Pierre Curzi. Actor, unionist and politician. (Montreal, 10 February 1946 - ) Pierre Curzi enjoyed a long and rewarding acting career onstage, in film and on television before entering the world of politics in the 2007 Quebec general election.
Denis Bouchard, actor, director and author (b at Québec 9 Oct 1953). A 1978 graduate of the National Theatre School, the public quickly adopted this young actor thanks to his friendly face and eternally youthful appearance.
Barbara Hamilton, actress (born at Kingston, Ont 11 Dec 1926; died at Toronto 7 Feb 1996).
Hume Cronyn, actor, director, writer (b at London, Ont 18 July 1911, d Fairfield, Conn, 15 June 2003). This skilled farceur and elfin character player teamed often with his wife Jessica TANDY (1909-94).
Earl (Carlyle) Heywood. Country singer-songwriter, guitarist, broadcaster, b near Exeter, north of London, Ont, 12 Mar 1917, d Brussels, Ont, 17 Sep 2006. Known as 'Canada's No. 1 Cowboy Singer,' (or 'No.
Eric Albert Donkin, actor (b at Liverpool, Eng 9 April 1929; d at Stratford, Ont 17 March 1998). His acting career began as a radio-performer at the age of 11 in Montréal, prior to formal training at the Montréal Repertory School of the Theatre and the National Theatre School in the 1950s.
Louise Bombardier, actor, author (b at Sherbrooke 11 Jul 1953). After leaving the CEGEP de Saint-Hyacinthe in 1973, she took part in the theatre revolution of the time, known as jeune theatre.
Hélène Loiselle, actor (b at Montréal 17 Mar 1928) An outstanding figure on the Québec stage and screen, Hélène Loiselle shone in major roles in the international repertoire as well as in works by local authors.
Gillis Philip Purcell, journalist (b at Brandon, Man 25 Nov 1904; d at Toronto 16 Nov 1987), educated at University of Manitoba and University of Toronto. He was general manager of CANADIAN PRESS from 1945 to 1969, having been No 2 man for 13 years before that.
Gabriel Arcand, actor (b at Montréal 4 Jun 1949). His family, originally from the village of Deschambault (Portneuf County), settled in Montréal in 1952.
Marie Tifo, born Marie Thiffeault, actor (b at Chicoutimi, Que, 26 Sept 1948). This exceptional actor, whose career includes more than 80 theatrical productions, some 30 films and several television series, is among the most outstanding of her generation.
Germain Houde. Actor. (Petit Saguenay QC, 14 December 1952 - ) With a career spanning continuously more than 30 years on stage and screen, this excellent actor has created exciting characters that have had strong impact on the imaginations of his broad audience.
John Henry Miller, actor-manager (b at London, Eng 1 Feb 1859; d at New York 9 Apr 1926).
Normand Chouinard, actor (b at Québec City, 21 June 1948). After law studies at l'Université Laval, Normand Chouinard was called to the Bar in 1971, then took up theatre studies at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec and received his diploma in 1974.
Léonard Beaulne, actor and company director, drama and diction teacher (b at Ste-Scholastique 8 Aug, 1887; d at Ottawa 10 Oct 1947). Léonard Beaulne grew up in Sainte-Scholastique (Québec) where his father was a blacksmith.
Art Linkletter, born Gordon Arthur Kelly, radio and television host, author (b at Moose Jaw, Sask 17 Jul 1912, d at Los Angeles 26 May 2010). Art Linkletter was adopted as an infant by a travelling evangelical preacher and his wife.
Morton Sahl, standup comedian, actor (born at Montréal 11 May 1927). Mort Sahl, whose parents were American, was brought up in California. After high school he served in the air force before earning a degree in city management and engineering from the University of Southern California in 1953.
Jack Carson, born John Elmer Carson, actor (b at Carman, Man 27 Oct 1910; d at Encino, Ca 2 Jan 1963). Jack Carson's family moved across the border to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when he was a child.
Émile Genest. Actor and radio host. (Quebec City, 27 July 1921 - Hallandale, Florida, U.S., 17 March 2003) This actor enjoyed a long career in television and film, in Quebec and Hollywood, in both English and French.
Frederick Alan (Rick) Moranis, actor, screenwriter (b at Toronto 18 Apr 1953). Rick Moranis was usually cast as the prototypical nerd or geek, enjoying a successful run in light comedies and family films in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
William Burke Wood, actor-manager (b at Montréal 26 May 1779; d at Philadelphia, Pa 23 Sept 1861). He was the first native-born N American to achieve notable success in the theatre; Wood's parents had immigrated to Canada before the American Revolution and returned to NY c 1784.
Michel Côté, television and film actor, comedian, and author (b at Alma, Québec 25 June 1950). Born of a humble rural background, Michel Côté pursued classical studies and then continued on at the National Theatre School.
Robert MacLaren Fowler, lawyer, executive (b at Peterborough, Ont 7 Dec 1906; d at Hawkesbury, Ont 13 July 1980). Fowler played many roles but was best known for chairing a royal commission and a federal committee on broadcasting.
Paxton Whitehead, actor, director (b at East Malling, Kent, England 17 October 1937). Whitehead attended Rugby School and London's Webber Academy of Dramatic Art. At 18, he made his professional stage debut in Eastbourne, then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and toured Russia in Hamlet (1958).
Jehane Benoît, née Patenaude, food consultant, author, TV and radio commentator (b at Montréal 21 Mar 1904; d at Sutton, Qué 24 Nov 1987). Through her books and TV appearances on CBC's Take 30, Madame Benoît was a pioneer in explaining Canadian cuisine to Canadians.