B: May 22, 1923 in Saint-Jovite, Québec
D: May 24, 1976 in Montreal, Québec
Denise Pelletier was primarily a stage actor. She began her film career in the classic, Tit-coq. The idea for the film came to its director, Gratien Gélinas in 1947 but plans for the film did not materialize and the screenplay was reworked as a stage play a year later. It was immediately successful and enjoyed over 500 performances in Québec and Eastern Canada over the next three years. When the film was made – it was shot in 1952 and released a year later – it too became a huge hit. It is estimated more than 300,000 people saw it between February and April 1953. Also see Gilles Pelletier |
Features & TV Movies: Tit-coq (1953) La corde au cou (1965) Les indrogables (1972)
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