Hélène Loiselle (March 17, 1928 – August 7, 2013) was a Canadian actress living and working in
Quebec
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.
Life
She was born in
Montreal
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and studied acting with
Charlotte Boisjoli,
François Rozet
François Rozet, (25 March 1899 – 8 April 1994) was a French-born Canadian actor.
Rozet was born March 25, 1899 in Villars-les-Dombes, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France and died in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
In 1971, he was made an Officer of ...
, and during the 1940s. Loiselle joined the theatre troupe
Compagnons de Saint-Laurent
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and performed works by
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
His work ...
,
Racine
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,
Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...
and
Shakespeare
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. She spent two years in the early 1950s in
Paris
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developing her technique. On her return, she performed in plays that included
Chekhov
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's ''
Three Sisters'' and ''
Uncle Vanya
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'', ''
Antigone
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'' and '.
[
In 1995, Loiselle received a ]Prix Gémeaux
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for her role in the television drama '.[ She also played several witches in the popular ]Radio Canada
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television show for children '' Fanfreluche''.Prix Denise-Pelletier
The Prix Denise-Pelletier is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals for an outstanding career in the performing arts. It is awarded to a creator, performer, stage-craftsman or person who ha ...
.
She died at the age of 85 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease
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for a number of years.
Her brother Hubert Loiselle
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was also a well-known Quebec actor.
Selected performances[ ]
Film
* '' Mon oncle Antoine'' - 1971
* ''Françoise Durocher, Waitress
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'' - 1972
* ''Orders
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
(Les Ordres)'' - 1974
* ''Post Mortem
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'' - 1999
* ''The Bottle
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(La bouteille)'' - 2000
* ''Marriages
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(Mariages)'' - 2001
* '' The White Chapel (Une chapelle blanche)'' - 2005
* ''Gilles
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'' - 2008
Theatre
* ''Les Belles-sœurs
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'' 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 ...
at Théâtre du Rideau Vert
The Théâtre du Rideau Vert is a theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 4664 Saint Denis Street in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.
Founded in 1949 by Yvette Brind'Amour and Mercedes Palomino, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert ...
(1968)
* '' En Pièces Détachées'' by Michel Tremblay at Théâtre de Quat'Sous
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(1969)
* '' by Michel Tremblay at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1971)
* ''A Streetcar Named Desire
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'' by Tennessee Williams
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with the company Compagnie Jean-Duceppe (1974)
* ' by Claude Meunier
Claude Meunier (born September 4, 1951) is a Canadian actor, dramaturge, comedian and film director.
Meunier was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied law at the Université de Montréal.
Filmography
Author
Television
* 1976 - '' La Fricas ...
and (1980)
* ''Les Chaises
''The Chairs'' (french: Les Chaises) is a one-act play by Eugène Ionesco, described as an absurdist "tragic farce". It was first performed in Paris in 1952.
Setting
A high tower surrounded by water.
Characters
*Old Man, aged 95
*Old Woman, age ...
'' by Eugene Ionesco
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People and fictional characters
* Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...
at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1991)
* ''La Leçon d'anatomie'' by at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1992)
* ''Yerma
''Yerma'' is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural S ...
'' by Federico García Lorca
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at Théâtre du Rideau Vert (1993)
* ''La Cantatrice chauve
''La Cantatrice chauve '' – translated from French as ''The Bald Soprano'' or ''The Bald Prima Donna'' – is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco.
Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the ...
'' by Eugene Ionesco at Théâtre du Rideau Vert (1996)
References
External links
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1928 births
2013 deaths
Actresses from Montreal
Canadian women comedians
Comedians from Montreal
Prix Denise-Pelletier winners