Frédérique Collin Explained
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
Cinema
Television
- 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
As writer
Theatre
- 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
Notes and References
- https://voir.ca/scene/2000/01/13/frederique-collin-esprit-de-revolte/ "FRÉDÉRIQUE COLLIN : ESPRIT DE RÉVOLTE"
- "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.
- http://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/societe/201012/10/01-4351110-lart-comme-issue-de-secours.php "L'art comme issue de secours"