Estelle Mauffette Explained

Estelle Mauffette (October 6, 1904 – March 12, 1984) was a Canadian actress and comedian. She was the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon. She was the sister of the radio host Guy Mauffette.

Early life

Mauffette was born in Montreal in 1904 to parents Léontine Lavigne Mauffette.^[1] She came from a talented family. Her cousin Thérèse Renaud became a famous Canadian actress and her brother, Guy Mauffette, was a radio host.^[2] She encouraged her brother to join the Conservatoire d'art dramatique.^[3]

Career

Mauffette began to study drama with Jeanne Maubourg before attempting a career in radio broadcasting.^[4] Mauffette's radio career began at the radio program "Pour vous plaire" in 1931.^[5] From 1932 to 1933, Mauffette, her brother, and Hector Charland appeared in The Old Storyteller.^[6] As she was well liked, she became the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.^[4] The first episode was aired on September 11, 1939 and ran on Radio-Canada from 1939 to 1962.^{[7] [8]} In 1942, she was named Miss Radio.^[9] She was also part of the television series La Famille Plouffe.^[10]

Following a paralytic attack in October 1956, she decided to retire.^[5] She eventually died in 1984.^[11] After her death, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, a municipality in Quebec, named a street in her honour.^[12]

External links

• Canadian Radio Yearbook
• Lavigne-Mauffette family fonds (R15407) at Library and Archives Canada. The fonds contains documents on members of the family Lavigne-Mauffette including a serie of records on Estelle Mauffette.
• Fonds famille Guy Mauffette (R8111) at Library and Archives Canada. The fonds includes documents on members of the Mauffette family including a series of records on Estelle Mauffette.

Notes and References

1. Web site: LAVIGNE-MAUFFETTE FAMILY . collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 7, 2019.
2. Book: Elspeth Cameron . Janice Dickin . Great Dames . January 1, 1997 . University of Toronto Press . 9780802072153 . 126 . October 7, 2019.
3. Web site: P43 Fonds Guy Mauffette . archivesvs.org . October 7, 2019 . French.
4. Web site: FAMILLE LAVIGNE-MAUFFETTE . collectionscanada.ca . October 7, 2019 . 9 . French . June 1990.
5. Web site: LES QUÉBÉCOISES À LA RADIO : M-Z . bazoom.ca . October 7, 2019 . French.
6. Web site: THÉÂTRALITÉS SQET . sqet.uqam.ca . October 7, 2019 . 19 . Autumn 2006. French.
7. Web site: Un homme et son péché, le radioroman . ici.radio-canada.ca . October 7, 2019 . French . September 10, 2019.
8. Web site: Un homme et son péché . thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . October 7, 2019.
9. Web site: THE PRIX RADIOMONDE AND THE LAFLÈCHE TROPHIES . bazoom.ca . October 7, 2019 . French . October 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191008014930/https://bazoom.ca/culture/les-prix-radiomonde-et-les-trophees-lafleche . dead .
10. Web site: Estelle Maufette . genealogieplanete.com . October 7, 2019 . French.
11. Web site: TIGER: encore du travail à faire . lescoulissesdusport.ca . October 7, 2019 . French . En 1984, décès de la comédienne ESTELLE MAUFFETTE, alias Donalda Laloge.
12. Web site: Bottin des toponymes officialisés . ndip.org . October 7, 2019 . French.