Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director. She attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series Moi et l'autre (1967–71) and in many editions of Radio-Canada's annual New Year's special, Bye Bye. She had further success in Chez Denise (1978–1982), Le 101, avenue des Pins (1984–85) and Denise... aujourd'hui (1990–91). In addition to her television career, Filiatrault also performed in films and on stage, notably in works by Michel Tremblay. She was known to perform both comic and dramatic roles, such as Gilles Carle's The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) in 1973, André Brassard's film version of Tremblay's Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'Est) in 1974, Denys Arcand's Gina in 1975, Claude Fournier's Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) in 1976, Fantastica in 1980 and Carle's The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) in 1981, playing the tormented Cécile. Following Les Plouffe, Filiatrault took a break from film, concentrating more in writing and directing for theatre and summer comedy. Filiatrault then decided to take the leap to directing cinema by adapting Tremblay's novel C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux into the 1998 film It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux, presenting the world of overweight women yearning for love and affection. Filiatrault opted for a simple yet effective style that showcased the talents of the film's strong female leads. This dramatic comedy scored such success that Filiatrault wrote and directed the 1999 sequel Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux... la suite), in which she further developed the characters and their world. In 2002, she produced a new comedy fantasy, Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay), which received a lukewarm response from critics and moviegoers. In 2003, taking advantage of the success of her motion picture characters, Filiatrault produced a television miniseries for TVA, Le Petit monde de Laura Cadieux (2003), before tackling a new film Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), a dramatic biography of 1930s-1950s singer Alys Robi (played by Pascale Bussières). As artistic director of the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, she and the theatre were criticized in January 2015 by a coalition of Montreal arts groups for a year-end production in which a Caucasian actor portrayed hockey player P.K. Subban in blackface. Filiatrault responded that she was "shocked, outraged, and humiliated" by the reaction, saying that she had been in show business for 60 years and was the first person to hire a black Quebecer on television.

  • Title: Denise Filiatrault
  • Popularity: 0.698
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1931-05-16
  • Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Denise Filiatrault Movies

  • 1984
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    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    6.3 1984 HD

    Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman...

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  • 1981
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    The Plouffe Family

    The Plouffe Family

    6.6 1981 HD

    The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

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  • 1973
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    Backyard Theatre

    Backyard Theatre

    1 1973 HD

    Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre,...

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  • 2022
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    Filiatrault : Parcours d'une légende

    Filiatrault : Parcours d'une légende

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1974
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    Once Upon a Time in the East

    Once Upon a Time in the East

    5.4 1974 HD

    Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and...

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  • 1973
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    The Death of a Lumberjack

    The Death of a Lumberjack

    4.7 1973 HD

    This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure)...

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  • 1980
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    Fantastica

    Fantastica

    5.9 1980 HD

    In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets...

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  • 1976
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    Je suis loin de toi mignonne

    Je suis loin de toi mignonne

    3 1976 HD

    In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.

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  • 1974
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    Bedmania

    Bedmania

    4 1974 HD

    A large bed recounts stories from its brief existence. Clumsy burglars, adulterated husbands and wives, homosexuals, lesbians, a lady, and her...

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  • 1977
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    15 Nov

    15 Nov

    1 1977 HD

    A look at November 15, 1976, the date the Parti Québécois seized power in the provincial elections, a victory that gave rise to an...

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  • 1979
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    Bye, See You Monday

    Bye, See You Monday

    4.2 1979 HD

    Lucie the Quebecker and Nicole the Frenchwoman with the "funny accent" are both twenty-six, single and share their Montreal apartment as they share...

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  • 1977
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    The Late Blossom

    The Late Blossom

    1 1977 HD

    30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with her parents and siblings. One day, tired of...

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  • 1990
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    The Horse Trader’s Daughter

    The Horse Trader’s Daughter

    1 1990 HD

    An Irishman falls in love in turn-of-the-century Quebec (in Canada).

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  • 2024
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    Sisters and Neighbors!

    Sisters and Neighbors!

    7 2024 HD

    The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she...

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  • 2012
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    Laurence Anyways

    Laurence Anyways

    7.6 2012 HD

    The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true...

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  • 1993
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    Alisée

    Alisée

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1974
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    Par le sang des autres

    Par le sang des autres

    5 1974 HD

    In a little French town everything goes on as usual and people seem friendly and good-natured, until the day two women arrive from Paris. A man gets...

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  • 2017
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    It's the Heart That Dies Last

    It's the Heart That Dies Last

    6.8 2017 HD

    At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography recounting his childhood memories, a complicated...

