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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.