Rita Lafontaine
Born: 1939-06-08 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Died: 2016-04-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rita Lafontaine (June 8, 1939 – April 4, 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.
Filmography
2011
- French Immersion as Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
2010
- A Life Begins 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
- Les Super Mamies as Monique Durand
- La naissance d'une messe
1998
- Streetheart as Rita
1996
- The Ideal Man as Maman
1994
- Soho
- Mon amie Max as Madame Brabant
- Santa Maria as Maria Landry
1992
- La vie fantôme as Claire
1988
- Le grand jour as Lucille
- The Revolving Doors as Madame Beaumont
1986
1985
- The Alley Cat as Mme. Boissonneault
- The Lady of Colours as Soeur Honorine
- Child of the Andes as Voice
1980
1978
1977
- The Late Blossom as Gisèle Lapointe
1976
- Far Away From You, Darling as Thérèse
- Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… as Linda
- Parlez-nous d'amour as Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
1975
- Les vautours
- The Mob as Épouse du directeur
1974
- Once Upon a Time in the East as Manon
1973
- Kamouraska as Une servante
- O.K.... Laliberté as Caissière d'épicerie
1972
- Françoise Durocher, waitress as Françoise Durocher