Yvette Brind'Amour
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Yvette Brind'Amour, was a Quebec
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Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 actor.

In 1949, she co-founded, with Mercedes Palomino, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Quebec’s oldest French theatre, in Montreal where she was born. She was artistic director until her death.

In 1967 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
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 and was promoted to Companion in 1982. In 1985 she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec
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. In 1987 she was awarded the Molson Prize
Molson Prize
The Thomas Henry Pentland Molson Prize for the Arts is awarded by The Canada Council for the Arts. Two prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals. One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and humanities...

. In 1969 she was awarded an honorary D.B.-A from University of Ottawa
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.

External links

  • Yvette Brind'Amour at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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