Bella Ouellette

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Bella Ouellette ( (Marie-) Agnès Martine Ouellette ; born October 19, 1886 in Montreal ; † December 5, 1945 there ) was a Canadian actress.

Life

Ouellette made her debut at the Théâtre Saint-Henri in 1901 in popular plays such as Une cause célèbre and La Voleuse d'enfant by Adolphe d'Ennery . In 1902 she appeared at the Monument National in La Passion by Germain Beaulieu in the production of Julien Daoust , whom she married in the same year. She became the leading actress of his troupe and had great success in melodramas such as Chemin des larmes and in the title role of Axexandre Dumas La dame aux camélias .

After separating from Daoust in 1919, Ouellette founded her own acting troupe, which performed at the Théâtre Family and the Théâtre Chanteclerc . In 1922 she joined forces with Jeanne Demons and her acting troupe to form Troupe Ouellette-Demons . Together with the Troupe Barry - Duquesne , they brought out new pieces every week at the Théâtre Stella (formerly Chanteclerc) over several seasons in the early 1930s .

In 1937 she went with the Troupe Barry-Duquesne and the Quatuor Alouette (a vocal quartet consisting of Roger Filiatrault , Jules Jacob , Émile Lamarre and André Trottier ) on a tour of France with Henry Deyglun's piece Vers la terre canadienne . On the radio she appeared in the radio play Un homme et son péché . Shortly before her death, she married Fred Barry in 1944 .

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SURNAME Ouellette, Bella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ouellette, Marie-Agnès Martine (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1945
Place of death Montreal