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Hélène Loiselle

Actor
Born March 17, 1928Died August 8, 2013 (85 years)
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.
Known For
  • Orderers
  • My Uncle Antoine
  • Post Mortem
  • Réjeanne Padovani
  • The Bottle
  • Blanche
  • In the Cities
  • Doux aveux
  • Françoise Durocher, Waitress
  • Il était une guerre
  • Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à Papa

Filmography

2006
In the Cities · as Joséphine
2001
Marriages · as Maria
2000
The Bottle · as Yvonne
1999
Post Mortem · as Madame Faucher
1996
Virginie (TV Series) · as Renée Gagnon
1996
Une vie comme rivière · as Narrator
1993
Blanche (TV Series) · as Supérieure Hospitalière
1991
Montréal vu par... · as Madeleine
1982
Doux aveux · as Rose-Alma Corriveau
1978
Duplessis (TV Series) · as Mère Marie Du Saint-Esprit
1974
Orderers · as Marie Boudreau
1973
Réjeanne Padovani · as Mrs. Biron
1972
Dirty Money · as Mother
1972
1971
1971
My Uncle Antoine · as Madame Poulin
1966
Me ... and the other (TV Series) · as Mme André
1966
Rue des Pignons (TV Series) · as Irène Milot
1959
Il était une guerre · as Monique Épouse De Marcel

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