Marie Tifo

Marie Tifo

Born: September 26, 1949
in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada
Marie Tifo is a Canadian actress, and a major star in French-speaking Canada. She won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1980 drama film Good Riddance. She played the recurring role of Mathilde Garland in the TVA series Les Sœurs Elliot.

Movies for Marie Tifo...

Joutel
Title: Joutel
Character: Jocelyne
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
When Gérard finds a dead raccoon in his front yard, the old man becomes strangely distressed, shaken by thoughts of his own demise. Jocelyne watches the despair of her husband grow along with his obsession with the animal’s body, and his anguish takes root in her own mind. After a night of torment, they decide to go and bury the raccoon on the land where their house once stood in Joutel, a former mining town deserted since 1998. When they get there, the boreal forest is creeping in on the ruins of her former house, plunging Jocelyne into a deep nostalgia. Here, after a morbid picnic marking the raccoon’s burial, the couple meets a mystical being who leads them to make peace with their inner demons.
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Charlebois à Ducharme
Title: Charlebois à Ducharme
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: À tour de rôles
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: La semaine des 4 Julie
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2020
Type: TV
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Lorraine Pintal - So The Light Never Dies
Title: Lorraine Pintal - So The Light Never Dies
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Directed by Ariane Louis-Seize, this tribute film was created as a gift for Lorraine Pintal, director of Montreal’s Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. Featuring some of the most memorable characters and performers of Pintal’s career, the film’s succession of surreal scenes from different dramatic worlds introduces viewers to the exceptional woman of theatre, stage director, and friend whom they consider to be the “ghost light” of Quebec theatre.
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Title: Bonsoir bonsoir!
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2019
Type: TV
Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.
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Title: Cheval-Serpent
Character: Margaret Quesnel
Released: June 28, 2017
Type: TV
The Cheval-Serpent is a male strip club with a sulphurous reputation whose success cannot be denied thanks to the work and vigilance of its owner and manager. But a change at Montreal's City Hall has repercussions on the bar and puts the institution in danger...
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Title: Vox pop
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2016
Type: TV
The first vox pops are of inestimable sociological value. Now, decades later, André Robitaille takes his mike to the street again to ask passers-by questions on the same subjects. Have we changed at all?
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Title: Couple with Dog
Character: Herself
Released: August 23, 2015
Type: TV
Dog trainer Jean Lessard examines the dynamic of dog owners and their canine companions. The “couple” has to correct problems or learn new behaviour.
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The Passion of Augustine
Title: The Passion of Augustine
Character: La Générale
Released: March 20, 2015
Type: Movie
The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.
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Title: Partir autrement en famille
Character: Herself
Released: January 7, 2014
Type: TV
The series demonstrates that it's possible to make sustainable tourism family, think outside the box in interesting young and older children.
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Title: O'
Character: Jacqueline O'Hara
Released: January 24, 2012
Type: TV
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Henry
Title: Henry
Character: Dame#1 / Nathalie
Released: August 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Henry, a great concert pianist, has his life thrown in turmoil the day the love of this life, Maria, disappears mysteriously. He'll then discover the inevitable verdict of life.
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Lance et compte
Title: Lance et compte
Character: la PM
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: Movie
After an hockey game in Lac St-Jean, the National climbs into their bus and begins the long ride from Roberval to Quebec City. On one of the sharp curves around Mount Apica, catastrophe strikes. The bus slams into the mountain and half the players dies. Now the team faces its greatest challenge: rebuilding.
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Title: Les enfants de la télé
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: TV
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Grande ourse : La clé des possibles
Title: Grande ourse : La clé des possibles
Character: Lucinda Garneau
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legendary object that allow his user to visit an infinite numbers of universes where everything is possible.
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Madwoman of God
Title: Madwoman of God
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-seventeenth-century nun and God, her "divine spouse." Fusing documentary and acting by Marie Tifo, whom we follow as she rehearses for this demanding role, the film paints an astonishing portrait of this mystic who abandoned her son and left France to build a convent in Canada, where she became the first female writer in New France.
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Title: La petite séduction
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: TV
Dany Turcotte invites celebrities to discover a small rural towns in unexpected and surprising ways. Events are carefully planned cater to the celebrity’s tastes, desires and passions.
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Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Title: Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Character: Emily Hall
Released: June 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Marc Hall, a young man living in Quebec, registers his prom date as per his Catholic school's rules. He is denied his request, because his prom date is a boy. Marc Hall is an openly gay teenager in a very conservative Catholic school. This film documents his struggles (legal, emotional, ethical and personal) to be himself and to live his life the way he deems best. With the help of friends, family and supporters, "Cinderfella" makes it to the ball, With his Prince Charming.
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Father and Sons
Title: Father and Sons
Released: May 16, 2003
Type: Movie
Léo, un vieux père de famille ancien représentant de commerce, est prêt à tout pour retrouver l'affection de ses trois fils, David, Max et Simon. Il va même jusqu'à invoquer une maladie et une intervention chirurgicale pour les convaincre de l'accompagner dans un voyage au Canada, où il tentera de refaire l'unité du clan familial. Le quatuor de Français y fera la rencontre d'une guérisseuse et de sa fille.
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Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Title: Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Character: Délima Greenwood
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
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Title: Viens voir les comédiens
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: TV
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
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L'Île de sable
Title: L'Île de sable
Character: Mère de Jim
Released: June 1, 2000
Type: Movie
