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Rita Lafontaine

Rita Lafontaine
  • Name: Rita Lafontaine
  • Birthday: 1939-06-08
  • Place of birth: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
  • Popularity: 0.013
Biography: Rita Lafontaine (8 June 1939 – 4 April 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011.

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Title Release date
French Immersion   as  Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother 2011-10-07
Une vie qui commence   as  Mariette 2010-11-21
Noémie: Le secret   as  Madame Lumbago 2009-12-11
Seducing Doctor Lewis   as  Hélène Lesage 2003-05-20
La naissance d'une messe 2002-01-01
Streetheart   as  Rita 1998-09-14
L'homme idéal   as  Mere de Lucie 1996-05-29
Mon amie Max   as  Madame Brabant 1994-11-01
Soho 1994-03-28
La vie fantôme 1992-05-26
Le grand jour   as  Lucille 1988-08-29
The Revolving Doors   as  Madame Beaumont 1988-05-26
The Alley Cat   as  Mme. Boissonneault 1985-08-28
The Lady of Colours   as  Soeur Honorine 1985-01-29
Les grands enfants 1980-04-24
L'âge de la machine 1978-02-19
The Late Blossom   as  Gisèle Lapointe 1977-02-11
Je suis loin de toi mignonne   as  Thérèse 1976-11-03
Parlez-nous d'amour   as  Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot 1976-09-23
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…   as  Linda 1976-01-13
Les vautours 1975-03-20
The Mob   as  Épouse du directeur 1975-02-27
Once Upon a Time in the East   as  Manon 1974-05-26
O.K.... Laliberté   as  Caissière d'épicerie 1973-11-01
Kamouraska   as  Une servante 1973-07-18
Françoise Durocher, Waitress 1972-01-01
Hold on to Daddy's Ears 1971-12-25