''Providence'' is a

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which aired on

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from January 4, 2005 to November 22, 2011.

Plot

Taking place in the fictional town of Providence in the

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, the series focuses on the Beauchamp family and their

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-making enterprise that was part of the Beauchamp family for three generations. The series also focuses on Édith Beauchamp, a businesswoman who is currently head of the company.

Cast

Monique Mercure Marie Lise Monique Émond (14 November 193016 May 2020), better known as Monique Mercure (), was a Canadian stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cann ...

: ''Édith Beauchamp'' * Bernard Fortin : ''Pierre Lavoie'' *

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: ''Bertrand Lavoie'' *

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: ''Hélèna Beauchamp'' *

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: ''Luc Lavoie'' * Marie-Joanne Boucher : ''Marie-Ève Lavoie'' *

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: ''Diane Bourgeois'' *

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: ''Lili-Mai Lavoie'' * Luis Oliva : ''Diego Dumais'' *

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: ''Solange Lafleur'' * Jeremy T. Gaudet : ''Napoléon Lavoie-Lafleur'' *

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: ''Antonin Lavoie'' * Anik Vermette : ''Julie Rioux'' *

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: ''Maxime Bélanger'' *

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: ''Jean-Guy Bélanger'' * Nicolas Simard Lafontaine: ''Jean-Guy Bélanger'' in his childhood *

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: ''Lucille Champagne'' * Sylvain Carrier : ''Louis Duranleau'' *

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: ''Valérie Chénard'' *

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: ''Mauro Santorelli'' *

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: ''François Berthier'' * Frédérice Paquet : ''Charles-Éric Allan'' * Benoît Girard : ''Robert Beauchamp'' * Yan Rompré : ''Benoît Pilon'' * Danièle Panneton : ''Monique Smith'' *

Claude Gagnon Claude Gagnon (born 1949 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who frequently works in both Canada and Japan. His most noted films include '' Keiko'' (1979), ''Kenny'' (1988), '' The Pianist'' (199 ...

: ''Éliot'' * France Parent : ''Manon'' *

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: ''Anne Daviau'' * Josée Guindon : ''Françe Renaud'' * Sabel Dos Santos : ''Fatima Macedo'' * Alex Vallée : ''Samuel Chénard-Poulin'' * Jessica Malka: Katheleen * Paul Dion: Maurice *

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: Véronique * Louis-Philippe Dury: un écolier

External links

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