Maryse Pelletier (born November 20, 1946) is a Canadian actress and award-winning writer living in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. She was born in

Cabano Cabano is a former city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated on Lake Témiscouata on Autoroute 85. On May 5, 2010 it merged with Notre-Dame-du-Lac to form the new city ...

and received a BA from the

Université de Moncton The Université de Moncton is a Canadian francophone university in New Brunswick. It includes campuses in Edmundston, Moncton, and Shippagan. The university was founded in 1963 following the recommendations of the royal commission on higher ed ...

. She went on to study French, American and English literature at the Université Laval and theatre at the

Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal The Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal is a Canadian government-funded dramatic school founded in 1954. The first director was Jan Doat. He was succeeded by Jean Valcourt in 1955 on the condition that a branch also be opened in Quebec Cit ...

. During the 1970s, she performed in comedies at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the

Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui The Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui is a theater in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 3900 Saint Denis Street in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. It was founded in 1968, regrouping the product of three semi-professional theater companies: ' ...

, the and the . Pelletier wrote scripts for a number of

Radio-Canada The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

television series for youth, including '' Traboulidon'' and ''

Iniminimagimo ''Iniminimagimo'' was a French language children's television show made in Quebec. It played in the late 1980s. Each episode featured a classic fairy tale played by the same cast. Script writers for the series included Linda Wilscam, Marie-Franci ...

''; these series received Genie Awards for children's programming. She also contributed to the series ' and ''Les frimousses'', as well as a series on illiteracy ''Graffiti''. From 1992 to 1996, she was director for the .

Selected works

Plays

* ''Du poil aux pattes comme les CWACS'' (1982) * ''Duo pour voix obstinées'' (1985), received the and the Governor General's Award for French-language drama

Novels

* ''La Musique des choses'' (1998), received the Médaille de la Culture française awarded by * ''Une vie en éclats'' (1997), finalist for a Governor General's Prize * ''Un couteau sur la neige'', received the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelletier, Maryse 1946 births Living people Writers from Quebec Canadian children's writers in French Governor General's Award-winning dramatists Canadian women screenwriters Canadian film actresses Canadian novelists in French Canadian women novelists French Quebecers Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian theatre directors 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Canadian women children's writers