Kim Yaroshevskaya (born October 1, 1923) is a Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in

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as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as '' Fanfreluche'' and '' Passe-Partout'' in the 1970s, she also had a starring role in the English Canadian drama series '' Home Fires'' in the early 1980s.

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, "We'll Keep a Welcome". ''

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'', November 8, 1980.

Background

Born in

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, Yaroshevskaya emigrated to Quebec at age ten with her family. In the 1950s, she was a founding member of the Quebec theatre collective Théâtre Le Grenier, with whom she created ''Fanfreluche''.

Career

Her other film and television roles have included '' A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)'', '' The Alley Cat (Le Matou)'', ''

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'', '' Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu)'', '' The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles)'' and ''

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''. Her stage roles have included productions of

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'', Samuel Beckett's ''

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'', Jean-Pierre Ronfard's ''Le Grand theatre du monde'', Athol Fugard's '' The Road to Mecca'' and Ted Galay's ''After Baba's Funeral'' and ''Sweet and Sour Pickles''. In recent years she has published several works of children's literature, including ''La Petite Kim'' (''Little Kim's Doll''), ''Contes de fanfreluche, tome 1 : Connaissez-vous le petit chaperon bleu et petit chaperon jaune?'' and ''Contes d'humour et de sagesse''. In November 2017 Yaroshevskaya, then aged 94, released her biography, ''Mon voyage en Amérique''.

Honours

She was nominated for an

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in 1981 for her role in ''Home Fires''. She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1991.Order of Canada Citation: Kim Yaroshevskaya

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, April 30, 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaroshevskaya, Kim 1923 births Living people Actresses from Montreal Actresses from Moscow Canadian children's television personalities Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Members of the Order of Canada Television personalities from Montreal Soviet emigrants to Canada Writers from Montreal Writers from Moscow Canadian women television personalities