Andrée Lachapelle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1931
- Died
- November 21, 2019 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
Biography
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).
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Filmography
And the Birds Rained Down
Movie · as Marie-Desneige
En tout cas
TV · 30 eps
The Passion of Augustine
Movie · as Mère Marie-Stéphane
The Meteor
Movie · as The Mother (voice)
The Last Escape
Movie · as La mere
Route 132
Movie · as Alberta
Yamaska
TV · as Florence Bergman · 72 eps
La belle empoisonneuse
Movie
Shooting Stars
TV · as Mme Lapointe · 1 ep
A Family Secret
Movie · as Germaine
La petite séduction
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le match des étoiles
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Daniel and the Superdogs
Movie · as Grandmother
La pension des étranges
Movie · as Luce
Grande Ourse
TV · as Madame Sylvestre · 10 eps
Viens voir les comédiens
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Games of the Heart
Movie
Echo
Movie
Albertine in Five Times
Movie · as Albertine 60 ans
Cap Tourmente
Movie · as Jeanne O'Neil
Léolo
Movie · as Psychiatrist
Nelligan
Movie · as Robertine Barry
Moody Beach
Movie · as Antique Dealer
...Comme un voleur
Movie · as Gabrielle
Dans le ventre du dragon
Movie · as Madame Côté
Jesus of Montreal
Movie
Laura Laur
Movie
Straight for the Heart
Movie · as Invitée au dîner
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happy Memories
Movie · as Voix de maman
Le temps d'une paix
TV · as Marie-Thérèse Fournier · 135 eps
Dear Father
Movie · as Giulia
Les beaux dimanches
Movie · as Évelyne
Don't Let the Angels Fall
Movie · as Prostitute
YUL 871
Movie · as Madeleine
Rope Around the Neck
Movie · as Suzanne
Caroline
Movie · as Narrator (voice)