Renée Hudon (14 June 1942 – 20 September 2023) was a Canadian radio-television journalist and academic. Her career at Télévision de Radio-Canada lasted for more than 40 years. She also worked in theatre and produced literary works. Her contributions to the French language earned her many awards and honors.

Biography

Born in

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on 14 June 1942, Hudon attended the Conservatoire Francis-Sinval at a young age, where she learned ballet and diction. She studied dramatic art at the . She then studied teaching at the

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Career

At the age of 10, Hudon held a role in the

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movie '' I Confess'', which was the first Hollywood movie filmed in

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and gave her the opportunity to visit

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in October 1952. In 1962, Hudon started a career in radio and television. She first appeared on the small screen for Télé-4, a channel owned by

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. In 1964, she married Michel Auger, with whom she had two children: Valérie and Eric. She then worked as a news reader, an interviewer, and host for multiple radio shows on cultural and public affairs for more than 40 years. On television as well as radio, she directed numerous interviews with actors, directors, singers, writers, and orchestra conductors, the likes of which included

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. In addition to her radio and television career, Hudon also worked in the field of teaching public communication. She worked as a professor at the Collège des animateurs radio télévision and the École de diction et de communication orale. In 2004, she co-founded the oral public communications training company, Renée Hudon Parole Publique with her daughter. She also taught at Université Laval. In addition to teaching, she acted in several films and plays. In 2012, she was admitted to the . Later in life, she married Sovietologist , the son of former Secretary of State

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. Renée Hudon died in Quebec City on 20 September 2023, at the age of 81.

Theatre

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'' *'' Topaze'' *''Histoire des femmes''

Filmography

*''I Confess'' (1952) *'' The Confessional'' (1995)

Literary works

*''Jeanne à jamais'' (2004) *''À qui la petite fille?'' (2010)

Podcasts

*''Les secrets de famille de Renée Hudon'' (2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudon, Renee 1942 births 2023 deaths Canadian journalists Academics from Quebec Knights of the National Order of Quebec Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Université Laval alumni Academic staff of Université Laval People from Quebec City