Marc Favreau (Sol), (November 9, 1929 – December 17, 2005) was a Quebecois television and film actor and poet.
Favreau began his television career as a regular on ''
La Boîte à surprise'', a long-running children's television show on
Radio-Canada
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. At that time, he was teamed with another clown in an act called
Bim et Sol. Favreau developed
Sol's monologues into an enormously popular one-man show. Favreau then teamed up with another clown for
Sol et Bouton. Finally, Favreau created, with
Luc Durand
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a popular television series called ''
Sol et Gobelet
''Sol et Gobelet'' was a French language children's television show made in Quebec, which was broadcast from 1968 to 1971 on Radio-Canada. Its stories revolved around the adventures of clowns Sol (played by Marc Favreau) and Gobelet (played b ...
''.
Later, he played numerous roles on stage and on several television series on Canadian television, such as ''
Parlez-moi'', an instructional program on the French language on
TVOntario
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in the late 1970s. Many English Canadian children got their first exposure to
Quebec French
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through Favreau's work. He is best remembered for the witty deconstructions of the
French language
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which he invented for Sol.
See also
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Culture of Quebec
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Television of Quebec Television in Quebec is a part of the culture of Quebec, with over 99% of households owning a television in Quebec. Long a preferred medium of many of Quebec's actors, artists, and writers, television has been one of the important forces in Quebec s ...
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Cinema of Quebec
The history of cinema in Quebec started on June 27, 1896 when the Frenchman Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. However, it would have to wait until the 1960s before a genuine Quebec ...
External links
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Marc Favreau obit at CBC NewsMarc Favreau
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1929 births
2005 deaths
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Officers of the Order of Canada
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian clowns
Deaths from cancer in Quebec
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