Michèle Magny (born 1944) is a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director from

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."Magny, Michèle"
''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', July 17, 2020. She was a

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nominee for French-language drama at the

1995 Governor General's Awards The 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards were presented by Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada on November 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto."Writer's Roaring success: Greg Hollingshead wins Governor-General's Award for fiction". ...

, for her play ''Marina, le dernier rose aux joues''. A 1968 graduate of the

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, she began her career with roles in films such as '' Don't Let the Angels Fall'' and '' The House of Light (La Chambre blanche)''. Her other credits have included the films ''O or the Invisible Infant (Ô ou l'invisible enfant)'', '' Taureau'', ''La Piastre'', '' The Disappearance'', '' The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine)'', '' To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans)'' and '' Wild Flowers (Les Fleurs sauvages)'', and the television series ''Mont-Joye'', ''Maigrichon et Gras-Double'' and ''La Bonne Aventure''. More prominent as a stage actress, her performances have included productions of the collective play ''La Nef des sorcières'',

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's ''Bonjour, là, bonjour'', Anne Legault's ''O'Neill'',

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's ''Les Fées ont soif'', and a French translation of

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's '' The Real Thing''. She has directed productions of Jacques Rampal's ''Célimène et le cardinal'',

Jovette Marchessault Jovette Marchessault () (February 9, 1938 – December 31, 2012)

's ''Anaïs dans la queue de la comète'',

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's '' Fool for Love'',

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), ''The Sandbox (play), The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), ''A Delicat ...

's ''

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'', and

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's '' Homeward Bound''.Pat Donnelly, "All going well for Homeward Bound; Trail-blazing English Canadian comedy a hit with francophones". ''

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'', November 26, 1994. Her second stage play, ''Un carré de ciel'' (2004), portrayed the life of writer Jacques Ferron. She has also written two radio plays for

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, ''La plume et le scalpel'' and ''Histoire de gare et d'amour''.

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