L'Absence)'' : ''Louise'' * 1983 : '' Lucien Brouillard'' * 1985 : ''Celui qui voit les heures'' : ''Mireille'' * 1986 : '' Sonia'' : ''unnamed role'' * 1987 : '' Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)'' * 1988 : ''Lamento pour un homme de lettres'' : ''The wife of Laberge'' * 1989 : '' Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)'' : ''Thérèse'' * 2002 : ''Au fil de l'eau'' : ''Fabienne'' * 2003 : '' Evil Words (Sur le seuil)'' : ''Madame Hénault''

Television

* 1971 : '' Fanfreluche'' (TV series) : ''Lucas (one episode)'' * 1977 : ''Du tac au tac'' (TV series) : ''Hélène'' * 1980 : ''Jeune Délinquant'' (miniseries) : ''Lawyer'' * 1997 : ''Les Orphelins de Duplessis'' (miniseries) : ''Sœur Clothilde'' * 2001 : '' Fortier'' (TV series) : ''Jeannine Doyle (two episodes)'' * 2002 : ''Asbestos'' : ''Madame Duquette''

As director

* 1980 : ''La Cuisine rouge''

As writer

* 1980 : ''La Cuisine rouge''

Theatre

* 1971 : ''

Les Belles-Sœurs ''Les Belles-sœurs'' (; "The Sisters-in-Law") is a two-act play written by Michel Tremblay in 1965. It was Tremblay's first professionally produced work and remains his most popular and most translated work. The play has had a profound effec ...

'' by

, directed by

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- role of Lise Paquette, friend of Linda Lauzon * 1973 : ''Les Belles-Sœurs'' by Michel Tremblay, directed by André Brassard - role of Lise Paquette, friend of Linda Lauzon * 1974 : ''Les Belles-Sœurs'' by Michel Tremblay, directed by André Brassard - role of Marie-Ange Brouillette, neighbour of Germaine Lauzon

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collin, Frederique 1944 births Canadian television actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Actresses from Montreal Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses