Andrée Lachapelle
Acting • Born 1931-11-13 – Died 2019-11-21
Biography
Andrée Lachapelle (November 13, 1931 – November 21, 2019) was a French Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx, later attended teacher's college and taught elementary school for a few years. In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas, performed with him, and had three children before his death in 1969. She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay, Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck (La corde au cou), YUL 871, Laura Laur, Léolo, Cap Tourmente, Route 132, The Last Escape and Don't Let the Angels Fall. In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer. She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).
Filmography
37 credits
Games of the Heart
Movie • 2001
Léolo
Movie • 1992
Psychiatrist
Dear Father
Movie • 1979
Giulia
The Last Escape
Movie • 2010
La mere
Daniel and the Superdogs
Movie • 2004
Grandmother
Caroline
Movie • 1964
Narrator (voice)
Dans le ventre du dragon
Movie • 1989
Madame Côté
Cap Tourmente
Movie • 1993
Jeanne O'Neil
Moody Beach
Movie • 1990
Antique Dealer
Happy Memories
Movie • 1981
Voix de maman
YUL 871
Movie • 1966
Madeleine
Route 132
Movie • 2010
Alberta
Albertine in Five Times
Movie • 2000
Albertine 60 ans
La pension des étranges
Movie • 2004
Luce
Rope Around the Neck
Movie • 1965
Suzanne
...Comme un voleur
Movie • 1990
Gabrielle
Nelligan
Movie • 1991
Robertine Barry
And the Birds Rained Down
Movie • 2019
Marie-Desneige
The Meteor
Movie • 2013
The Mother (voice)
Don't Let the Angels Fall
Movie • 1969
Prostitute
Les beaux dimanches
Movie • 1974
Évelyne
Jesus of Montreal
Movie • 1989
The Passion of Augustine
Movie • 2015
Mère Marie-Stéphane
Straight for the Heart
Movie • 1988
Invitée au dîner
La belle empoisonneuse
Movie • 2007
Laura Laur
Movie • 1989
A Family Secret
Movie • 2006
Echo
Movie • 2001
Yamaska
TV • 2009
Florence Bergman
En tout cas
TV • 2018
La petite séduction
TV • 2006
Self
Viens voir les comédiens
TV • 2002
Self
Le match des étoiles
TV • 2005
Self
Shooting Stars
TV • 2007
Mme Lapointe
Le temps d'une paix
TV • 1980
Marie-Thérèse Fournier
Grande Ourse
TV • 2004
Madame Sylvestre
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self