Monique Mercure
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Monique Mercure
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| Born | November 14, 1930 Montreal, Quebec |
Monique Mercure, CC (born November 14, 1930) is a Canadian actress.
Career
Mercure was born in Montreal, Quebec. At the 1977 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for the film J.A. Martin Photographer.[1] She also won the Canadian Film Award for best actress for the same film (in the same year.)
In 1992 she won a Genie award for her role as Fadela in The Naked Lunch.
In 1979, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1993.
In 1999, she won another Genie award for her role as Grace Gallagher, an elderly resident in Conquest set in Conquest, Saskatchewan.
She has received the Canadian Governor General's Award for Performing Arts, the Prix Denise Pelletier and the Prix Gascon Roux du Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. In 2006, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [1]
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: J.A. Martin Photographer". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2015/year/1977.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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Mentioned in
Qui A Tire Sur Nos Histoires D'Amour
(1986 Film)
J.A. Martin Photographe
(1976 Drama Film)
Mon Oncle Antoine
(1971 Comedy Drama Film)
Providence
(Quebec TV series)
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