Nana de Varennes

Nana de Varennes (born Angélina Richard ; * December 2, 1885 in Montreal , † July 1, 1981 in Buckingham / Québec ) was a Canadian actress.

Nana de Varennes made her debut as an actress in 1901 and shortly afterwards married the actor and singer Roméo de Varennes , with whom she had six children. She worked as a cashier at the Théâtre Stella in Montreal and at other theaters in the city as a prompter and costume designer. She toured with her husband and eventually led her own acting company.

After the First World War she was one of the pioneers of the cinema in Québec; since the 1950s she was known as an actress in television series such as La famille Plouffe (1953-57) and Le survenant (1954-60). In the late 1970s, she retired after a seventy-year career as an actress.

Filmography

1949: Le gros Bill (Direction: Jean-Yves Bigras and René Delacroix )
1950: Les lumières de ma ville (Direction: Jean-Yves Bigras)
1952: La petite Aurore l'enfant martyre (Direction: Jean-Yves Bigras)
Cœur de maman (Director: René Delacroix), 1953
Le vieux bien (Director: Bernard Devlin ), 1956
Le commis (Director: Allan Wargon ), 1958
Les brûlés (Director: Bernard Devlin), 1959
L'héritage (directed by Bernard Devlin), 1960
La corde au cou (directed by Pierre Patry ), 1965
Les diableries d'un sourcier (Director: Raymond Garceau ), 1966
Ti-cœur (Director: Fernand Bélanger ), 1969
L'amour humain (Direction: Denis Héroux ), 1970
Mon enfance à Montréal (director: Jean Chabot ), 1971
Fleur bleue (Directed by Larry Kent ), 1971
Les chats bottés (director: Claude Fournier ), 1971
Le Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce du Canada (Director: Denis Héroux), 1972
Child Under Life (Director: George Bloomfield ), 1974
Une nuit en Amérique (Director: Jean Chapot ), 1975

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personal data
SURNAME	Varennes, Nana de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Richard, Angélina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 1981
Place of death	Buckingham , Quebec