Kim Yaroshevskaya (born October 1, 1923) is a Russian-born Canadian
film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec
as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as Fanfreluche
and Passe-Partout in the 1970s, she also had a starring role in the
English Canadian drama series Home Fires in the early 1980s.Born in
Moscow, Soviet Union, Yaroshevskaya emigrated to Quebec at age ten
with her family. In the 1950s, she was a founding member of the Quebec
theatre collective Théâtre Le Grenier, with whom she created
Fanfreluche.Her other film and television roles have included A Woman
in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Anne
Trister, Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu), The Sex of the Stars
(Le Sexe des étoiles) and L'Amour avec un Grand A. Her stage roles
have included productions of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Samuel
Beckett's Play, Jean-Pierre Ronfard's Le Grand theatre du monde, Athol
Fugard's The Road to Mecca and Ted Galay's After Baba's Funeral and
Sweet and Sour Pickles.In recent years she has published several works
of children's literature, including La Petite Kim (Little Kim's Doll),
Contes de fanfreluche, tome 1 : Connaissez-vous le petit chaperon bleu
et petit chaperon jaune? and Contes d'humour et de sagesse.
film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec
as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as Fanfreluche
and Passe-Partout in the 1970s, she also had a starring role in the
English Canadian drama series Home Fires in the early 1980s.Born in
Moscow, Soviet Union, Yaroshevskaya emigrated to Quebec at age ten
with her family. In the 1950s, she was a founding member of the Quebec
theatre collective Théâtre Le Grenier, with whom she created
Fanfreluche.Her other film and television roles have included A Woman
in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Anne
Trister, Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu), The Sex of the Stars
(Le Sexe des étoiles) and L'Amour avec un Grand A. Her stage roles
have included productions of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Samuel
Beckett's Play, Jean-Pierre Ronfard's Le Grand theatre du monde, Athol
Fugard's The Road to Mecca and Ted Galay's After Baba's Funeral and
Sweet and Sour Pickles.In recent years she has published several works
of children's literature, including La Petite Kim (Little Kim's Doll),
Contes de fanfreluche, tome 1 : Connaissez-vous le petit chaperon bleu
et petit chaperon jaune? and Contes d'humour et de sagesse.
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