Denise Brosseau (Sorel, 5 July 1936 - Montreal, 2 April 1986) was a
Mexican-Canadian actress, also known as Denise Brossot, Denise
Brousseau, Denise Sorel, Denise Jodorowsky and Denise Jodelle. She
held a main role in La Cravate, the first movie of Alejandro
Jodorowsky.Denise Brosseau was born in Sorel, Quebec, Canada, in 1936.
She was interested in acting since her youngest age, which is why she
travelled to Paris with the journalist Francoise Gaudet-Smet. In
France, she met the theater and film director Alejandro Jodorowsky,
with whom she got married. In the 1960s both travelled to Mexico. In
Mexico she met the abstract painter Fernando Garcia Ponce and married
him 27 April 1972, after her divorce from Jodorowsky. Some years after
her marriage with Garcia Ponce she decided to acquire Mexican
citizenship. In 1976 the couple traveled to Paris, together with their
only son. In Paris she suffered a psychological crisis which forced
her to return to her parents’ home in Canada. Months after that, she
returned to Mexico temporarily, but she finally went back to Canada,
where she died tragically in 1986.She received her training as an
actress at the École de Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde in Montreal and
the École de la Rue Blanche in Paris. When she was travelling with
Francoise Gaudet-Smet. she participated in a project of social
observation in Morocco. In her beginnings she was interested in mime
as a choice of career.
Mexican-Canadian actress, also known as Denise Brossot, Denise
Brousseau, Denise Sorel, Denise Jodorowsky and Denise Jodelle. She
held a main role in La Cravate, the first movie of Alejandro
Jodorowsky.Denise Brosseau was born in Sorel, Quebec, Canada, in 1936.
She was interested in acting since her youngest age, which is why she
travelled to Paris with the journalist Francoise Gaudet-Smet. In
France, she met the theater and film director Alejandro Jodorowsky,
with whom she got married. In the 1960s both travelled to Mexico. In
Mexico she met the abstract painter Fernando Garcia Ponce and married
him 27 April 1972, after her divorce from Jodorowsky. Some years after
her marriage with Garcia Ponce she decided to acquire Mexican
citizenship. In 1976 the couple traveled to Paris, together with their
only son. In Paris she suffered a psychological crisis which forced
her to return to her parents’ home in Canada. Months after that, she
returned to Mexico temporarily, but she finally went back to Canada,
where she died tragically in 1986.She received her training as an
actress at the École de Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde in Montreal and
the École de la Rue Blanche in Paris. When she was travelling with
Francoise Gaudet-Smet. she participated in a project of social
observation in Morocco. In her beginnings she was interested in mime
as a choice of career.
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