Pauline Martin (born April 19, 1952) is a Canadian film actress and television personality known for appearing in the 1989 film ''
Jesus of Montreal
''Jesus of Montreal'' (french: Jésus de Montréal) is a 1989 French Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a grou ...
''.
She was born in
Trois-Pistoles
Trois-Pistoles is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
A ferry crosses the river t ...
,
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 ...
, with her family moving to
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada.
It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
in 1956.
In 1976, she co-hosted the
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
series ''Une fenêtre dans ma tête'', with
Yvan Ponton
Yvan Ponton (born 22 October 1945) is a Canadian actor, commentator and television host. Ponton has had a lengthy acting career which includes roles in a variety of major French-Canadian television shows and movies. He is most well known to Engl ...
. She joined the cast of
Denys Arcand
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film ''The Barbarian Invasions'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004. His films have also been nominated three f ...
's ''Jesus of Montreal'', and was nominated for the
Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She also played the role of "The Chief" on the French-Canadian version of ''
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'', entitled ''Mais, où se cache Carmen Sandiego? (But, Where is Carmen Sandiego Hiding?)''.
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1952 births
Actresses from Quebec
Canadian film actresses
Canadian women television hosts
Canadian television hosts
Living people
People from Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
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