René Richard Cyr (born September 27, 1958) is a

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actor,

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and theatre director from

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.Raymond Bertin
"René Richard Cyr"
''

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'', February 10, 2010. He is most noted for his roles as barber Méo Bellemare in the films '' Babine'' and '' Ésimésac'' and as drag queen Veronica Sinclair in ''

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'',"Cover Girl is no reality show". ''

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'', January 8, 2005. and as the stage director of many theatrical plays by

Michel Tremblay Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood ...

. Born in

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, he is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Although he has had film and television roles, he is most prominently a stage actor. As a playwright, his works have included ''Volte-face'', ''La Magnifique Aventure de Denis St-Onge'', ''Marco chaussait des dix'', ''Camille C.'', ''L'An de grâce'', ''L'Apprentissage des marais'' and ''Les Huit péchés capitaux (Éloges)''. He directed '' Sisters and Neighbors! (Nos belles-sœurs)'', the 2024 film adaptation of Tremblay's play ''

Les Belles-sœurs ''Les Belles-sœurs'' (; "The Sisters-in-Law") is a two-act play written by Michel Tremblay in 1965. It was Tremblay's first professionally produced work and remains his most popular and most translated work. The play has had a profound effec ...

''. He is out as

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

."Ils l’ont dit dans Fugues"
. ''

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'', March 26, 2014.

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