Denise Morelle (3 December 1926 in Montreal â€" 17 July 1984 in
Montreal) was a Quebec actress whose 1984 murder was a significant
media event in Quebec.Morelle was born in Montreal on 3 December 1926,
into a working-class family with seven children. She first appeared on
television in 1955 on the television series Beau temps, mauvais temps.
Among her most famous roles from her 30-year career was that of Dame
Plume from the show La Ribouldingue.On 17 July 1984, Morelle visited a
ground-floor apartment on Sanguinet Street in Montreal that she was
considering renting. The landlord was not there, but had told her
earlier that she could go in anytime she wished because the apartment
was not locked. That evening she failed to show up for a play in which
was performing, and police found her body in the apartment the next
day: she had been strangled. Her funeral was attended by over 1,000
friends, supporters, and colleagues, including Michel Tremblay and
Jean Duceppe. A small park in the Le Plateau district of Montreal has
since been named after her.
Montreal) was a Quebec actress whose 1984 murder was a significant
media event in Quebec.Morelle was born in Montreal on 3 December 1926,
into a working-class family with seven children. She first appeared on
television in 1955 on the television series Beau temps, mauvais temps.
Among her most famous roles from her 30-year career was that of Dame
Plume from the show La Ribouldingue.On 17 July 1984, Morelle visited a
ground-floor apartment on Sanguinet Street in Montreal that she was
considering renting. The landlord was not there, but had told her
earlier that she could go in anytime she wished because the apartment
was not locked. That evening she failed to show up for a play in which
was performing, and police found her body in the apartment the next
day: she had been strangled. Her funeral was attended by over 1,000
friends, supporters, and colleagues, including Michel Tremblay and
Jean Duceppe. A small park in the Le Plateau district of Montreal has
since been named after her.
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