Camille Bernard CM (February 25, 1898 â€" July 16, 1984) was a
Canadian opera singer, actress and music educator from Quebec. She was
most noted as the founder of the Institut Camille-Bernard, a prominent
theatre and music school in Montreal.Trained under Béatrice La Palme
and Salvator Issaurel, she was a regular performer in Quebec until
being invited in 1924 to study in Paris. Completing her training under
Pauline Donalda and Yvette Guilbert, and regularly performed in both
France and Canada for a number of years thereafter.In 1929 she founded
the Théâtre des petits, a children's school of diction, and later
founded the École nouvelle, a school for children with language
difficulties; the two institutions later merged into the Institut
Camille-Bernard. The Théâtre des petits also had a regular radio
program on Montreal's CKAC.In 1973, she had her only major acting
role, in Claude Jutra's film Kamouraska. She won the Canadian Film
Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Canadian opera singer, actress and music educator from Quebec. She was
most noted as the founder of the Institut Camille-Bernard, a prominent
theatre and music school in Montreal.Trained under Béatrice La Palme
and Salvator Issaurel, she was a regular performer in Quebec until
being invited in 1924 to study in Paris. Completing her training under
Pauline Donalda and Yvette Guilbert, and regularly performed in both
France and Canada for a number of years thereafter.In 1929 she founded
the Théâtre des petits, a children's school of diction, and later
founded the École nouvelle, a school for children with language
difficulties; the two institutions later merged into the Institut
Camille-Bernard. The Théâtre des petits also had a regular radio
program on Montreal's CKAC.In 1973, she had her only major acting
role, in Claude Jutra's film Kamouraska. She won the Canadian Film
Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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