Andrée Lachapelle
ActingBiography
Andrée Lachapelle (November 13, 1931 – November 21, 2019) was a French Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx, later attended teacher's college and taught elementary school for a few years. In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas, performed with him, and had three children before his death in 1969. She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay, Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck (La corde au cou), YUL 871, Laura Laur, Léolo, Cap Tourmente, Route 132, The Last Escape and Don't Let the Angels Fall. In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer. She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).
Movies
(28 total)
Léolo
as Psychiatrist
The Passion of Augustine
as Mère Marie-Stéphane
And the Birds Rained Down
as Marie-Desneige
Dear Father
as Giulia
Route 132
as Alberta
Cap Tourmente
as Jeanne O'Neil
YUL 871
as Madeleine
Straight for the Heart
as Invitée au dîner
Happy Memories
as Voix de maman
The Meteor
as The Mother (voice)
Les beaux dimanches
as Évelyne
The Last Escape
as La mere
Daniel and the Superdogs
as Grandmother
Dans le ventre du dragon
as Madame Côté
Don't Let the Angels Fall
as Prostitute
Rope Around the Neck
as Suzanne
Nelligan
as Robertine Barry
TV Shows
(9 total)
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
Shooting Stars
as Mme Lapointe
Grande Ourse
as Madame Sylvestre
Yamaska
as Florence Bergman
Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
Le temps d'une paix
as Marie-Thérèse Fournier