Paule Baillargeon (born July 19, 1945 in

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) is a Canadian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and film director. She won the

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for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' is a 1987 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an awa ...

'', and was a nominee for Best Director for ''

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(Le Sexe des étoiles)''. Her film roles have included ''

August 32nd on Earth ''August 32nd on Earth'' (french: Un 32 août sur terre, and also known as ''32nd Day of August on Earth'') is a 1998 Canadian drama film directed and written by Denis Villeneuve, in his feature film directorial debut, and produced by Roger Fr ...

(Un 32 août sur terre)'', ''

Jesus of Montreal ''Jesus of Montreal'' (french: Jésus de Montréal) is a 1989 French Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a g ...

(Jésus de Montréal)'', ''

A Woman in Transit ''A Woman in Transit'' (french: La Femme de l'hôtel) is a 1984 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 243. Plot Andrea Richler (Paule Baillargeon) is a w ...

(La Femme de l'hôtel)'', ''

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'' and '' Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)''. Baillargeon received a classical education at the Ursuline Convent in

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and at the École Sophie-Barat in

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. She left the

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in 1969 without graduating and, along with Raymond Cloutier and others, founded the experimental theatre group Le Grand Cirque Ordinaire. For several years she participated in writing and performing in its collective creations, which had a marked effect on the theatre of Quebec during the late 1960s and early 1970s. ''Le Grand Film ordinaire: ou Jeanne D’Arc n’est pas morte, se porte bien, et vit au Québéc'', released in 1971, is a documentary based on its first performance piece. Although the collective disbanded after its second film, ''Montréal Blues'', Baillargeon’s key 1980 film co-directed with Frédérique Collin, ''La Cuisine rouge'', adapted Le Grand Cirque’s Brechtian style to a fractured narrative about sexual stereotyping. In 2002, she directed an NFB documentary about her friend,

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. In 2009, Baillargeon was appointed as a filmmaker in residence by the

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(NFB). In 2011, the NFB released her autobiographical work '' Trente tableaux'', an

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composed of 30 filmic portraits of her 66 years of life to date, including her experiences as a woman in Quebec's changing society. She has received Quebec's two highest film honours: the

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in 2009 and the 2012 Jutra Award for lifetime achievement.

Filmography

As director

*''Anastasie, oh! ma chérie'' (Short film, 1977) *''La cuisine rouge'' (Co-Directed with Frédérique Collin, 1980) *''Sonia'' (Short film, 1986) *''Solo'' (TV movie, 1991) *''Le complexe d'Édith'' (Short film, 1991) *'' Le sexe des étoiles'' (1993) *''Une famille comme les autres'' (TV documentary series, 1999-2000) *''Claude Jutra, portrait sur film'' (Documentary, 2002) *''Le petit Jean-Pierre, le grand Perreault'' (Documentary short, 2004) *''Un cri au bonheur'' (Anthology film Co-Directed with various, 2007) (aka ''Et il y avait la poésie'') *''Trente tableaux'' (feature documentary, 2011)

As actress

*''

'' - 1973 *''

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(Le Temps de l'avant)'' - 1975 *''

Confidences of the Night ''Confidences of the Night'' (french: L'Amour blessé, lit. "Wounded Love") is a 1975 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 47. The film stars L ...

(L'Amour blessé)'' - 1975 *'' Gina'' - 1975 *'' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'' - 1975 *'' East End Hustle'' - 1976 *'' The Late Blossom (Le soleil se lève en retard)'' - 1977 *''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reac ...

(Panique)'' - 1977 *''

(La Femme de l'hôtel)'' - 1984 *''

The Dame in Colour ''The Dame in Colour'' (french: La Dame en couleurs) is a 1985 Canadian drama film directed by Claude Jutra. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot ''La Dame en couleurs'' is set in an insane asylum administered ...

(La Dame en couleurs)'' - 1985 *''

'' - 1987 *''

(Jésus de Montréal)'' - 1989 *''

Lessons on Life ''Lessons on Life'' (french: Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1989.Charles-Henri Ramond"Trois pommes à côté du sommeil – Film de Jacques Leduc" ''Films du Québec'', March ...

(Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)'' - 1989 *'' Four Stiffs and a Trombone (L'assassin jouait du trombone'' - 1991 *'' Les Héritiers Duval'' - 1995-96 *''

(Un 32 août sur terre)'' - 1998 *'' Ma voisine danse le ska'' - 2003 *'' A Family Secret (Le Secret de ma mère)'' - 2006 *'' Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)'' - 2007 *''

Mourning for Anna ''Mourning for Anna'' (french: Trois temps après la mort d'Anna, ) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Catherine Martin and released in 2010. The film stars Guylaine Tremblay as Françoise, a woman struggling to recover emotionally after the m ...

(Trois temps après la mort d'Anna)'' - 2010

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Filmography

As director

As actress

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