Lally Cadeau (born Alice Mary Cadeau, 10 January 1948) is a Canadian stage, television, film, and radio actress.

Life and career

Alice Mary Cadeau was born in

Burlington, Ontario Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Along with Milton to the north, it forms the western end of the Greater Toronto Area and is also part of the Hamilton met ...

, the youngest child and only daughter of a once-aspiring actress from Hamilton and a French-Canadian from

Penetanguishene Penetanguishene , sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual ( French and English) community has a populat ...

. Her father died when she was 6 years old. She attended Stoneleigh-Prospect Hill School for girls in

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; Edenhall Convent of the Sacred Heart in

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; and

Havergal College Havergal College is an independent day and boarding school for girls from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school was established in 1894 and named for Frances Ridley Havergal, a composer, author and humanitaria ...

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. Cadeau appeared as Elizabeth Rex at age 10 with the Hamilton Players Guild, and when 13 in Terrence Rattigan's ''Five Finger Exercise''. She studied under

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. A perennial stage, television, film and radio actress, she has been a mainstay with the Stratford Festival since 1997. She was in two television series, the CBC's ''

Hangin' In ''Hangin' In'' was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It aired briefly on Nickelodeon and in syndication in the United States. Synopsis The show starred Lally Cadeau as Kate Brown, the attractive and charismati ...

'' and Sullivan Entertainment's ''

Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created b ...

''. Since 1980, she has been the recipient of many nominations and awards, including a Bijou, a Genie, two Geminis, and two Dora Mavor Moore awards. These were for her work in ''Harvest'', ''You've Come a Long Way, Katie'', ''

'', and the stage plays ''Saturday'', ''Sunday'', ''Monday'' and ''Rose''. Her work for the Stratford Festival has included the roles of ''Filumena'', ''Juno Boyle'', ''Jean Brodie'', ''Mrs. van Damm'', ''The Duchess of York'', ''The Nurse'' and ''Lottie Childs''.

Personal life

Cadeau was married to the Robin Weatherstone (d. 2018), with whom she had two sons, Christopher, and Bennet. She also had a daughter, Sara Brooke, from a previous relationship.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1948 births Living people Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian voice actresses Franco-Ontarian people People from Burlington, Ontario Dora Mavor Moore Award winners 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Best Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners {{Canada-actor-stub