Willie Lamothe

Willie Lamothe

Born: January 27, 1920
Died: October 19, 1992
in Quebec, Canada
Willie Lamothe was the stage name of Joachim Guillaume Lamothe CM (January 27, 1920 - October 19, 1992), a Canadian musician and actor from Quebec. One of the pioneers of French language country music, he recorded over 500 songs, both originals and translated renditions of English language country music hits, over the course of his career.

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Movies for Willie Lamothe...

L'âge de la machine
Title: L'âge de la machine
Character: Octave
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: Movie
A young police officer goes through Abitibi to take a train with a young convict who escaped from her orphanage.
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Mustang
Title: Mustang
Released: October 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Invited to participate in a western festival, a singer tries to unravel the mysterious death of a friend.
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Bedmania
Title: Bedmania
Character: L'évadé #2
Released: April 2, 1974
Type: Movie
A large bed recounts stories from its brief existence. Clumsy burglars, adulterated husbands and wives, homosexuals, lesbians, a lady, and her gigolo, a doctor who tries an erotic measurement machine on his assistant.
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Bingo
Title: Bingo
Character: Albert
Released: March 14, 1974
Type: Movie
A young photographer is entangled in a terrorist plot against a right wing politician in an election campaign.
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There's Always a Way to Find a Way
Title: There's Always a Way to Find a Way
Character: Willie Turgeon
Released: September 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is driven by his brother-in-law in many adventures.
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The Death of a Lumberjack
Title: The Death of a Lumberjack
Character: Armand St. Amour
Released: January 25, 1973
Type: Movie
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) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.
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The True Nature of Bernadette
Title: The True Nature of Bernadette
Character: Antoine, le postier
Released: May 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Bernadette has a yen to chuck it all and go back to nature, in this French-language Canadian film. That's just what she does after carefully leaving her wedding ring where her affluent husband, a lawyer, can see it. She has bought a farm, complete with a run-down farmhouse and a live-in cranky old man. Soon, because of the wonderful effects that her sympathy and her outsider's perspective have, her neighbors perceive great improvements in their lives. They attribute these changes to something miraculous (perhaps taking a cue from her name), and hordes of needy people descend on her farm.
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Far from the Sun
Title: Far from the Sun
Released: December 24, 1971
Type: Movie
The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the iconic Brother André and are an incarnation of his values and characteristics.
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Je chante à cheval avec Willie Lamothe
Title: Je chante à cheval avec Willie Lamothe
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
In a very traditional and popular setting, this documentary follow Willie Lamothe who becomes a national icone aftera 25 years career. The film follows the stars through is retelling of his career, his private life and his shows. It also follows testimonies from his fans and friends. Finaly, it his full of Willie Lamothe's music.