Hélène Loiselle
{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|3|17}}
|birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
|spouse = Lionel Villeneuve
|occupation = Actress
|relatives = Hubert Loiselle
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|7|1928|3|17}}
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Hélène Loiselle (March 17, 1928 – August 7, 2013) was a Canadian actress living and working in Quebec.
Life
She was born in Montreal and studied acting with Charlotte Boisjoli, François Rozet, {{ill|Jean Valcourt|fr}} and {{ill|Lucie de Vienne|fr}} 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 {{ill|Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir|fr}}.
In 1995, Loiselle received a Prix Gémeaux for her role in the television drama {{ill|Sous un ciel variable|fr}}. She also played several witches in the popular Radio Canada television show for children Fanfreluche.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/helene-loiselle/ |title=Hélène Loiselle |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}
Loiselle married the comedian {{ill|Lionel Villeneuve|fr}}; he died in 2000.{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/384782/entre-emotion-et-delicatesse |title=Hélène Loiselle 1928-2013 - Entre émotion et délicatesse |date=August 9, 2013 |newspaper=Le Devoir |language=fr}}
In 2006, she received the Prix Denise-Pelletier.{{cite web |url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/prix-qc/desclaureat.php?noLaureat=341 |title=Loiselle, Hélène |work=Les Prix du Québec |publisher=Government of Quebec |language=fr}}
She died at the age of 85{{cite news |url=http://necrologie.lapresse.ca/resultatrecherche.php?nodef=3297961 |title=Loiselle, Hélène |newspaper=La Presse |date=August 14, 2013 |language=fr}} after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for a number of years.{{cite news |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/theatre/201308/09/01-4678469-a-vous-pour-toujours-helene-loiselle.php |title=À vous, pour toujours, Hélène Loiselle |newspaper=La Presse |date=August 9, 2013 |language=fr}}
Her brother Hubert Loiselle was also a well-known Quebec actor.{{cite news |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/theatre/201308/08/01-4678186-deces-de-la-comedienne-helene-loiselle.php |title=Décès de la comédienne Hélène Loiselle |newspaper=La Presse |date=August 8, 2013 |language=fr}}
Selected performances
= Film =
- Mon oncle Antoine - 1971
- Françoise Durocher, Waitress - 1972
- Hold on to Daddy's Ears (Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa) - 1972
- Orders (Les Ordres) - 1974
- Post Mortem - 1999
- The Bottle (La bouteille) - 2000
- Marriages (Mariages) - 2001
- The White Chapel (Une chapelle blanche) - 2005
- Gilles - 2008
= Theatre =
- Les Belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay at Théâtre du Rideau Vert (1968)
- En Pièces Détachées by Michel Tremblay at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1969)
- ''{{ill|À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou|fr}} by Michel Tremblay at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1971)
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams with the company Compagnie Jean-Duceppe (1974)
- {{ill|Les Voisins (théâtre)|fr|Les Voisins (théâtre)|lt=Les Voisins}} by Claude Meunier and Louis Saia (1980)
- Les Chaises by Eugene Ionesco at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1991)
- La Leçon d'anatomie by Larry Tremblay at Théâtre de Quat'Sous (1992)
- Yerma by Federico García Lorca at Théâtre du Rideau Vert (1993)
- La Cantatrice chauve by Eugene Ionesco at Théâtre du Rideau Vert (1996)
References
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External links
- {{IMDB name |id=0518009}}
{{Prix Denise-Pelletier laureates}}
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Category:Actresses from Montreal
Category:Canadian women comedians