Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director. She attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series Moi et l'autre (1967–71) and in many editions of Radio-Canada's annual New Year's special, Bye Bye. She had further success in Chez Denise (1978–1982), Le 101, avenue des Pins (1984–85) and Denise... aujourd'hui (1990–91). In addition to her television career, Filiatrault also performed in films and on stage, notably in works by Michel Tremblay. She was known to perform both comic and dramatic roles, such as Gilles Carle's The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) in 1973, André Brassard's film version of Tremblay's Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'Est) in 1974, Denys Arcand's Gina in 1975, Claude Fournier's Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) in 1976, Fantastica in 1980 and Carle's The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) in 1981, playing the tormented Cécile. Following Les Plouffe, Filiatrault took a break from film, concentrating more in writing and directing for theatre and summer comedy. Filiatrault then decided to take the leap to directing cinema by adapting Tremblay's novel C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux into the 1998 film It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux, presenting the world of overweight women yearning for love and affection. Filiatrault opted for a simple yet effective style that showcased the talents of the film's strong female leads. This dramatic comedy scored such success that Filiatrault wrote and directed the 1999 sequel Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux... la suite), in which she further developed the characters and their world. In 2002, she produced a new comedy fantasy, Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay), which received a lukewarm response from critics and moviegoers. In 2003, taking advantage of the success of her motion picture characters, Filiatrault produced a television miniseries for TVA, Le Petit monde de Laura Cadieux (2003), before tackling a new film Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), a dramatic biography of 1930s-1950s singer Alys Robi (played by Pascale Bussières). As artistic director of the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, she and the theatre were criticized in January 2015 by a coalition of Montreal arts groups for a year-end production in which a Caucasian actor portrayed hockey player P.K. Subban in blackface. Filiatrault responded that she was "shocked, outraged, and humiliated" by the reaction, saying that she had been in show business for 60 years and was the first person to hire a black Quebecer on television.

Known For: Acting

Born: Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1931-05-16

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Le p'tit vient vite	Carmen Ladouceur	0
2	1973	Backyard Theatre		0
3	1973	The Death of a Lumberjack	Blanche Bellefeuille	47
4	1974	Par le sang des autres	Geneviève Barthélemy	50
5	1974	Bedmania	Fabienne	40
6	1974	Once Upon a Time in the East	Hélène	54
7	1974	Les beaux dimanches	Angéline	63
8	1975	Gina	Actress	61
9	1976	Mado	Lucienne	65
10	1976	Far Away From You, Darling	Florence	30
11	1977	The Late Blossom	Marguerite Lapointe-Beaulieu	0
12	1977	15 Nov		50
13	1979	Bye, See You Monday	The airline lady	42
14	1980	Fantastica	Emma	59
15	1981	The Plouffe Family	Cécile	66
16	1983	Effraction	La barmaid de l'établissement de nuit	35
17	1984	The Crime of Ovide Plouffe	Soeur d'Ovide	63
18	1985	A Suspended Life	Mother	58
19	1988	Les Tisserands du pouvoir	Emma Leclair	0
20	1988	Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte		0
21	1990	The Horse Trader’s Daughter		0
22	1991	Nelligan	Mère supérieure	30
23	1993	Alisée	Nora	0
24	2012	Laurence Anyways	Restaurant Manager	76
25	2013	Filiatrault	Self	0
26	2017	It's the Heart That Dies Last	Mme Lapierre	68
27	2019	Compulsive Liar	Chauffeure Uber	66
28	2022	Filiatrault : Parcours d'une légende	Self	0
29	2024	Sisters and Neighbors!	Madame Tremblay	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Moi... et l'autre	Denise Létourneau	0
2	1979	Chez Denise	Denise Dussault	0
3	2002	Sucré salé	Self	93
4	2002	Viens voir les comédiens	Self	0
5	2004	Tout le monde en parle	Self	42
6	2004	Il va y avoir du sport	Self	0
7	2005	Le match des étoiles	Self - Guest Judge	0
8	2007	Le Banquier	Self	10
9	2010	2 steamés	Herself	0
10	2010	Les Enfants de la télé	Self	65
11	2012	In Lieu of Flowers	Self	0
12	2013	En mode Salvail	Self	20
13	2014	Viens-tu faire un tour?	Self	0
14	2016	Les échangistes	Self	0
15	2017	MTL	Self	0
16	2018	Rousseau's Show	Self	0
17	2018	Cette année-là	Self	0
18	2019	Bonsoir bonsoir!	Self	40
19	2019	On va se le dire	Self	20
20	2020	La tour	Self - Guest	50
21		Juste Pour Rire - Galas	Self	55

Denise Filiatrault

Film

Television