Juliette Béliveau (October 28, 1889 â€" August 26, 1975) was a French
Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and
television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She
was also the heroine of a weekly comic strip drawn by Dick Lucas,
published by Radiomonde from 1950 through 1954.Born in Nicolet,
Quebec, Béliveau's first public performance came at the age of ten,
when she obtained a role in La Meunière performed at the
Monument-National by Elzéar Roy's acting group Soirées de famille.
It was here she was dubbed "la petite Sarah" by Louis-Honoré
Fréchette, a reference to noted actress Sarah BernhardtBéliveau's
second job came at age twelve, when she gained a part in La Case de
l'oncle Tom which was performed by the acting company of Paul
Cazeneuve at the Théâtre National. She went to study for a time at
the Académie Marchand, before returning to the theatre in 1902 to
play the role of Fanfan in La Famille Benoîton at Théâtre Les
Nouveautés. She followed that by playing the title role in Véronica
in 1903. In 1911, Béliveau took a job with the acting companies
Conservatoire Lasalle and Nationascope. She married in 1916, and as a
result appeared in significantly fewer performances.
Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and
television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She
was also the heroine of a weekly comic strip drawn by Dick Lucas,
published by Radiomonde from 1950 through 1954.Born in Nicolet,
Quebec, Béliveau's first public performance came at the age of ten,
when she obtained a role in La Meunière performed at the
Monument-National by Elzéar Roy's acting group Soirées de famille.
It was here she was dubbed "la petite Sarah" by Louis-Honoré
Fréchette, a reference to noted actress Sarah BernhardtBéliveau's
second job came at age twelve, when she gained a part in La Case de
l'oncle Tom which was performed by the acting company of Paul
Cazeneuve at the Théâtre National. She went to study for a time at
the Académie Marchand, before returning to the theatre in 1902 to
play the role of Fanfan in La Famille Benoîton at Théâtre Les
Nouveautés. She followed that by playing the title role in Véronica
in 1903. In 1911, Béliveau took a job with the acting companies
Conservatoire Lasalle and Nationascope. She married in 1916, and as a
result appeared in significantly fewer performances.
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