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Gratien Gélinas(1909-1999)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Gratien Gélinas in Gratien Gélinas, un géant aux pieds d'argile (2009)
Gratien Gélinas was born on 8 December 1909 in Saint-Tite, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Tit Coq (1953), La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942) and Aux frontières du possible (1971). He was married to Huguette Oligny and Simone Lalonde. He died on 16 March 1999 in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada.
BornDecember 8, 1909
DiedMarch 16, 1999(89)
BornDecember 8, 1909
DiedMarch 16, 1999(89)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

Tit Coq (1953)
Tit Coq
7.0
  • Tit-Coq
  • 1953
Juliette Béliveau in La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942)
La dame aux camélias, la vraie
Short
  • Armand Duval, et narrateur
  • 1942
Aux frontières du possible (1971)
Aux frontières du possible
6.7
TV Series
  • Dr. Vogt
Les Quat' fers en l'air
TV Series
  • Exubert Lajoie
  • 1954

Credits

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Actor

  • Gabrielle Lazure and Aurélien Recoing in Les tisserands du pouvoir (1988)
    Les tisserands du pouvoir
    6.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Jean-Bapstiste à 86 ans
    • Jean-Baptiste à 86 ans
    • 1988
  • Les tisserands du pouvoir II: La révolte (1988)
    Les tisserands du pouvoir II: La révolte
    5.3
    TV Mini Series
    • 1988
  • The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
    The Canadian Conspiracy
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Agnes of God (1985)
    Agnes of God
    6.6
    • Father Martineau
    • 1985
  • Peau de banane (1982)
    Peau de banane
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Ernest Latendresse
    • 1982–1987
  • Louise Portal in Cordélia (1980)
    Cordélia
    6.8
    • Juge Bosse
    • 1980
  • Aux frontières du possible (1971)
    Aux frontières du possible
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Dr. Vogt
    • 1974
  • La feuille d'érable (1971)
    La feuille d'érable
    TV Series
    • 1972
  • Red the Half Breed (1970)
    Red the Half Breed
    6.8
    • Frederic
    • 1970
  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Pierre Gravel
    • 1970
  • Denise Filiatrault and Dominique Michel in Moi Et L'autre (1966)
    Moi Et L'autre
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Gratien Gélinas
    • 1969
  • Louise Marleau, Huguette Oligny, and Constance Hogan in Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada (1954)
    Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada
    TV Series
    • Bousille
    • 1962
  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Bousille
    • 1962
  • First Performance
    6.7
    TV Series
    • 1958
  • Les Quat' fers en l'air
    TV Series
    • Exubert Lajoie
    • 1954–1955

Writer

  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1970
  • Louise Marleau, Huguette Oligny, and Constance Hogan in Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada (1954)
    Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
    5.2
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1962
  • Les Quat' fers en l'air
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1954–1955
  • Tit Coq (1953)
    Tit Coq
    7.0
    • writer
    • 1953
  • Juliette Béliveau in La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942)
    La dame aux camélias, la vraie
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1942

Producer

  • Les Quat' fers en l'air
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954–1955
  • Tit Coq (1953)
    Tit Coq
    7.0
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Juliette Béliveau in La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942)
    La dame aux camélias, la vraie
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • Cinématheque (french)
    • Encyclopedia
  • Born
    • December 8, 1909
    • Saint-Tite, Quebec, Canada
  • Died
    • March 16, 1999
    • Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada(Alzheimer's disease)
  • Spouses
      Huguette OlignyJanuary 26, 1973 - March 16, 1999 (his death)
  • Children
      Pascal Gélinas
  • Relatives
      Mitsou(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    Wrote and starred in the 1948 play "Tit-Coq" (Little Rooster), about a young soldier from the Montreal slums who comes back from military service to discover that his middle-class fiancée has married another man. The play's success at a time when most French-Canadian plays were imitations of French and U.S. hits, earned Gelinas the nickname "Father of the French-Canadian national theatre."
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    • 1 Portrayal

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