Jean Hotte-Duceppe, CQ (French pronunciation: ​[Ê'É'̃ É"t dysÉ›p];
October 25, 1923 â€" December 7, 1990) was a stage and television
actor from Montreal, Quebec.Born to a family of local shopkeepers in
working-class Montréal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no
formal training and was completely self-taught. He was popular from
the late 1940s until his death at the age of 67 in 1990. His career
debut was at the Arcade, performing seven days a week. Between 1941
and 1947, he performed in 34 different plays. He appeared in more than
160 plays on radio, television and in films. In 1971, he won an Etrog
from the Canadian Film Awards for best performance by lead actor for
his role in the film Mon oncle Antoine.He hosted radio shows and
collaborated on numerous radio and TV series, including the very first
one broadcast on August 3, 1952 on SRC, Le Seigneur de Brinqueville.
Some of his greatest successes were his portrayals of Willy Loman in
La Mort d'un commis-voyageur (Death of a Salesman) and Premier Maurice
Duplessis in Charbonneau et le chef (Charbonneau and the Chief). He
founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe in 1973. Actor Michel
Dumont and Louise Duceppe, one of his daughters, now direct his
theatre company.He supported the Yes option in the first Québec
sovereignty referendum in 1980. One of his sons is the Canadian
politician and sovereigntist Gilles Duceppe, a supporter of the
independence of Quebec from Canada and a former leader of the Bloc
Québécois.
October 25, 1923 â€" December 7, 1990) was a stage and television
actor from Montreal, Quebec.Born to a family of local shopkeepers in
working-class Montréal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no
formal training and was completely self-taught. He was popular from
the late 1940s until his death at the age of 67 in 1990. His career
debut was at the Arcade, performing seven days a week. Between 1941
and 1947, he performed in 34 different plays. He appeared in more than
160 plays on radio, television and in films. In 1971, he won an Etrog
from the Canadian Film Awards for best performance by lead actor for
his role in the film Mon oncle Antoine.He hosted radio shows and
collaborated on numerous radio and TV series, including the very first
one broadcast on August 3, 1952 on SRC, Le Seigneur de Brinqueville.
Some of his greatest successes were his portrayals of Willy Loman in
La Mort d'un commis-voyageur (Death of a Salesman) and Premier Maurice
Duplessis in Charbonneau et le chef (Charbonneau and the Chief). He
founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe in 1973. Actor Michel
Dumont and Louise Duceppe, one of his daughters, now direct his
theatre company.He supported the Yes option in the first Québec
sovereignty referendum in 1980. One of his sons is the Canadian
politician and sovereigntist Gilles Duceppe, a supporter of the
independence of Quebec from Canada and a former leader of the Bloc
Québécois.
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