Albert Millaire
Rodolphe Albert Millaire , CC , CQ (born January 18, 1935 in Montreal , Québec ; † August 15, 2018 there ) was a Canadian actor and theater director .
Life
Millaire was born in Montreal. His father died before his first birthday. His desire to be an actor arose after seeing Laurence Olivier in the 1948 film Hamlet .
Millaire attended the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal and then appeared in Alfred de Mussets Lorenzaccio , Molières Tartuffe and Dom Juan , Shakespeare's Hamlet , and Roch Carriers La céleste bicyclette in Quebec.
Millaire worked at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and was seen as a director and actor at the English-language Stratford Festival of Canada . On television, he portrayed historical figures such as Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , Wilfrid Laurier and Louis Riel . Although he acted primarily in French, he was occasionally in English-language productions such as Adventures in Rainbow Land , The Long Road of Luke B. and The Girl seen from the city .
He was chairman of the Académie québécoise de théâtre and the Canadian Council on the Status of the Artist .
Millaire was married twice; first with Rita Imbault and later with the television director Michèle Marchand. He died of cancer on August 15, 2018 in Montreal at the age of 83.
Filmography
- 1958: Le Maître du Pérou
- 1959: L'Héritage
- 1965: Astataïon ou Le festin des morts
- 1965: Pas de vacances pour les idoles
- 1965: La Vie heureuse de Léopold Z.
- 1966: Le Misanthrope
- 1967: La télévision est là
- 1972: L'Exil
- 1975: Mustang
- 1987: Alfred Laliberté: Sculpteur
- 1988: À corps perdu
- 1992: La Fenêtre
- 1994: Célimène and the Cardinal (Célimène et le Cardinal)
- 1997: J'en suis!
- 2000: On n'est pas là pour s'aimer (TV film)
- 2003: Sur le seuil
- 2005: Aurore
- 2010: L'Enfant prodige
Awards and honors
- Officer of the Order of Canada , 1989
- Companion of the Order of Canada , 2001
- Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Albert Millaire" . The Canadian Encyclopedia , April 24, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e f "Versatile actor Albert Millaire delighted audiences in both official languages" . The Globe and Mail , August 31, 2018.
- ↑ Quebec actor Albert Millaire dies at 83 . 15th August 2018.
- ^ Website of the Ordre national du Québec
- ↑ Albert Millaire biography . Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
Web links
- Albert Millaire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Millaire, Albert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Millaire, Rudolphe Albert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor and theater director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 2018 |
Place of death | Montreal |