Andrée Lachapelle
Template:Short description Template:Expand French Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Andrée Lachapelle, Template:Post-nominals (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.[1]
In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[2] In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[3]
On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer.[4] 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).[5]
Bibliography
- Marcel Dubé, Andrée Lachapelle : entre ciel et terre, collection Portraits d'artistes, Mnémosyne, Montréal, 1995, 117 p., Template:ISBN Template:In lang
Notes and references
- ↑ Obituary by Lisa Fitterman in the Toronto Globe and Mail 27 Nov. 2019.)
- ↑ Andrée Lachapelle, O.C., C.Q.
- ↑ Andrée Lachapelle, Chevalière (1997) Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Andrée Lachapelle at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Celebrating Women's Achievements. Andrée Lachapelle (1931– ) Actor., Library and Archives Canada biography
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- Deaths by euthanasia
- Knights of the National Order of Quebec
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- Best Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners