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La Famille Plouffe
''La famille Plouffe'' was a Canadian television drama, more specifically a téléroman, about a Quebec City family that first aired in the French language on Société Radio-Canada in 1953. The show was created to fill a void in francophone television in Canada. Whereas the English Canadian television branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation could broadcast English-language shows from American stations, the francophone component of the CBC, Radio-Canada had to develop its own programs for French Canadian viewers from the earliest days of television in Canada. This show was one of the few that helped to launch the téléroman genre of programming in French Canada, around the same time the first telenovelas aired in Latin America. The series was also broadcast live in English as ''The Plouffe Family'' on CBC Television the following year and ran on both networks until 1959. The series was revived in the 1980s as a miniseries. The series was based on the novel ''Les Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Téléroman
A téléroman ("telenovel" or ''annual drama series'') is a genre of French-language drama television series in Canada, similar to a soap opera or a Spanish language telenovela. In France, the ''téléroman'' genre is known as feuilleton télévisé (similar to a serial). ''Téléromans'' are one of the most popular television series formats in Québécois culture and are also shown on French television. In Canada, all of the major francophone television networks air ''téléromans'', including the public broadcaster Radio-Canada, which broadcasts them nationally, and the private networks TVA and Noovo. TFO in Ontario has also produced one téléroman. In France, the TF1 network and the subscription channel Canal+ air ''feuilletons télévisés''. Some famous téléromans produced in France include ''Riviera'', ''Sous le soleil'', ''Plus belle la vie'' and ''Cinq sœurs''. One of the first téléromans on Canadian television was ''La famille Plouffe''. This ''téléroman'' prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Valcour
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clémence DesRochers
Clémence DesRochers OC (born 23 November 1933) is a Canadian actress, humourist, singer, and author. Life She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on 23 November 1933. At the age of 17, she went to Montreal where she entered the normal school. She then attended the conservatoire d'art dramatique, and upon leaving the conservatory had a role in a Radio-Canada drama. In 2009 DesRochers received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to broadcasting. She is out as lesbian. In 2009, DesRochers was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the c ... in 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginette Letondal
Ginette may refer to: Music * "Ginette", a song by Têtes Raides. * "Ginette", a song by Beau Dommage. People * Ginette Leclerc (1912–1992), French actress * Ginette Mathiot (born 1946), French chef * Ginette Moulin, French billionaire heiress * Ginette Reno (born 1946), Québécoise singer and actress Other uses * Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève, a French Lycée providing preparatory classes for Grandes Ecoles * A brand name of co-cyprindiol (cyproterone acetate/ethinylestradiol), an oral contraceptive {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Coutu (actor)
Jean Coutu (March 31, 1925 – November 1, 1999) was a Canadian actor. Born in Montreal, his career included many movies and TV series in Quebec, including episodes of '' La famille Plouffe'' in 1953. He also played in a Disney production '' Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'', becoming one of the few Quebecers of his era to have appeared in Hollywood productions. After his death in 1999, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. His daughter, Angèle Coutu, is also an actress.Sandra Godin"Le parcours d’une combattante" ''Le Journal de Montréal ''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. E ...'', January 23, 2016. Filmography References External links * * 1925 births 1999 deaths Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Campbell
Margot (; ) is a feminine French given name, a variant of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following: People with the given name Margot * Margot Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith * Marguerite de Valois, known as ''La Reine Margot'', queen of France and of Navarre * Margot Arce de Vázquez, Puerto Rican essayist and educator * Margot Bennett (1912–1980), Scottish screenwriter and crime author * Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater * Margot Bryant, British actress * Margot Eskens (born 1939), German singer * Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina * Margot Franssen (born 1952), Dutch-born Canadian entrepreneur and activist * Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of German World War II diarist Anne Frank * Margot van Geffen (born 1989), Dutch field hockey player * Margot Heuman (born 1928), German-born American Holocaust survivor * Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), German singer and actress * Margot Honecker (1927–2016), German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Provost
Guy Provost, (May 19, 1925 – February 10, 2004) was a French Canadian actor. In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being a "giant of the performing arts, admired and respected for his sensitivity and discipline, eis also a model for the new generation of actors". In 2003, he was made a chevalier of the National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Govern .... See also * Compagnons de Saint-Laurent References External links * 1925 births 2004 deaths Knights of the National Order of Quebec Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Male actors from Quebec People from Gatineau {{Canada-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Duceppe
Jean Hotte-Duceppe (1923–1990) was a stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec. Born on 25 October 1923 to a family of local shopkeepers in working-class Montreal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no formal training and was completely self-taught. He was popular from the late 1940s until his death at the age of 67 on 7 December 1990. His career debut was at the Arcade, performing seven days a week. Between 1941 and 1947, he performed in 34 different plays. He appeared in more than 160 plays on radio, on television, and in films. In 1971, he won an Etrog from the Canadian Film Awards for best performance by lead actor for his role in the film '' Mon oncle Antoine''. He hosted radio shows and collaborated on numerous radio and TV series, including the first one broadcast on August 3, 1952, on SRC, ''Le Seigneur de Brinqueville''. Some of his greatest successes were his portrayals of Willy Loman in ''La Mort d'un commis-voyageur'' (''Death of a Salesman'') and Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thérèse Cadorette
Thérèse Cadorette (1925 – 2007) was a Québécois writer and actress. A square in Montreal, Quebec, was renamed to honour her in 2016, as part of the Toponym'elles initiative. Career Thérèse Cadorette began her career in theatre with the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent. She later pursued a career in television and was cast in roles for ''La famille Plouffe'' and ''Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut ''Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut'' is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from October 8, 1956, to June 1, 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 49 ...''. Square Thérèse-Cadorette On November 25, 2016, a local square was officially renamed Square Thérèse-Cadorette as part of Montreal's efforts to improve the representation of women in public spaces. References 1925 births 2007 deaths {{Canada-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Poitras
Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl, British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz, American actress * Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthazar, Canadian handball player * Lucie Bílá, Czech pop singer * Lucie-Anne Blazek, Swiss figure skater * Lucie Blue Tremblay, Canadian singer-songwriter * Lucie Böhm, Austrian orienteer * Lucie Boissonnas (1839-1877), French writer * Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet * Lucie Campbell, American composer * Lucie Cave, British journalist * Lucie Charlebois, Canadian politician * Lucie Daouphars (1922-1963), French model known as Lucky * Lucie de la Falaise, Welsh-French former model and socialite * Lucie Décosse, French judoka * Lucie Dejardin, Belgian politician * Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, French writer * Lucie Edwards, Canadian diplomat * Lucie Grange, French medium, newspaper editor * Lucie Green, British astrophysicist * Lucie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannine Mignolet
Jeannine is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jeannine Altmeyer (born 1948), American operatic soprano * Jeannine Baticle (1920–2014), French curator * Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss television actress *Jeannine Davis-Kimball (1929–2017), American archaeologist *Jeannine Edwards (sportscaster), American sportscaster who works for ESPN *Jeannine Garside (born 1978), rising star in women's boxing *Jeannine Gramick (born 1942), Roman Catholic nun, co-founder of ''New Ways Ministry'' * Jeannine Haffner, singer and songwriter, wrote the song ''Yes We Can'' * Jeannine Hall Gailey (born 1973), American poet *Jeannine Oppewall (born 1946), American film art director *Jeannine Parvati Baker (1949–2005), Yogini, midwife, herbalist, published author, and poet * Jeannine Phillips, beauty queen from Lisbon, Connecticut; competed in Miss USA pageant * Jeannine Savard, poet from New York state *A jazz standard written by Duke Pearson with lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolland Bédard
Rolland is a surname and masculine given name which may refer to: Surname * Alain Rolland (born 1966), former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee * Andy Rolland (born 1943), Scottish former footballer * Antonin Rolland (born 1928), French retired cyclist * Colette Rolland (born 1943), French computer scientist and academic * Douglas Rolland (1861-1914), Scottish golfer in the late 19th century * George Rolland (1869-1910), British recipient of the Victoria Cross * Georges Rolland (1852–1910), French geologist, explorer and industrialist * Gustave Rolland (1809–1871), French engineer and politician * James Rolland (1802-1889), New Zealand politician * Jean-Baptiste Rolland (1815–1888), Canadian printer, bookseller, businessman and politician * Jean-Christophe Rolland (born 1968), French rower and 2000 Olympic champion in the coxless pairs * Kayla Rolland (1993-2000), child shot and killed by another child * Kevin Rolland (born 1989), French freesty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
