Rita Lafontaine
Birthday
1939/06/08
Day of death
2016/04/04 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Also know as
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Biography
Rita Lafontaine (June 8, 1939 – April 4, 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.
Acting
(2003) Seducing Doctor Lewis
as Hélène Lesage
(2009) Noémie: Le secret
as Madame Lumbago
(1988) The Revolving Doors
as Madame Beaumont
(1992) La vie fantôme
as Claire
(1994) Mon amie Max
as Madame Brabant
(1976) Parlez-nous d'amour
as Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
(1977) The Late Blossom
as Gisèle Lapointe
(2010) A Life Begins
as Mariette
(1973) Kamouraska
as Une servante
(1976) Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
as Linda
(1975) The Mob
as Épouse du directeur
(1994) Soho
as ---
(1976) Far Away From You, Darling
as Thérèse
(1996) The Ideal Man
as Maman
(1975) Les vautours
as ---
(1973) O.K.... Laliberté
as Caissière d'épicerie
(1985) The Lady of Colours
as Soeur Honorine
(1980) Les grands enfants
as ---
(1972) Françoise Durocher, waitress
as Françoise Durocher
(1971) Hold on to Daddy's Ears
as ---
(1978) The Machine Age
as ---
(2011) French Immersion
as Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
(1985) The Alley Cat
as Mme. Boissonneault
(1974) Once Upon a Time in the East
as Manon
(1998) Streetheart
as Rita
(2002) La naissance d'une messe
as ---
(1988) Le grand jour
as Lucille
In the Hands of Michel Tremblay
as ---
(1985) Child of the Andes
as Voice
(1994) Santa Maria
as Maria Landry
(2007) Le Banquier
as Self
(2006) La petite séduction
as Self
(2002) Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
(1986) Avec un grand A
as ---
(2002) Les Super Mamies
as Monique Durand