Rita Lafontaine

Rita Lafontaine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

08/06/1939

Day of Death

04/04/2016
(77) years old

Place of Birth

Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Biography

Rita Lafontaine (June 8, 1939 – April 4, 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec t... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2011

French Immersion

as Rhéuna Tremblay, Grandmother

2010

A Life Begins

as Mariette

2009

Noémie: Le secret

as Madame Lumbago

2003

Seducing Doctor Lewis

as Hélène Lesage

1998

Streetheart

as Rita

1996

The Ideal Man

as Maman

1994

Mon amie Max

as Madame Brabant

1994

Soho

1992

La vie fantôme

as Claire

1988

Le grand jour

as Lucille

1988

The Revolving Doors

as Madame Beaumont

1985

The Alley Cat

as Mme. Boissonneault

1985

Child of the Andes

as Voice

1985

The Lady of Colours

as Soeur Honorine

1977

The Late Blossom

as Gisèle Lapointe

1976

Talk About Love

as Grande Admiratrice de Jeannot

1975

The Mob

as Épouse du directeur

1973

O.K.... Laliberté

as Caissière d'épicerie

1973

Kamouraska

as Une servante

1972

Françoise Durocher, waitress

as Françoise Durocher