Andrée Lachapelle

Born: 1931-11-13

Andrée Lachapelle (November 13, 1931 – November 21, 2019) was a French Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx, later attended teacher's college and taught elementary school for a few years. In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas, performed with him, and had three children before his death in 1969. She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay, Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck (La corde au cou), YUL 871, Laura Laur, Léolo, Cap Tourmente, Route 132, The Last Escape and Don't Let the Angels Fall. In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer. She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).


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Léolo

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1992-09-16

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato...

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Jesus of Montreal

as uncredited
Released: 1989-05-15

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a...

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Dear Father

as Giulia
Released: 1979-04-11

In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional...

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Dans le ventre du dragon

as Madame Côté
Released: 1989-05-26

The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't...

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La belle empoisonneuse

as uncredited
Released: 2007-10-02

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Route 132

as Alberta
Released: 2010-10-06

Two old friends and small-time crooks embark on a crime spree, but take an unexpected detour...

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And the Birds Rained Down

as Marie-Desneige
Released: 2019-09-13

A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the...

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Daniel and the Superdogs

as Grandmother
Released: 2004-10-27

A young boy still recovering from his mother's recent death teams with his two best friends to...

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Cap Tourmente

as Jeanne O'Neil
Released: 1993-05-27

Alex has a deeply troubled mind. He also has a seriously dysfunctional - not to say incestuous -...

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Nelligan

as Robertine Barry
Released: 1991-09-27

This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major...

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Straight for the Heart

as Invitée au dîner
Released: 1988-09-30

Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage...

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The Passion of Augustine

as Mère Marie-Stéphane
Released: 2015-03-20

The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.

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Happy Memories

as Voix de maman
Released: 1981-10-08

A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

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YUL 871

as Madeleine
Released: 1966-07-30

An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents...

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Don't Let the Angels Fall

as Prostitute
Released: 1969-06-07

The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an...

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The Meteor

as The Mother (voice)
Released: 2013-01-16

Forty-something Pierre is serving a fourteen year prison sentence. His mother, who is...

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Albertine in Five Times

as Albertine 60 ans
Released: 2000-01-01

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Caroline

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1964-01-01

Twenty-four year old Montréaler Caroline works as a sales representative for a telephone...

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Les beaux dimanches

as Évelyne
Released: 1974-10-10

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La Corde au cou

as Suzanne
Released: 1965-11-04

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Games of the Heart

as uncredited
Released: 2001-02-09

A woman in love with a musician has a change of heart on her 18th birthday.

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La pension des étranges

as Luce
Released: 2004-01-17

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The Last Escape

as La mere
Released: 2010-02-26

Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional...

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Viens voir les comédiens

as Self
First aired: 2002-09-20

Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture...

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Yamaska

as Florence Bergman
First aired: 2009-09-28

The lives of three families are forever changed by an unexpected death.

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Le temps d'une paix

as Marie-Thérèse Fournier
First aired: 1980-10-29

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En tout cas

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-01-08

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Shooting Stars

as Mme Lapointe
First aired: 2007-01-11

"Les étoiles filantes" is the story of two friends in their late thirties whose lives have taken...

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