Denise Proulx

Denise Proulx

Born: February 20, 1929
Died: October 21, 1993

Movies for Denise Proulx...

Title: Poivre et sel
Character: Gertrude
Released: September 12, 1983
Type: TV
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Hey Babe!
Title: Hey Babe!
Character: Miss Dolphine
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Theresa is an imaginative, rebellious orphan from Brooklyn, who has dreams of show business success. She tries outrageous schemes to launch herself into the public eye, until finally meeting a mentor, Sammy Cohen, whose own career fizzled as a result of alcoholism.
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Red Eyes
Title: Red Eyes
Character: Mme Noreau
Released: September 25, 1982
Type: Movie
A city neighborhood is frightened by a strangler and a voyeur. The police detectives, headed by Léopold Latour, are not very efficient in their investigations, though detective Édouard Lambert does a little sleuthing on his own.
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Title: Le temps d'une paix
Character: Marie-Rose Desrosiers
Released: October 29, 1980
Type: TV
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J.A. Martin Photographer
Title: J.A. Martin Photographer
Character: Hotel's Owner
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.
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Je suis loin de toi mignonne
Title: Je suis loin de toi mignonne
Character: Une voisine
Released: November 3, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.
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Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Title: Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Character: Madame Eva
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida. But it won't be as easy as they think.
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Les vautours
Title: Les vautours
Character: Sister Ste-Germaine
Released: March 20, 1975
Type: Movie
Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. All his hopes are dashed when, before the funeral, his three aunts come to Quebec City to settle their sister's estate. As grasping and efficient a crew as ever strode a parlor, by the time they leave, the estate has been cleaned to the bones, as if by vultures.
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Title: La Petite Patrie
Character: Tante Aline
Released: September 1, 1974
Type: TV
La Petite patrie was a French Canadian television programme from Quebec. It was broadcast between 1974 and 1976. This television serial of Claude Jasmin told the life of a district of Montreal formed by the quadrilateral of the streets Saint-Denis, Beaubien, St-Hubert and Bélanger the shortly after the war. The main character and narrator of this television serial was Clément Germain, adolescent of 17 years who lived in this district with his family. Through the memories of Clément, viewers discovered this neighborhood during the years of Duplessis; with its trams, its ice deliverymen, its guénillou and its anglophone Chinese launderer among others. At that time, bread cost 5 cents, Maurice Richard was at the peak of his glory and the Rivoli theatre had not yet been replaced by a Jean-Coutu.
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Par une belle nuit d'hiver
Title: Par une belle nuit d'hiver
Character: Lucille
Released: January 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Two young adults discover love by a beautiful Montreal winter night.
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Kamouraska
Title: Kamouraska
Character: Victoire
Released: July 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
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I've Had It
Title: I've Had It
Character: Mylène Lafleur
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A Parisian named Cartier living in Quebec City and employee of a major English Canadian insurance company is promoted to a job in Vancouver. He brings along his annoying and hyperactive Quebecquer wife and his two young kids. Rolling on a trailer van and with no knowledge of the English language, it becomes a Trans-Canadian wacky journey for the French-speaking family, and might influence Mr.Cartier to reconsider accepting this important position...
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Françoise Durocher, Waitress
Title: Françoise Durocher, Waitress
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according to the author, they represent the archetypical Québec waitress that everyday waits on us with a smile, despite whatever problems she faces in her personal life. First cinematographic experience of the Brassard-Tremblay tandem, this film full of ironic joy details all the nuances of the waitress living conditions.
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Master Cats
Title: Master Cats
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
An example of 1970's Maple Syrup cinema from Quebec, this whimsical and sexy tale revolves around two trickster roommates and the women in their lives who want to see them settle down.
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Virgin Lovers
Title: Virgin Lovers
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A priest and nun, haunted by physical longings, leave their respective callings. Even after their desires are fulfilled they experience crisis of faith.
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Les lumières de ma ville
Title: Les lumières de ma ville
Character: Denise LeRoyer
Released: October 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A beautiful country girl and a seductive nightclub singer vie for the same good-looking man.