Rita Lafontaine
June 8, 1939 (85 years old) in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Rita Lafontaine (8 June 1939 – 4 April 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011.
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · French Immersion as Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
- 2010 · Une vie qui commence as Mariette
- 2009 · Noémie: Le secret as Madame Lumbago
- 2007 · Le Banquier as Self
- 2006 · La petite séduction as Self
- 2003 · Seducing Doctor Lewis as Hélène Lesage
- 2002 · Viens voir les comédiens as Self
- 2002 · Les Super Mamies as Monique Durand
- 2002 · La naissance d'une messe as
- 1998 · Streetheart as Rita
- 1996 · L'homme idéal as Mere de Lucie
- 1994 · Mon amie Max as Madame Brabant
- 1994 · Santa Maria as Maria Landry
- 1994 · Soho as
- 1992 · La vie fantôme as
- 1988 · Le grand jour as Lucille
- 1988 · The Revolving Doors as Madame Beaumont
- 1986 · Avec un grand A as
- 1985 · The Alley Cat as Mme. Boissonneault
- 1985 · The Lady of Colours as Soeur Honorine
- 1980 · Les grands enfants as
- 1978 · L'âge de la machine as
- 1977 · The Late Blossom as Gisèle Lapointe
- 1976 · Je suis loin de toi mignonne as Thérèse
- 1976 · Parlez-nous d'amour as Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
- 1976 · Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… as Linda
- 1975 · Les vautours as
- 1975 · The Mob as Épouse du directeur
- 1974 · Once Upon a Time in the East as Manon
- 1973 · O.K.... Laliberté as Caissière d'épicerie
- 1973 · Kamouraska as Une servante
- 1972 · Françoise Durocher, Waitress as
- 1971 · Hold on to Daddy's Ears as
- Future · In the Hands of Michel Tremblay as