When her mother died, Geneviève went back to the village where she was born to sell off the house and return to Montreal. Her sister Manou, a pregnant teenager, refuses Genevieve's authority and leaves for the Île de Sable with her boyfriend.
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Free Money
Title: Free Money
Character: Miss Hammer
Released: December 3, 1998
Type: Movie
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.
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Title: Ces enfants d'ailleurs
Character: Zofia Pawlowski
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
The story of a Polish family during the Second World War.
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Pour l'amour de Thomas
Title: Pour l'amour de Thomas
Character: Suzanne
Released: February 24, 1995
Type: Movie
A young HIV-positive man returns to his birthplace in Québec and tries to live life as fully as possible, rejecting self-pity and alienating his over-protective mother.
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Life Is Not a Novel
Title: Life Is Not a Novel
Character: Marianne
Released: September 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the characters she creates murder her own husband becomes overwhelming. She comes to believe he is leading a double life and she imagines the worst. As a matter of fact, her husband Robert is leading a double life: every day, at noon, for a year, he has locked himself up in a small hotel room to also write a novel.
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You're Beautiful, Jeanne
Title: You're Beautiful, Jeanne
Character: Jeanne
Released: August 26, 1990
Type: Movie
A paraplegic is determined to rebuild her life on her own.
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Babylone
Title: Babylone
Character: Anne
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A son is accused of involuntary manslaughter while his younger brother is put in a foster home... .
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Dans le ventre du dragon
Title: Dans le ventre du dragon
Character: Dre Jonas
Released: May 26, 1989
Type: Movie
The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La Haye. Unable to make ends meet with his minimum-wage job, La Haye hires himself out as a guinea pig to genially loopy scientist Marie Tifo. It is the doctor's contention that a person's intelligence can be artificially increased. La Haye proves her right...up to a point, that is. Extremely popular in Canada, Dans le Ventre du Dragon has yet to receive proper distribution in the States.
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Kalamazoo
Title: Kalamazoo
Character: Helena Mentana
Released: May 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A Montreal man imagines a mermaid in place of the writer whose picture appears on a novel.
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In the Shadow of the Wind
Title: In the Shadow of the Wind
Character: Irène Jones
Released: September 25, 1986
Type: Movie
The story is of a young man, Stevens, who returns to his native village after a five year exile caused by a violent quarrel with his father. The story revolves around the women in Stevens life and the affects of his presence.
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Blind Trust
Title: Blind Trust
Character: Roxane
Released: March 5, 1986
Type: Movie
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information about Montreal's underworld. Théo agrees to steal the bag for money and safe passage to the US for himself and his son Robin. Théo brings in two helpers, Gilder, ex-con and set designer, and Roxanne, Gilder's friend, a tough-minded petty thief. Their elaborate plan blows up when a guard, Marcel, takes his responsibilities too seriously. What happens to father and son? Will any of the thieves escape?
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Title: Avec un grand A
Released: February 19, 1986
Type: TV
L'Amour avec un Grand A is a French-Canadian television series which aired from 1988 to 1995. The series explores different complex sexual and taboo issues. Some notable subjects include: Rape, Teen Obsession, Age Difference in love, Homosexuality and Married, Schizophrenia, Spousal Abuse. The series lasted 7 years and was very popular in Quebec. It was written by Janette Bertrand.
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Title: Le parc des braves
Character: Marie Rousseau
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
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S As in...
Title: S As in...
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: Movie
One day Jean-Baptiste Beauregard (Pierre Curzi) does not go out to face work or daily activities, instead he daydreams about the women in his past, about his teenage years, his failed marriage, and even his boyhood desires. His mental images follow each other across the screen, revealing that the women in his life are all the same (different wigs and costumes on the same actress), and his love life never changes either. This sameness can have a dulling effect on the viewers, indicating that if Jean-Baptiste's reminiscences were trimmed and his daydreams more varied and exciting, he would hold interest a little longer.
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Maria Chapdelaine
Title: Maria Chapdelaine
Character: Marie-Ange
Released: April 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
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Lucien Brouillard
Title: Lucien Brouillard
Character: Alice Tanguay
Released: March 20, 1983
Type: Movie
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Just a Game
Title: Just a Game
Released: March 19, 1983
Type: Movie
In a strangely aloof and uninvolved story of incest, director Brigitte Sauriol takes a certain distance in her treatment of a couple with two daughters on a summer vacation in Quebec. Scenes with the father and older daughter soon reveal that an incestuous relationship has been going on for a long time, without the mother's knowledge. The older daughter tries to run away at one point and talk to a friend about her plight, but that does not turn out successfully. She begins to suspect her father is starting to violate her sister as well. When the mother accidentally catches her husband with the younger daughter, she reacts with anger, but after her husband promises to reform, she calms down and eventually takes his side against her daughters.
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Red Eyes
Title: Red Eyes
Character: Marie José
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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Good Riddance
Title: Good Riddance
Character: Michelle
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and performing other odd jobs. Michelle is frustrated with living in poverty and being the center of several people who demand her affection; her brother is like a second child who lives in his own world, his romantic obsession with their wealthy client Madame Viau-Vachon being an exercise in futility. Maurice, the local police chief, is her lover and Gaetan, a mechanic and family friend, would like to be. Most demanding of all is her daughter, who has an unhealthy emotional dependence on her. Precocious and uninterested in school, Manon is jealous of her Mother's suitors and angry at being left home to do chores and care for Guy. When an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother...
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The Conquest
Title: The Conquest
Character: Odette
Released: February 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Each married on their side, a teacher and a sociologist meet by chance in Quebec. Political and intellectual discussions followed a brief mad love.
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Stop
Title: Stop
Character: Diane
Released: August 6, 1971
Type: Movie
A professional race car driver's obsession with winning races causes communication problems between him and his wife that threaten to separate them.