Rita Lafontaine
Acting • Born 1939-06-08 – Died 2016-04-04
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
36 credits
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Movie • 2003
Hélène Lesage
Noémie: Le secret
Movie • 2009
Madame Lumbago
The Revolving Doors
Movie • 1988
Madame Beaumont
La vie fantôme
Movie • 1992
Claire
Mon amie Max
Movie • 1994
Madame Brabant
Talk About Love
Movie • 1976
Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
The Late Blossom
Movie • 1977
Gisèle Lapointe
A Life Begins
Movie • 2010
Mariette
Kamouraska
Movie • 1973
Une servante
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Movie • 1976
Linda
The Mob
Movie • 1975
Épouse du directeur
Soho
Movie • 1994
Far Away From You, Darling
Movie • 1976
Thérèse
The Ideal Man
Movie • 1996
Maman
Les vautours
Movie • 1975
O.K.... Laliberté
Movie • 1973
Caissière d'épicerie
The Lady of Colours
Movie • 1985
Soeur Honorine
Les grands enfants
Movie • 1980
Françoise Durocher, waitress
Movie • 1972
Françoise Durocher
Hold on to Daddy's Ears
Movie • 1971
The Machine Age
Movie • 1978
French Immersion
Movie • 2011
Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
The Alley Cat
Movie • 1985
Mme. Boissonneault
Once Upon a Time in the East
Movie • 1974
Manon
Streetheart
Movie • 1998
Rita
La naissance d'une messe
Movie • 2002
Le grand jour
Movie • 1988
Lucille
In the Hands of Michel Tremblay
Movie
Child of the Andes
Movie • 1985
Voice
En pièces détachées
Movie
Madame Bernier, une voisine
Santa Maria
TV • 1994
Maria Landry
Le Banquier
TV • 2007
Self
La petite séduction
TV • 2006
Self
Viens voir les comédiens
TV • 2002
Self
Avec un grand A
TV • 1986
Les Super Mamies
TV • 2002
Monique Durand