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Andrée Lachapelle

Actor, Additional Credits
Died November 21, 2019 (88 years)
Andrée Lachapelle (November 13, 1931 – November 21, 2019) was a French Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx, later attended teacher's college and taught elementary school for a few years. In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas, performed with him, and had three children before his death in 1969. She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay, Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck (La corde au cou), YUL 871, Laura Laur, Léolo, Cap Tourmente, Route 132, The Last Escape and Don't Let the Angels Fall.

In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer. She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).
Known For
  • Leolo
  • And the Birds Rained Down
  • Dear Father
  • The Passion of Augustine
  • Route 132
  • The Meteor
  • Dans le ventre du dragon
  • La dernière fugue
  • Cap Tourmente
  • Montreal Flight 871
  • Daniel and the Superdogs
  • Rope Around the Neck
  • Albertine, en cinq temps
  • La belle empoisonneuse
  • Nelligan
  • Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • Don't Let the Angels Fall
  • Caroline
  • Games of the Heart

Filmography

2019
And the Birds Rained Down · as Marie-Desneige
2018
En tout cas (TV Series)
2015
The Passion of Augustine · as Mère Marie-Stéphane
2013
The Meteor · as The Mother (voice)
2010
Route 132 · as Alberta
2010
La dernière fugue · as La Mere
2009
Yamaska (TV Series) · as Florence Bergman
2007
2007
La Galere (TV Series) · as Proprietaire Du Domaine (2007)
2006
A Family Secret · as Germaine 51-60 Ans
2004
Daniel and the Superdogs · as Grandmother
2004
Tideline · as Cast
2003
Grande Ourse (TV Series) · as Madame Sylvestre
2001
2000
Albertine, en cinq temps · as Albertine 60 Ans
1995
The Great Reportages (TV Series) · as Voix-Off
1993
Maria des Eaux-Vives (TV Series) · as Cast
1993
Cap Tourmente · as Jeanne O'neil
1992
Leolo · as Psychiatrist
1992
Scoop (CA) (TV Series) · as Yolande Rousseau
1991
Nelligan · as Robertine Barry
1989
Dans le ventre du dragon · as Madame Côté
1989
1988
Straight for the Heart · as Invitée Au Dîner
1981
Happy Memories · as Voix De Maman
1980
Le temps d'une paix (TV Series) · as Marie-Thérèse Fournier
1979
Dear Father · as Giulia
1974
Lovely Sundays · as Évelyne
1969
Don't Let the Angels Fall · as Prostitute
1966
Montreal Flight 871 · as Madeleine
1965
Rope Around the Neck · as Suzanne
1964
Caroline · as Narrator (voice)

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