Antoinette Giroux

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Antoinette Giroux (born September 27, 1899 in Montreal , † July 8, 1978 there ) was a Canadian actress.

Giroux studied acting at the Conservatoire Lassalle and made his debut in 1914 as Jane Bertin in Rose Gervais ' play L'Intrigante . In the following years she appeared in dramas, operettas and vaudevilles on all of Quebec's francophone stages. As a prizewinner of the Bourse d'études en art dramatique , she traveled to Paris in 1923 and continued her acting training there with Denis d'Inès . With the Troupe de la Porte-Saint-Germain and the Ensemble der Comédie-Française she undertook extensive tours through Europe. In 1926 she appeared in a guest appearance in Montreal in the title role of L'Aiglon , which Edmond Rostand had written for Sarah Bernhardt .

In 1930 she returned to Montreal and joined (until 1933) the theater company of Fred Barry and Albert Duquesne . In 1940 she joined the Compagnie de Montréal , later she was engaged at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert . Since it was founded in 1951, she was associated with the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde , where she appeared in Henry de Montherlant's play Le Maître de Santiago in 1955 . In addition, she worked since the late 1940s in radio productions ( Un homme et son péché , Les belles histoires des pais d'en haut ) and television series ( 14, rue des Galais , 1954–1957; Rue de Pignons , 1966–1977). Antoinette Giroux is the sister of actress Germaine Giroux .

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SURNAME Giroux, Antoinette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1978
Place of death Montreal