Pierrette Robitaille

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Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec.

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Career

Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) [1] and its sequel Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite), [2] and a Jutra Award winner for Best Actress for her performance as Vic in Vic et flo ont vu un ours . [3]

Her other credits have included the films Mambo Italiano , Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime), Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux calvaire), Wedding Night (Nuit de noces), A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour), Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) and Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché).

Robitaille was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2011. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges)Colette
1986 Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)Touriste
1986 Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine)Dame au restaurant
1989 In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon)Chef-infirmière
1990 Ding et Dong Receptionniste
1991 Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...)Femme de Charley
1996 Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire)La soeur de Marcel
1998 It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)Madame Therrien
1998 Free Money Mrs. Reverend Schmidt
1999 Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite)Mme Therrien
2001 Wedding Night (Nuit de noces)Claire
2002 Alice's Odyssey (L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay)Various roles
2002 Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)Mme Malterre
2003 Mambo Italiano Rosetta
2005 The Outlander (Le Survenant)Laure Provençal
2005Idole instantanéeLa voyante
2011 A Sense of Humour (Le Sens de l'humour)Lise
2012Le colisElisabeth O'Donnel
2013 Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours)Victoria Champagne
2015 The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine)Soeur Onésime
2022 How to Get Your Parents to Divorce (Pas d'chicane dans ma cabane!)Dame géante

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987, 1990 Avec un grand A Julie / La veuve2 episodes
1995Les grands procèsMadame GallagherEpisode: "L'affaire Nogaret"
1995 La Petite Vie DarlingEpisode: "Réjean reçoit"
1999Maurice Richard: Histoire d'un CanadienAlice Richard2 episodes
2003Le petit monde de Laura CadieuxMme TherrienMiniseries
2005–2007Nos étésBernadette Lozeau17 episodes
2007 Dieu merci! Une concurrenteEpisode #1.1
2014À moitié pleinMme. ThibaultTelevision film
2014–2016Toi & MoiNadine Olyphant12 episodes
2015–2020Madame LebrunMargot Dufour16 episodes

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References

  1. "Genies genuflect for Red Violin". Montreal Gazette , December 8, 1998.
  2. "Genie Maelstrom ; Denis Villeneuve film heads movie award list with 10 nominations". Toronto Star , December 13, 2000.
  3. "Jutra : Louis Cyr et Gabrielle se partagent les honneurs". Ici Radio-Canada, March 23, 2014.
  4. "Order of Canada: Pierrette Robitaille". The Governor General of Canada . Retrieved 28 March 2017.