Monique Mercure Biography (1930-)

Original name, Monique Emond; born November 14, 1930, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; daughter of Eugene and Yvonne (maiden name, Williams) Emond; married Pierre Mercure, September, 1949; children: Michele, Daniel, Christian.

Nationality
Canadian
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
November 14, 1930
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Barbara, A tout prendre (also known as Take It All), Lopert, 1962
  • Astataion ou le festin des morts, 1965
  • This Is No Time for Romance (also known as Ca n'est pas le temps des romans), 1966
  • Mrs. Pelletier, Don't Let the Angels Fall (also known as Seulsles enfants etaient presents), National Film Board of Canada, 1969
  • Yvette, Waiting for Caroline, National Film Board of Canada/Lopert, 1969
  • Louise, Love in a Four Letter World (also known as Sex Isn't Sin and Viens, mon amour), Allied Artists, 1970
  • Alexandrine, Mon oncle Antoine (also known as My Uncle Antoine), Gendon, 1971
  • Fernande Turcot, Deux femmes en or (also known as Two Women inGold), Les Films Claude Fournier, 1971
  • Finalement, 1971
  • Richard's woman, Le temps d'une chasse (also known as Once upona Hunt and The Time of a Hunt), National Film Board of Canada, 1972
  • Francoise Durocher, Waitress, 1972
  • Belle Souer, Il etait une fois dans l'est (also known as Once upon a Time in the East), Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie, 1974
  • Loulou, Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (also known as For Better or Worse), 1975
  • Voice, L'amour blesse, 1975
  • Madame Jeannot, Parlez-nous d'amour, Les Productions Mutulles, 1976
  • Rose-Aimee Martin, J. A. Martin, photographe (also known as J.A. Martin, Photographer), National Film Board of Canada, 1976
  • Estelle, L'absence, 1976
  • Marie Blanchard, The Third Walker, Simon/Quadrant/Wychwood, 1978
  • Yvette Laflamme, Les vautours (also known as The Vultures),1978
  • Marie, La chanson de Roland (also known as The Song of Roland), Z Productions, 1978
  • Redstone's mate, Quintet, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
  • Dr. Bouvier, Stone Cold Dead, Dimension Films, 1980
  • The mother, La cuisine rouge, Les Films du Crepuscule, 1980
  • Aunt Elsa, The Emperor of Peru (also known as Odyssey of the Pacific, Treasure Train, and La traversee de la Pacific), Cine-Pacific, 1981
  • Taxi customer, Une journee en taxi (also known as A Day in a Taxi), Cine 360, 1982
  • Louise, La quarantaine (also known as Beyond Forty), National Film Board of Canada, 1982
  • Blanche Lavallee, Contrecoeur, Les Films du Haricot, 1983
  • Aunt Yvette, Les annees de reves (also known as The Years of Dreams and Revolt), Les Films Vision 4, 1984
  • Mother Superior, La dame en couleurs, Les Films Rene Malo, 1984
  • Madeline, Qui a tire sur nos histoires d'amour? (also known as A Question of Loving), J. A. LaPointe, 1986
  • Mireille, Dans le ventre du dragon (also known as In the Bellyof the Dragon), Alliance Vivafilm, 1989
  • Fadela, Naked Lunch, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
  • Moufette, "La toile du temps," Montreal vu par... (also known as Montreal Sextet and Six variations sur un theme), 1991
  • La fenetre, 1992
  • La fete des rois, 1994
  • Madame Leroux, Le violin rouge (also known as The Red Violin and Il violino rosso), Lions Gate Films, 1998
  • Grace Gallagher, Conquest, Oasis International, 1998
  • Hanna's grandmother, Emporte-moi (also known as Set Me Free), Artistic License, 2000
  • Nouvelle France (also known as New France), Lions Gate Films/Christal Films, 2004
  • Also appeared in Felix Leclerc Troubadour.
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Ednee Plamondon, Le paradis perdu, 1969
  • Stephanie, Frederic, [Canada], 1980
  • Annie Frandvert, Monsieur le Ministre, [Canada], 1985
  • Solange Valeur, Mount Royal (also known as Mont-Royal), [Canada and France], 1987
  • Jeanne Mance, Shehaweh, [Canada], 1992
  • Appeared in the series La balsamine; as Rachel Paquin, Le retour; and as Simone, Sous le signe du lion.
  • Movies
  • Le dialogue des Carmelites, 1956
  • Quand nous serons heureux, 1968
  • Le cellule, 1969
  • Napoleon unique, 1972
  • Chin Chin, 1977
  • Coup de sang, 1977
  • Madam Klotz, Le sang des autres (also known as The Blood of Others), HBO, 1984
  • Madeleine, Tramp at the Door, The Disney Channel, 1986
  • The Private Capital, 1990
  • Bastet, Whiskers (also known as Moustaches), Showtime, 1997
  • Pauline Wesson, When Justice Fails, Cinemax, 1998
  • Other
  • Dr. Loubert, Aeroport: Court-circuit, 1984
  • Albertine at age seventy, Albertine, en cinq temps, 2000
  • Appeared as Rose Ouimet, Les belles soeurs (special), CBC (Canada).
  • Stage Appearances
  • Gherda, Le pelican, Theatre de l'Egregore, Quebec, Canada, 1959
  • Rosa Gonzales, Summer and Smoke, Theatre de l'Egregore, 1960
  • The aunt, Une femme douce, Theatre de l'Egregore, 1960
  • Sybilla, Magie rouge, Theatre de l'Egregore, 1961
  • Polly, Opera de 4 sous, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, Quebec, 1961
  • Helena, La paix du dimanche, Comedie Canadienne, Quebec, then Prairie Theatre, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1962
  • Ernestine, Les maxibules, Theatre de l'Egregore, 1964
  • Claire, The Maids, Theatre de la Poudriere, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1964
  • Dona Isabelle, Le soulier de satin, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1967
  • Marguerite, Un simple soldat, La Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale, Montreal, 1967-1968
  • Widow Begbick, Man for Man, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1968
  • Eurydice, Orphee, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1969, later Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, 1975
  • Andromaque, The Trojan Women, La Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale, 1970
  • Rose Ouimet, Les belles soeurs, Le Theatre du Rideau Vert, Montreal, 1971, then Place des Arts, Paris, later Toronto, Ontario, 1973, then Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1974
  • Le pays du dragon, Theatre de Quatre Sous, 1972
  • Toi et tes nuages, Theatre de Quatre Sous, 1972
  • Total Eclipse, 1972
  • The Maids, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, 1972 and 1975
  • Anne, Quatre a quatre, Theatre de Quatre Sous, 1973
  • Les richesses naturelles, Theatre National de Strasbourg, 1974
  • Le journal d'un Fou, Patriot Theatre, 1975
  • Esther Solomon, Equus, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1976
  • Lady U, Le pere humilie, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1976
  • Madame Irma, Le balcon, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 1977
  • Marie Lou, Forever Yours, Marie Lou, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1977
  • Tete-a-Tete, Theatre du Cafe a la Place, Montreal, 1987
  • Appeared as Sarah Bernhardt in Memoir, Free Theatre, Toronto; alsoappeared in The Night of the Iguana, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA; and The Saga of the Wet Hens, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto.