Ovila Légaré
Ovila Légaré (born July 21, 1901 in Montreal , † March 19, 1978 ibid) was a Canadian actor and singer-songwriter.
Légaré became interested in traditional Quebec music in his youth and began to play the violin. When he could no longer play the instrument after an accident, he embarked on a career as a singer and actor. Until his death he was active as an actor in the theater, radio and later television. He worked from 1939 to 1958 in the series Nazaire et Barnabé on the CKAC station. In the 1940s he also took on roles in feature films such as Le Père Chopin , Le Curé du village , La Forteresse and Un Homme et son péché . In 1953 he took on the role of the murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller I confess .
As a singer of traditional Canadian music, Légaré became known in the early 1920s with appearances in Conrad Gauthier's Veillées du bon vieux temps . In 1927 he met Charles Marchand , where he perfected his singing style.
Almost thirty recordings of Légaré have been preserved on Starr and Columbia Records . a. by Blanche Gauthier , the trio was accompanied by Henri Lacroix , Juliette Béliveau and Madame Bolduc . Dans l'temps du Jour de l'An , La Bastringue and Chapleau fait son Jour de l'An were particularly successful . The song Des mitaines pas de pouces was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 . A collection of his songs appeared in 1972 with an introduction by Tex Lecor under the title Les Chansons d'Ovila Légaré .
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- Library and Archives Canada - The Virtual Gramophone - Ovila L´üegaré
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ovila Légaré
- Ovila Légaré in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Légaré, Ovila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor and singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1978 |
| Place of death | Montreal |