Huguette Oligny

Huguette Oligny
Huguette Oligny
	Huguette Oligny in 1945
Born	January 31, 1922; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	May 9, 2013 (aged 91); Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Huguette Oligny, CC OQ (January 31, 1922 – May 9, 2013)^[1] was a Canadian actress active in theatre, film and television.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a French-Canadian father and French mother, she began her theatrical career in 1939. Though mostly known for having played the great classics of French theatre she also performed in modern Quebec plays, notably by Michel Tremblay. She married Gratien Gélinas, a great pioneer of Quebec theatre, in 1973. Her first marriage to Marcel Alexandre, with whom she had two children, ended in divorce.

In 1984 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1996.^[2] In 1999 she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1950	Les lumières de ma ville	Hélène Clément
1963	Amanita Pestilens	Louise Martin
1973	Kamouraska	La mère d'Élisabeth
1975	Don't Push It (Pousse mais pousse égal)	Mme. Gagnon
1977	The Late Blossom (Le soleil se lève en retard)	Marie Lapointe
1989	Salut Victor
1999	The Big Snake of the World (Le grand serpent du monde)	Madame Paradise
2002	The Book of Eve	Mrs Cooper
2004	Premier juillet, le film	Mme Biron
2005	Idole instantanée
2007	La capture	Lucille

References

^ "Huguette Oligny, Grand Dame of Canadian Theatre has died at 91". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013.
^ "Order of Canada citation".
^ "National Order of Quebec citation" (in French).

External links

Huguette Oligny at IMDb
(in French) Fonds Huguette Oligny (R13877) at Library and Archives Canada

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[1] "Huguette Oligny, Grand Dame of Canadian Theatre has died at 91". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013.

[2] "Order of Canada citation".

[3] "National Order of Quebec citation" (in French).

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