Louise Marleau
Encyclopedia
Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
for her role in Femme de l'hôtel and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in L'arrache-coeur a role for which she won the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival
.
She recently translated Eve Ensler
's play The Vagina Monologues
in French (Canadian French
).
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian actress.-1st Genie Awards:* Kate Lynch, Meatballs* Louise Portal, Cordélia...
for her role in Femme de l'hôtel and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in L'arrache-coeur a role for which she won the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
.
She recently translated Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.- Personal life :...
's play The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...
in French (Canadian French
Canadian French
Canadian French is an umbrella term referring to the varieties of French spoken in Canada. French is the mother tongue of nearly seven million Canadians, a figure constituting roughly 22% of the national population. At the federal level it has co-official status alongside English...
).
Filmography
- The Baroness and the Pig (2002) as The Duchess
- Bunker, le cirque as Madeleine Lacroix (1 episode, 2002)
- FortierFortier (TV series)Fortier is a French-language Canadian television series which debuted on February 8, 2001 on TVA.Anne Fortier is a criminal psychologist who works with the investigators of SAS , a fictional police division specialising in crimes involving mental illnesses...
as Jeannine Ross (3 episodes, 2001) - Pays dans la gorge, Le (2000) (TV) as Cornélia
- Canada: A People's HistoryCanada: A People's HistoryCanada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada. It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks. The unexpected...
(2000) TV series .... Thérèse Baby - External Affairs (1999) as Marianne Raymond
- The Countess of Baton Rouge (1998) as Angèlie Temporel
- The Mirage (1992) as Maria Tümmler
- The Dance Goes On (1992)
- Une histoire inventéeUne histoire inventéeUne histoire inventée is a 1990 Canadian drama film.-Plot:Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up and paid by the same uncle...
(1990) as Florence - Cruising Bar (1989) as la divine
- Anne TristerAnne TristerAnne Trister is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Albane Guilhe as Anne* Louise Marleau as Alix* Lucie Laurier as Sarah* Guy Thauvette as Thomas...
(1986) - A Woman in Transit (1984) as Estelle David
- Bons débarras, Les (1980) as Mrs. Viau-Vachon
- ContaminationContamination (film)Contamination is a 1980 science fiction horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi and starring Ian McCulloch.-Plot:...
(1980) as Colonel Stella Holmes - Arrache-coeur, L (1979) as Céline
- In Praise of Older Women (1978) as Woman in Elevator
- Au retour des oies blanches (1971) (TV)
- Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes (1964) as Louise
- Beau temps, mauvais temps (1955) TV series as Lucie Grégoire