Béatrice Picard
Béatrice Picard, CM, OQ (born July 3, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. She is well known in Quebec for the inumbrable roles she has played on the French Candian theatre and television scene during an ongoing acting career spanning over six decades. She became a household name in Quebec for her acting role as Angelina Desmarais in one of the first French Canadian "télé-romam" series called "Le survenant" in the early days of French-speaking television. She then went on to a prolific career in televised comedies such as "Cré Basil" and "Symphorien". She also played in numerous theatre productions, summer plays, and films. Most recently, she is well known as the Quebec French voice of Marge Simpson in The Simpsons.
Picard received the title of "Miss Radio, Télévision et Cinéma Monde" in 1958. She is a nominee in the 2008 Genie Awards for Best Lead Actress in Ma tante Aline in which she plays the title character.
Picard became a Member of the Order of Canada[1] in 1988 and, in 2012, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[2]
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- ↑ http://gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=2558&t=12&ln=Picard. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Les récipiendaires de l'Ordre national du Québec" (in French).
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