Rita Lafontaine
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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La petite séduction
Self
Avec un grand A
Le Banquier
Self
Santa Maria
Maria Landry
Les Super Mamies
Monique Durand
Mon amie Max
Madame Brabant
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Hélène Lesage
French Immersion
Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
Far Away From You, Darling
Thérèse
Kamouraska
Une servante
L'Homme idéal
Mere de Lucie
The Alley Cat
Mme. Boissonneault
La vie fantôme
Claire
Une vie qui commence
Mariette
Noémie: Le secret
Madame Lumbago
The Mob
Épouse du directeur
The Lady of Colours
Soeur Honorine
Parlez-nous d'amour
Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
Hold on to Daddy's Ears
Les vautours
Soho
The Revolving Doors
Madame Beaumont
Le grand jour
Lucille
O.K.... Laliberté
Caissière d'épicerie
Once Upon a Time in the East
Manon
Streetheart
Rita
Françoise Durocher, Waitress
La naissance d'une messe
The Late Blossom
Gisèle Lapointe
L'âge de la machine
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Linda
In the Hands of Michel Tremblay
Les grands enfants
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