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  • 1985
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    The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge

    5.8 1985 HD

    Samar, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television. Karim, an artist in retreat from...

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  • 1991
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    Nelligan

    Nelligan

    3 1991 HD

    This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who...

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  • 2019
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    Compulsive Liar

    Compulsive Liar

    6.6 2019 HD

    Simon Aubert runs his entire life on lies. An executive at an aviation company, he lies about everything… Simon’s self-serving lies are...

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  • 2013
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    Filiatrault

    Filiatrault

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1975
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    Gina

    Gina

    6.1 1975 HD

    A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.

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  • 1974
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    Les beaux dimanches

    Les beaux dimanches

    6.3 1974 HD

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  • 1976
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    Mado

    Mado

    6.5 1976 HD

    A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the...

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  • 1988
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    Les Tisserands du pouvoir

    Les Tisserands du pouvoir

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte

    Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1983
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    Effraction

    Effraction

    3.5 1983 HD

    During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.

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  • 1998
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    It's Your Turn, Laura

    It's Your Turn, Laura

    5.2 1998 HD

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  • 1999
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    Laura Cadieux II

    Laura Cadieux II

    5 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Laura Cadieux II

    Laura Cadieux II

    5 1999 HD

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  • 1998
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    It's Your Turn, Laura

    It's Your Turn, Laura

    5.2 1998 HD

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  • 2004
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    Bittersweet Memories

    Bittersweet Memories

    6.3 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Bittersweet Memories

    Bittersweet Memories

    6.3 2004 HD

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  • 2002
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    Alice's Odyssey

    Alice's Odyssey

    5.1 2002 HD

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  • 1976
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    Je suis loin de toi mignonne

    Je suis loin de toi mignonne

    3 1976 HD

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  • 2018
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    Cette année-là

    Cette année-là

    1 2018 HD

    A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Savard. Each week, based...

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  • 2019
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    On va se le dire

    On va se le dire

    2 2019 HD

    Host Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's going on in the world. At the rate things are...

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  • 2013
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    En mode Salvail

    En mode Salvail

    2 2013 HD

    What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and...

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  • 2020
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    La tour

    La tour

    5 2020 HD

    An original talk show is set in Patrick’s warm and cozy apartment, where he welcomes friends and guests every day to discuss the latest hot...

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  • 2016
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    Les échangistes

    Les échangistes

    1 2016 HD

    Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical...

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  • 2018
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    Rousseau's Show

    Rousseau's Show

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2010
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    2 steamés

    2 steamés

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2007
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    Le Banquier

    Le Banquier

    1 2007 HD

    Le Banquier is the Quebec adaptation of the international game show Deal or No Deal. It debuted on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The...

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  • 1970
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    Juste Pour Rire - Galas

    Juste Pour Rire - Galas

    5.5 1970 HD

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  • 2017
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    MTL

    MTL

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2019
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    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    4 2019 HD

    Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but...

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  • 2002
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    Viens voir les comédiens

    Viens voir les comédiens

    1 2002 HD

    Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.

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  • 2005
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    Le match des étoiles

    Le match des étoiles

    1 2005 HD

    A dance-off where stars learn, prepare and present dance routines that they must show to a select panel of judges.

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  • 2004
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    Il va y avoir du sport

    Il va y avoir du sport

    1 2004 HD

    A program that tackles major subjects – human, political, cultural, economic and ethical issues – and presents them in a debate format...

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  • 2014
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    Viens-tu faire un tour?

    Viens-tu faire un tour?

    1 2014 HD

    Michel Barrette hits the road with public figures. Every drive is the perfect opportunity to share a moment, a chat and a trip down memory lane. For...

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  • 2004
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    Tout le monde en parle

    Tout le monde en parle

    4.2 2004 HD

    Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that...

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  • 2010
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    Les enfants de la télé

    Les enfants de la télé

    6.5 2010 HD

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  • 2012
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    In Lieu of Flowers

    In Lieu of Flowers

    1 2012 HD

    A variety show with a twist: a celebrity guest get to attend their own memorial service – an entertaining send-off filled with eulogies and...

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  • 1979
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    Chez Denise

    Chez Denise

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2002
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    Sucré salé

    Sucré salé

    9.3 2002 HD

    Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a...

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  • 1966
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    Moi... et l'autre

    Moi... et l'autre

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    Moi... et l'autre

    Moi... et l'autre

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Moi... et l'autre

    Moi... et l'autre

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Moi... et l'autre

    Moi... et l'autre

    1 1970 HD

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