Huguette Oligny, (January 31, 1922 - May 9, 2013) was a
Canadian
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actress active in theatre, film and television.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a
French-Canadian
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father and
French mother, she began her theatrical career in 1939. Though mostly known for having played the great classics of French theatre she also performed in modern Quebec plays, notably by
Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright.
Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood wit ...
. She married
Gratien Gélinas
Gratien Gélinas, (December 8, 1909 – March 16, 1999) was a Canadian writer, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film.
His major works include ''Tit ...
, a great pioneer of Quebec theatre, in 1973. Her first marriage to Marcel Alexandre, with whom she had two children, ended in divorce.
In 1984 she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
and was promoted to Companion in 1996. In 1999 she was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec
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.
Filmography
References
External links
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Fonds Huguette Oligny (R13877)at
Library and Archives Canada
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1922 births
2013 deaths
Canadian television actresses
Companions of the Order of Canada
Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Actresses from Montreal
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian film actresses
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