Rita Lafontaine
- Acting
- June 8, 1939 · Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- April 4, 2016
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.
Known for
Filmography
- French Immersion · Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother
- A Life Begins · Mariette
- Noémie: Le secret · Madame Lumbago
- Le Banquier · Self
- La petite séduction · Self
- Seducing Doctor Lewis · Hélène Lesage
- Viens voir les comédiens · Self
- Les Super Mamies · Monique Durand
- La naissance d'une messe
- Streetheart · Rita
- The Ideal Man · Maman
- Mon amie Max · Madame Brabant
- Santa Maria · Maria Landry
- Soho
- Les grands procès · Cécile Marchand
- La vie fantôme · Claire
- Le grand jour · Lucille
- The Revolving Doors · Madame Beaumont
- Avec un grand A
- The Alley Cat · Mme. Boissonneault
- Child of the Andes · Voice
- The Lady of Colours · Soeur Honorine
- Les grands enfants
- The Machine Age
- The Late Blossom · Gisèle Lapointe
- Far Away From You, Darling · Thérèse
- Talk About Love · Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot
- Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… · Linda
- Les vautours
- The Mob · Épouse du directeur
- Once Upon a Time in the East · Manon
- O.K.... Laliberté · Caissière d'épicerie
- Kamouraska · Une servante
- Françoise Durocher, waitress · Françoise Durocher
- Hold on to Daddy's Ears
- In the Hands of Michel Tremblay
- En pièces détachées · Madame Bernier, une voisine