Juliette Béliveau

Infobox Person
name = Juliette Béliveau


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birth_date = October 28 1889
birth_place = Nicolet, Quebec
death_date = August 26 1975
death_place = Montreal
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occupation = Actress and Singer

Juliette Béliveau (October 28, 1889 – August 26, 1975) was a French Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She was also the heroine of a weekly comic strip published by Radiomonde from 1950 through 1954.

Career

Born in Nicolet, Quebec,cite web|url = http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/m2-1043-e.html|title = Juliette Béliveau, actress and performer (1889-1975)|author = Collections Canada|accessdate = 2007-10-15] cite web|url = http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=B%E9liveau%2C%20Juliette|title = Béliveau, Juliette|publisher= Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia] Béliveau's first public performance came at the age of ten, when she obtained a role in "La Meunière" performed at the Monument-National by Elzéar Roy's acting group Soirées de famille. It was here she was dubbed "la petite Sarah" by Louis-Honoré Fréchette, [cite book|url = http://www.google.ca/books?id=WW1g5-cmsLUC&pg=PA345&dq=Juliette+Beliveau&as_brr=3&sig=xFKBWF4_66oV9N9bwfdDVWIl15w#PPA345,M1|title = The History of North American Theater: The United States, Canada, and Mexico|author = Felicia Hardison Londré and Daniel J. Watermeier|publisher = Felicia Hardison Londré, Daniel J. Watermeier|pages = 345] a reference to noted actress Sarah Bernhardt

Béliveau's second job came at age twelve, when she gained a part in "La Case de l'oncle Tom" which was performed by the acting company of Paul Cazeneuve at the Théâtre National. She went to study for a time at the Académie Marchand, before returning to the theatre in 1902 to play the role of Fanfan in "La Famille Benoîton" at Théâtre Les Nouveautés. She followed that by playing the title role in "Véronica" in 1903. In 1911, Béliveau took a job with the acting companies Conservatoire Lasalle and Nationascope. She married in 1916, and as a result appeared in significantly fewer performances.

In 1920, Béliveau signed with the Starr label, and recorded a variety of songs, as well as humorous skits with J. Hervey Germain, Elzéar Hamel, Alexandre Desmarteaux, Eugène Daigneault and Ovila Légaré. During the 1920s, she is believed to have starred in about one hundred plays at the Théâtre National. Her performance there in "Fridolin" led to Gratien Gélinas writing "Fridolinades", which Béliveau would go on to co-star in with Juliette Huot.

In 1935 she made her radio debut in an adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel "Le Curé de village" on CKAC in 1935, a programme she would stay with unil 1938. From 1937 until 1959 she was a cast member of "Rue principale" also aired on CKAC, and from 1939 until 1957 she was a cast member of "Un homme et son péché" on société Radio-Canada. Her popularity lead to her own radio show, "Le Programme Juliette Béliveau" which aired on CKAC from 1947 through 1950.

Béliveau appeared in her first movie role in 1949 in "Un homme et son péché" directed by Paul L'Anglais. She quickly landed several other roles, appearing in "Le Gros Bill" in 1949, "Le Rossignol et les Cloches" in 1950 and "Tit-Coq" in 1952. Her performance as Aunt Clara in "Ti-Coq" won a Castor award for the best supporting role in Quebec cinema in 1953. Béliveau began appearing in television programmes in 1953 with a role in the soap opera "La Famille Plouffe" airing on Télévision de Radio-Canada.

Béliveau returned to theatre work in 1956 with a role in "Sonnez les Matines". She would continue to work in theatre through the 1950s and 1960s, as well as on television until her death on August 26, 1975 in Montreal.

Rolls

Films

* "Le Gros Bill" (1949) [cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=k-d7P4BD-cQC&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=juliette+b%C3%A9liveau+%22le+cur%C3%A9+de+village%22&source=web&ots=0JWpYtB0Qw&sig=-vjv1gCMv714J5JRq4Huh4Q7Nic#PPA163,M1|title = Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film|author = Gerald Pratley|publisher = University of Delaware Press|year = 1987|ISBN = 0874131944]

* "Un homme et son péché" (1949)

* "Le Rossignol et les Cloches" (1950)

* "Tit-Coq" (1952) [cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yCns0sPAC9IC&pg=PA506&lpg=PA506&dq=juliette+b%C3%A9liveau+%22tit+coq%22&source=web&ots=Yz18hcH6sh&sig=61_x7MxX54OkkhnCYGkiZ57g8Uo|title = The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House|author = Janis L. Pallister|pages = 506|publisher = Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|ISBN = 0838635628|year = 1995]

Television

* "La famille Plouffe" (1953 - 1957) [cite web|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/461-1537-578581.html|title = Famille Plouffe, La (1953-1957)|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]
* "La feuille au vent" (1953 - 1954) [cite web|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/725-5782-753468.html|title = Feuille au vent, La (1953-1954)|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Toi et moi" (1954 - 1960) [cite web|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/136-1153-982947.html|title = Toi et moi (1954-1960)|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Les quat' fers en l'air" (1954 - 1955) [cite web|title = Quat' fers en l'air, Les|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/225-2168-151601.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Grandville, P.Q." (1956) [cite web|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/347-6431-579153.html|title = Grandville, P.Q. (1956-1956)|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut" (1956 - 1970) [cite web|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/832-0133-216247.html|title = Belles histoires des pays d'en haut, Les (1956-1970)|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "La Pension Velder" (1957 - 1961) [cite web|title = Pension Velder, La (1957-1961)|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/328-7205-963840.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate - 2007-10-16]

* "Sous le signe du lion" (1961) [cite web|title = Sous le signe du lion|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/459-8135-376204.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Le pain du jour" (1962 - 1965) [cite web|title = Pain du jour, Le|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/185-1355-307151.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Septième nord" (1963 - 1967) [cite web|title = Septième nord (1963-1967)|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/458-7416-136487.html|accessdate = 2007-10-16|date = 2006-07-28]

* "Rue de l'anse" (1963 - 1965) [cite web|title = Rue de l'anse (1963-1965)|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/136-5862-567184.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

* "Rue des Pignons" (1966 - 1977) [cite web|title = Rue des pignons (1966-1977)|url = http://archives.emissions.ca/516-4838-425817.html|date = 2006-07-28|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

Theatre

* "Un homme et son péché" (1942 - 1953)cite web|url = http://www.banq.qc.ca/histoire_quebec/parcours_thematiques/ClaudeHenriGrignon/theatre/th_serie03.jsp|title = Un homme et son péché... une œuvre de Claude-Henri Grignon qui a laissé sa marqu|publisher = Bibliothèque et Archives nationales|accessdate = 2007-10-16]

References

External links

* [http://www2.bnquebec.ca/musique_78trs/mi16.htm Recordings by Juliette Béliveau]