Blanche DuBuisson

Blanche DuBuisson (born Blanche Fournier , born December 1, 1879 in Québec , † after 1952 in Montreal ) was a Canadian singer and actress.

Live and act

Blanche Fournier was born 17th of 21 children to her parents. She married the actor Damase Champagne in 1898 , and both appeared from then on under the common stage name DuBuisson. They moved to Montreal in 1899 and initially performed in the Eldorado concert café .

Around 1900–1901 DuBoisson took part in performances of Carmen , Les cloches de Corneville , La mascotte , La fille du tambour-major , La Traviata and Lucia di Lammermoor under the direction of Ernest Lavigne in Sohmer Park . at the same time she took part in two tours of the troops of F. Delville and Henri Miro to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon .

In 1902 she appeared with her husband at the Bijou Theater , where she sang operettas and vaudevilles with Louis Vérande , Lucien Boyer and Albert Roberval . In 1903 she returned to Montreal, where she appeared alongside Rose Delyus , Juana Laviolette and Victor Occellier . She became one of the stars at the Théâtre national and Théâtre des Nouveautés , worked with Paul Gury and Nana de Varennes , among others , and toured with Albert Roberval, Albert Duquesne , Paul Coutlée and Elzéar Hamel . At the Théâtre canadien-français she played operettas in a troupe with Jeanne Maubourg , Simone Rivière , Armand Robi and Hector Pellerin .

She turned to acting in the 1920s because of problems with her voice. She stepped under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Mallet in Madame Sans-gêne and played in the 1920's to the driving stages of Montreal and Quebec.

In 1935 Robert Choquette gave her the role of Madame Bouchard in his radio soap Le curé de village , on which she worked until 1938. This was followed by further appearances in Un homme et son péché (1939–1956), Jeunesse dorée (from 1942) and La métairie Rancourt (1941–1952).

Web links

• Library and Archives Canada - The Virtual Gramophon - Blanche DuBuisson