Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault

Birthdate
May 16, 1931 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
May 16, 1931 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For
Acting

Biography

Denise Filiatrault (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director.

She attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series Moi et l'autre (1967–71) and in many editions of Radio-Canada's annual New Year's special, Bye Bye. She had further success in Chez Denise (1978–1982), Le 101, avenue des Pins (1984–85) and Denise... aujourd'hui (1990–91).

In addition to her television career, Filiatrault also performed in films and on stage, notably in works by Michel Tremblay. She was known to perform both comic and dramatic roles, such as Gilles Carle's The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) in 1973, André Brassard's film version of Tremblay's Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'Est) in 1974, Denys Arcand's Gina in 1975, Claude Fournier's Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) in 1976, Fantastica in 1980 and Carle's The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) in 1981, playing the tormented Cécile.

Following Les Plouffe, Filiatrault took a break from film, concentrating more in writing and directing for theatre and summer comedy. Filiatrault then decided to take the leap to directing cinema by adapting Tremblay's novel C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux into the 1998 film It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux, presenting the world of overweight women yearning for love and affection. Filiatrault opted for a simple yet effective style that showcased the talents of the film's strong female leads. This dramatic comedy scored such success that Filiatrault wrote and directed the 1999 sequel Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux... la suite), in which she further developed the characters and their world.

In 2002, she produced a new comedy fantasy, Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay), which received a lukewarm response from critics and moviegoers. In 2003, taking advantage of the success of her motion picture characters, Filiatrault produced a television miniseries for TVA, Le Petit monde de Laura Cadieux (2003), before tackling a new film Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), a dramatic biography of 1930s-1950s singer Alys Robi (played by Pascale Bussières).

As artistic director of the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, she and the theatre were criticized in January 2015 by a coalition of Montreal arts groups for a year-end production in which a Caucasian actor portrayed hockey player P.K. Subban in blackface. Filiatrault responded that she was "shocked, outraged, and humiliated" by the reaction, saying that she had been in show business for 60 years and was the first person to hire a black Quebecer on television.

Denise Filiatrault's LGBTQ+ Titles

Laurence Anyways
Laurence Anyways
Restaurant Manager

Acting (48)

Juste Pour Rire - Galas as Self (1 episode)
Alisée as Nora
2024
Sisters and Neighbors! as Madame Tremblay
2022
Filiatrault : Parcours d'une légende as Self
2020
La tour as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
On va se le dire as Self (1 episode)
2019
Compulsive Liar as Chauffeure Uber
2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self (3 episodes)
2018
Cette année-là as Self (1 episode)
2018
Rousseau's Show as Self (1 episode)
2017
It's the Heart That Dies Last as Mme Lapierre
2017
MTL as Self (1 episode)
2016
Les échangistes as Self (1 episode)
2014
Viens-tu faire un tour? as Self (1 episode)
2013
En mode Salvail as Self (3 episodes)
2013
Filiatrault as Self
2012
Laurence Anyways as Restaurant Manager
2012
In Lieu of Flowers as Self (1 episode)
2010
Les enfants de la télé as Self (2 episodes)
2010
2 steamés as Herself (1 episode)
2007
Le Banquier as Self (1 episode)
2005
Le match des étoiles as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2004
Il va y avoir du sport as Self (1 episode)
2004
Tout le monde en parle as Self (1 episode)
2002
Viens voir les comédiens as Self (2 episodes)
2002
Sucré salé as Self (1 episode)
1991
Nelligan as Mère supérieure
1990
The Horse Trader’s Daughter
1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Emma Leclair
1985
The Razor's Edge as Mother
1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe as Soeur d'Ovide
1983
Effraction as La barmaid de l'établissement de nuit
1981
The Plouffe Family as Cécile
1980
Fantastica as Emma
1979
Bye, See You Monday as The airline lady
1979
Chez Denise as Denise Dussault (51 episodes)
1977
15 Nov
1977
The Late Blossom as Marguerite Lapointe-Beaulieu
1976
Je suis loin de toi mignonne as Florence
1976
Mado as Lucienne
1975
Gina as Une actrice
1974
Les beaux dimanches as Angéline
1974
Once Upon a Time in the East as Hélène
1974
Bedmania as Fabienne
1974
Par le sang des autres as Geneviève Barthélemy
1973
The Death of a Lumberjack as Blanche Bellefeuille
1973
Backyard Theatre

Directing (5)

2004
Bittersweet Memories • Director
• Director
2003
Le petit monde de Laura Cadieux • Director (7 episodes)
• Director (7 episodes)
2002
Alice's Odyssey • Director
• Director
1999
Laura Cadieux II • Director
• Director
1998
It's Your Turn, Laura • Director
• Director

Creator (1)

1979
Chez Denise • Creator
• Creator

Writing (5)

2004
Bittersweet Memories • Writer
• Writer
1999
Laura Cadieux II • Writer
• Writer
1998
It's Your Turn, Laura • Writer
• Writer
1984
Le 101, ouest, avenue des Pins • Writer (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)
1976
Je suis loin de toi mignonne • Writer
• Writer