Marie Lise Monique Émond CC (14 November 1930 â€" 16 May 2020),
better known as Monique Mercure ([mÉ".nik mÉ›Ê .kyÊ ]), was a Canadian
stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of
the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cannes Film
Festival Award and a Canadian Film Award for her performance in the
drama film J.A. Martin Photographer.Mercure was born Marie Lise
Monique Émond in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Eugene and Yvonne
(née Williams) Emond. Her parents enrolled her as a young child in
diction, tap dancing, musical theory and cello classes. She married
composer Pierre Mercure in 1949. The couple had three children; their
daughter Michèle also worked as an actress, most notably in the films
Kid Sentiment and A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête).Mercure
studied music and dance before studying theater at St. Lawrence
College, Ontario. In 1960 she held her first major role in replacing
an actress in The Threepenny Opera.
better known as Monique Mercure ([mÉ".nik mÉ›Ê .kyÊ ]), was a Canadian
stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of
the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cannes Film
Festival Award and a Canadian Film Award for her performance in the
drama film J.A. Martin Photographer.Mercure was born Marie Lise
Monique Émond in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Eugene and Yvonne
(née Williams) Emond. Her parents enrolled her as a young child in
diction, tap dancing, musical theory and cello classes. She married
composer Pierre Mercure in 1949. The couple had three children; their
daughter Michèle also worked as an actress, most notably in the films
Kid Sentiment and A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête).Mercure
studied music and dance before studying theater at St. Lawrence
College, Ontario. In 1960 she held her first major role in replacing
an actress in The Threepenny Opera.
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