Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault is an actress, director and writer. She was one of the stars of Moi et l’autre, one of the biggest comedy hits in the history of Québec television. As a theatre director she has staged such plays as La Cage aux folles, Les Palmes de M. Schutz, Les Fourberies de Scapin and Les Leçons de Maria Callas. She made her debut in 1998 as a film director with C’t’à ton tour, Laura Cadieux which she also wrote. Two years later she wrote and directed the sequel, Laura is Back or Laura Cadieux…la suite. Awards and recognition include a “Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role” Genie Award in 1982 for her work in Les Plouffe. Twenty-two years later in 2004, she was nominated for Genie awards in both “Achievement in Direction” and “Original Screenplay” categories for Ma vie en cinémascope. She received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for her work in television in 1999. In 1994 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was elevated to Companion of the Order in 2020. She had been honoured with an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2000. In 2006 Filiatrault received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jutra Awards, now known as the Prix Iris.

Also see: Sophie Lorain, Danièle Lorain

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Le p’tit vient vite (1972)
Les indrogables (1972)
La mort d’un bûcheron (1973)
Le Plumard en folie (1973)
Par le sang des autres (1973)
Il était une fois dans l’est (1974)
Les beaux dimanches (1974)
Gina (1974)
Mado (1976)
Je suis loin de toi mignonne (1976-W)
Le soleil se lève en retard (1977)
Au revoir à lundi (1979)

Fantastica (1980)
Les Plouffe (1981)
Effraction (1983)
Meurtres pour mémoire (TV-1985)
Adolescente, sucre d’amour (1985)
Martha l’immortelle (1987)

Imogène: les légumes maudits (TV-1990)
La fille du Maquignon (TV-1990)
Nelligan (1991)
Alisée (1991)
Montréal ville ouverte (TV-1992)

C’est le coeur qui meurt en dernier (2017)

TV Series – Cast:
Les belles histoires des Pays-d’en-Haut (1956)
Moi et l’autre (1966)
Chez Denise (1977)
Le 101, ouest, avenue des Pins (1984)
Denise… aujoud’hui (1991)
Au nom du père et du fils (1993)
Moi et l’autre (1995)

Credits as a Director:
C’t’à ton tour, Laura Cadieux (1998)

Laura Cadieux…la suite (2000)
L’odyssée d’Alice Tremblay (2002)
Ma vie en cinémascope (2004)

TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Le petit monde de Laura Cadieux (2003, mini-series)

Credits as a Screenwriter:
C’t’à ton tour, Laura Cadieux (1998)

Laura Cadieux…la suite (2000)
L’odyssée d’Alice Tremblay (2002)
Ma vie en cinémascope (2004)

TV Series – at least 1 episode of:Le petit monde de Laura Cadieux (2003, mini-seres)