Janine Sutto, (20 April 1921 – 28 March 2017) was a French-born Canadian actress and
comedian.
Career
Born in
Paris
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to Léopold Sutto and Renée Mamert, she emigrated to Canada in 1930, with her family settling in
Montreal
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.
At age 14, Sutto began acting in
radio drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...
s, and later performed stage roles. In 1943, she was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Equipe troupe, and she continued acting on stage through the early 1950s with
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) is a theatre company and Theater (structure), venue located on Rue Sainte-Catherine (Montreal), rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in , it launched with the classic play ''L'Avare'' by Molière.
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.
She also made over 75 film and television appearances, with her first film appearance being in the 1945 film ''
The Music Master (Le Père Chopin)''.
Personal life
![Wedding of Janine Sutto and Pierre Dagenais](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Wedding_of_Janine_Sutto_and_Pierre_Dagenais.jpg)
She married fellow comic actor in 1944.
Her biography, titled ''Vivre avec le destin'' (''Living with Destiny''), written by her son-in-law Jean-François Lépine, was published in 2010.
Sutto died in a Montreal
palliative care
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facility in March 2017 at age 95, as reported by Lépine.
Honours
In 1986 she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the cen ...
and was promoted to Companion in 1991. In 1998, she was made a Knight of the
National Order of Quebec
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. In May 2014, Sutto received a
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for her contribution to Canadian theatre.
References
External links
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Janine Sutto at
The Canadian Encyclopedia
''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage.
Available f ...
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1921 births
2017 deaths
Canadian film actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian television actresses
Companions of the Order of Canada
French emigrants to Quebec
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Actresses from Montreal
Canadian radio actresses
Actresses from Paris
Governor General's Award winners