Clémence DesRochers
Clémence DesRochers OC (born 23 November 1933) is a Canadian actress, humourist, singer, and author.
Life
She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on 23 November 1933.[1]
At the age of 17, she went to Montreal where she entered the normal school. She then attended the conservatoire d'art dramatique, and upon leaving the conservatory had a role in a Radio-Canada drama.[2] In 2009, DesRochers received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to broadcasting.[3]
She is out as lesbian.[4]
In 2009, DesRochers was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal.[5] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009.[6]
References
- ^ "Clémence DesRochers". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Biography" (in French). clemencedesrochers.ca. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Clémence DesRochers biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Pop-Tarts on rise, Bob goes low". Montreal Gazette, January 21, 2007.
- ^ "2009 Socan Awards | Socan". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- ^ "Order of Canada: Clémence DesRochers". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External links
- Official website
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- Anne-Marie Cadieux (1999)
- Pascale Bussières (1999)
- Marie-Jo Thério (2001)
- Sylvie Drapeau (2002)
- Isabelle Blais (2003)
- Clémence DesRochers (2004)
- Sylvie Moreau and Brigitte Lafleur (2005)
- Danielle Proulx (2006)
- Fanny Mallette (2007)
- Laurence Leboeuf (2008)
- Angèle Coutu (2009)
- Sandrine Bisson (2010)
- Dorothée Berryman (2011)
- Sophie Nélisse (2012)
- Sabrina Ouazani (2013)
- Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin (2014)
- Suzanne Clément (2015)
- Diane Lavallée (2016)
- Céline Bonnier (2017)
- Brigitte Poupart (2018)
- Sandrine Bisson (2019)
- Micheline Bernard (2020)
- Caroline Néron (2021)
- Hélène Florent (2022)
- Laurie Babin (2023)