Frédérique Collin (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director.[1] She is most noted for her performance in Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t'en ville),[2] for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Genie Awards.[3]
Her other acting credits have included the films Françoise Durocher, Waitress, Réjeanne Padovani, Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est), Gina,[4] The Absence (L'Absence), Lucien Brouillard, To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans), Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) and Au fil de l'eau,[5] and the television series Témoignages and Fortier. Her stage roles included productions of Anne Legault's Conte d'hiver 70[6] and Michel Tremblay's High Mass for a Full Moon of Summer (Messe solonnelle pour une pleine lune d'été).[7]
She was also co-director and co-writer with Paule Baillargeon of the 1980 film La cuisine rouge.[8]
She dropped out of acting after 2003, reemerging in the early 2010s as a mental health and art therapy advocate after going public about her battles with alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsive gambling.[9]
List of roles edit
Cinema edit
- 1971 : Question de vie : Estelle
- 1972 : Françoise Durocher, Waitress - Françoise Durocher
- 1972 : The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse) : The young servant
- 1973 : La Conquête : Rita
- 1973 : Réjeanne Padovani : Hélène Caron
- 1973 : Les Allées de la terre : Zette
- 1973 : Noël et Juliette : rôle inconnu
- 1974 : Once Upon a Time in the East : Lise Paquette
- 1975 : Gina : Dolorès
- 1975 : The Yellow Island (L'Île jaune) : Suzanne
- 1975 : Confidences of the Night (L'Amour blessé)
- 1976 : The Absence (L'Absence) : Louise
- 1983 : Lucien Brouillard
- 1985 : Celui qui voit les heures : Mireille
- 1986 : Sonia : unnamed role
- 1987 : Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)
- 1988 : Lamento pour un homme de lettres : The wife of Laberge
- 1989 : Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) : Thérèse
- 2002 : Au fil de l'eau : Fabienne
- 2003 : Evil Words (Sur le seuil) : Madame Hénault
Television edit
- 1971 : Fanfreluche (TV series) : Lucas (one episode)
- 1977 : Du tac au tac (TV series) : Hélène
- 1980 : Jeune Délinquant (miniseries) : Lawyer
- 1997 : Les Orphelins de Duplessis (miniseries) : Sœur Clothilde
- 2001 : Fortier (TV series) : Jeannine Doyle (two episodes)
- 2002 : Asbestos : Madame Duquette
As director edit
- 1980 : La Cuisine rouge
As writer edit
- 1980 : La Cuisine rouge
Theatre edit
- 1971 : Les Belles-Sœurs by Michel Tremblay, directed by André Brassard - role of Lise Paquette, friend of Linda Lauzon
- 1973 : Les Belles-Sœurs by Michel Tremblay, directed by André Brassard - role of Lise Paquette, friend of Linda Lauzon
- 1974 : Les Belles-Sœurs by Michel Tremblay, directed by André Brassard - role of Marie-Ange Brouillette, neighbour of Germaine Lauzon
References edit
- ^ "FRÉDÉRIQUE COLLIN : ESPRIT DE RÉVOLTE" Voir, January 13, 2000.
- ^ "Marie proves to be just another hooker with a heart of gold". Toronto Star, August 26, 1988.
- ^ "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.
- ^ "Arcand, long before Stardom". Toronto Star, February 25, 2001.
- ^ "7 actors in search of a plot". Montreal Gazette, March 7, 2003.
- ^ "Play about October Crisis wallows in banal realism, goes nowhere". Montreal Gazette, February 17, 1992.
- ^ "THEATRE REVIEW MESSE SOLONNELLE POUR UNE PLEINE LUNE D'ETE". The Globe and Mail, February 23, 1996.
- ^ "Paule Baillargeon and Philippe Baylaucq named cineastes en residence". Canada NewsWire, April 8, 2009.
- ^ "L'art comme issue de secours". La Presse, December 10, 2010.