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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 Les Quat' fers en l'air (1954). 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

Known for

Tit Coq (1953)
Tit Coq
7.1
  • 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
Les Quat' fers en l'air
TV Series
  • Exubert Lajoie
  • 1954
Aux frontières du possible (1971)
Aux frontières du possible
6.8
TV Series
  • Dr. Vogt

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-Baptiste à 86 ans
    • Jean-Bapstiste 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
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Ernest Latendresse
    • 1982–1987
  • Louise Portal in Cordélia (1980)
    Cordélia
    6.9
    • Juge Bosse
    • 1980
  • Aux frontières du possible (1971)
    Aux frontières du possible
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Dr. Vogt
    • 1974
  • Red the Half Breed (1970)
    Red the Half Breed
    6.9
    • Frederic
    • 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
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Bousille
    • 1962
  • First Performance
    8.2
    TV Series
    • 1958
  • Les Quat' fers en l'air
    TV Series
    • Exubert Lajoie
    • 1954–1955
  • Amanda Alarie, Émile Genest, Paul Guèvremont, Denise Pelletier, Jean-Louis Roux, and Pierre Valcour in La famille Plouffe (1953)
    La famille Plouffe
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Pète-dans-l'trèfle
    • 1953
  • Tit Coq (1953)
    Tit Coq
    7.1
    • Tit-Coq
    • 1953

Writer

  • 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
    8.0
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1962
  • Les Quat' fers en l'air
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1954–1955
  • Tit Coq (1953)
    Tit Coq
    7.1
    • 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
    7.1
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Juliette Béliveau in La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942)
    La dame aux camélias, la vraie
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942

Personal details

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  • 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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