Kim Yaroshevskaya

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Kim Yaroshevskaya
Born (1923-10-01) October 1, 1923 (age 100)
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s)film, television and stage actor
Known for Fanfreluche , Passe-Partout , Home Fires

Kim Yaroshevskaya (born October 1, 1923) is a Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as Fanfreluche and Passe-Partout in the 1970s, [1] she also had a starring role in the English Canadian drama series Home Fires in the early 1980s. [2]

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Background

Born in Moscow, Soviet Union, Yaroshevskaya emigrated to Quebec at age ten with her family. [3] In the 1950s, she was a founding member of the Quebec theatre collective Théâtre Le Grenier, with whom she created Fanfreluche.

Career

Her other film and television roles have included A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Anne Trister , Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu), The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) and L'Amour avec un Grand A . Her stage roles have included productions of Aristophanes' Lysistrata , [4] Samuel Beckett's Play , [5] Jean-Pierre Ronfard's Le Grand theatre du monde, [6] Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca [7] and Ted Galay's After Baba's Funeral and Sweet and Sour Pickles. [8]

In recent years she has published several works of children's literature, including La Petite Kim (Little Kim's Doll), [9] Contes de fanfreluche, tome 1 : Connaissez-vous le petit chaperon bleu et petit chaperon jaune? and Contes d'humour et de sagesse.

In November 2017 Yaroshevskaya, then aged 94, released her biography, Mon voyage en Amérique. [10]

On October 1, 2023, she celebrated her 100th birthday. [11]

Honours

She was nominated for an ACTRA Award in 1981 for her role in Home Fires. [12] She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1991. [13]

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References

  1. "Immigrants take the stage to relate their success stories". The Gazette , April 12, 1991.
  2. Wayne Grady, "We'll Keep a Welcome". TV Guide Canada , November 8, 1980.
  3. "Une Moscovite bien de chez nous!" Photo-Journal, November 17, 1962.
  4. "Lvsistrata as musical comedy". The Globe and Mail , June 4, 1969.
  5. "Mechanical means are Beckett's downfall". The Globe and Mail , May 8, 1975.
  6. "Spanish influences remarkable in ambitious Ronfard production". The Gazette , January 17, 1989.
  7. "La Chemin de la Mecque is superb, searing Fugard". The Gazette , January 27, 1990.
  8. "Galay's double offering a single delight". The Globe and Mail , February 5, 1981.
  9. "Yaroshevskaya, K., & McDougall, C. (1999, Dec 10). Little kim's doll". CM : An Electronic Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People, 6.
  10. "Kim Yaroshevskaya dans l’oeil de la mémoire". Le Devoir , November 18, 2017.
  11. Pierre MacDuff, "Merci, madame Yaroshevskaya". Le Devoir , September 30, 2023.
  12. "Nominees announced for ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail , March 13, 1981.
  13. Order of Canada Citation: Kim Yaroshevskaya. Governor General of Canada, April 30, 2009.