Jean-Louis Roux

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Jean-Louis Roux , CC , CQ , FRSC (born May 18, 1923 in Montreal ; † November 28, 2013 there ) was a Canadian director , actor , translator and politician . He was one of the most famous French-speaking theater directors in Canada. As an actor, he has also been involved in numerous television and film productions, mostly in comedic roles. From 1994 he was a member of the Canadian Senate for two years . He then served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Québec until a scandal forced him to resign after just four months.

biography

Roux completed a medical degree at the Université de Montréal from 1942 , but gave it up in 1946 to become an actor. After various theater roles in New York and Paris , he returned to Montreal in 1950. A year later he was one of the co-founders of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde , where he was the leading performer of the ensemble . From 1966 to 1982 he was director of this theater. As a stage actor, Roux has appeared in over 150 plays, including Shakespeare , Chekhov , Molière and Shaw . He wrote numerous scripts for radio plays and television productions. He also translated from English into French, including Shakespeare's King Lear , Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet and Equus by Peter Shaffer .

However, Roux achieved the greatest fame as a television and film actor. In particular, his role as Ovide Plouffe in La famille Plouffe , one of the first sitcoms on Canadian television, contributed to this. It ran from 1953 to 1959 and was produced alternately in French and English. Numerous other engagements in film and television productions followed, mostly in comedic roles. From 1982 to 1987 he was director of the National Theater School of Canada. In 1971 he received the Order of Canada , in 1989 the Ordre national du Québec .

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Roux senator in August 1994. As a member of the Liberal Party , he was a staunch opponent of Québec's independence. Before the Québec referendum in 1995 , he caused a stir in the media when he brought the separatists close to the Nazis . Again on the advice of Chrétiens, Roux was sworn in on September 12, 1996 by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc as Lieutenant Governor of Québec. A little later he sparked a scandal when he admitted in an interview that he wore a swastika on his lab coat while studying . He also took part in a demonstration against the introduction of conscription , which degenerated into an anti-Semitic rally. On November 5, he announced his resignation, which took effect on January 30, 1997.

Roux then continued his acting career. He was also director of the Canadian Council of Culture from 1998 to 2004.

Filmography

  • 1949: On ne triche pas avec la vie
  • 1952: The Romance of Transportation in Canada
  • 1953: L'Île-aux-goélands (TV series)
  • 1953: La Famille Plouffe (TV series)
  • 1960: La côte de sable (TV series)
  • 1970: Mont-Joye (TV series)
  • 1973: La Lunule
  • 1977: Duplessis (TV series)
  • 1978: Two Solitudes
  • 1979: Éclair au chocolat
  • 1979: Riel (TV movie)
  • 1980: Cordélia
  • 1982: La Traversée de la Pacific
  • 1984: Laurier (TV series)
  • 1984: Hotel New Hampshire
  • 1987: Tinamer
  • 1988: Des amis pour la vie
  • 1988: Les Portes tournantes
  • 1989: Salut Victor
  • 1990: Cormoran (TV series)
  • 1990: Cargo
  • 1991: L'Empire des lumières
  • 1992: Tirelire Combines & Cie
  • 1992: La Fenêtre
  • 1993: Monsieur Ripois (TV movie)
  • 1994: Mon amie Max
  • 1995: List noire
  • 1997: For Hire
  • 1999: the third miracle
  • 2000: The Courage to Love (TV movie)
  • 2002: Rondo pour trompette
  • 2004: Nouvelle-France
  • 2005: CRAZY

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Roux, Jean-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian director, actor, translator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 2013
Place of death Montreal