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Hélène Loiselle
Born: 17th Mar 1928 Montréal, Québec, Canada - Died 8th Aug 2013
Dept: Acting
Hélène Loiselle was a Canadian actress living and working in Quebec.
She was born in Montreal and studied acting with Charlotte Boisjoli, François Rozet, Jean Valcourt and Lucie de Vienne during the 1940s. Loiselle joined the theatre troupe Compagnons de Saint-Laurent and performed works by Jean Giraudoux, Racine, Edmond Rostand and Shakespeare. She spent two years in the early 1950s in Paris developing her technique. On her return, she performed in plays that included Chekhov's Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, Antigone and Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir.
In 1995, Loiselle received a Prix Gémeaux for her role in the television drama Sous un ciel variable. She also played several witches in the popular Radio Canada television show for children Fanfreluche.
Loiselle married the comedian Lionel Villeneuve; he died in 2000.
In 2006, she received the Prix Denise-Pelletier.
She died at the age of 85 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for a number of years.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 21
Film: 19 (90%)
Television: 2 (10%)
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Filmography
2006
Four strangers are wandering through town. Fanny, a young woman who takes care of trees, will cross paths with three people along her way and offer th ... view
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Joséphine
2005
An elderly woman's quiet routine is interrupted when the local chapel undergoes a makeover. ... view
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Sep 2002 (first aired)
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Original title: Mariages
2001
Yvonne is a young woman living in Quebec in the latter half of the 19th century, under the controlling influence of both her elder sister, Hélène, a ... view
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Maria
Original title: La bouteille
2000
Réal and François are two old buddies in their early 30s who reunite at last to unearth a time capsule bottle which contains their dreams and ambiti ... view
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Yvonne
2000
This feature-length documentary follows actor Jean-Louis Millette as he travels to Italy to present the play The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi, in which he ... view
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Self
1999
A mother who supports her child with a credit card scam and an accused rapist meet and form a unique bond. ... view
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Madame Faucher
Original title: Montréal vu par…
1991
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first ... view
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Madeleine
Original title: Doux aveux
1982
An eccentric old grandmother decides to leave her nagging daughter's house to live on her own. Her teenaged granddaughter seizes the opportunity to go ... view
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Rose-Alma Corriveau
Original title: Les ordres
1974
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Queb ... view
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Marie Boudreau
1973
The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for hi ... view
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Mrs. Biron
Original title: La maudite galette
1972
A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry. ... view
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Mère
1972
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according ... view
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Françoise Durocher
Original title: Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa...
1971
The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire that draws its irony from a specific social situatio ... view
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1971
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store ... view
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Madame Poulin
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Rue des Pignons was a French-Canadian TV series which ran from 1966 to 1977. Radio-Canada has reportedly lost most of the episodes of the series, only ... view
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Irène Milot (3 ep.)
1959
We witness the race for marriage of thousands of young people, wanting at all costs to escape conscription, then we are transported to the war factori ... view
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Monique épouse de Marcel