Marc Favreau (Sol), OC CQ (November 9, 1929 â€" December 17, 2005) was
a Quebecois television and film actor and poet.Favreau began his
television career as a regular on La Boîte à surprise, a
long-running children's television show on Radio-Canada. At that time,
he was teamed with another clown in an act called Bim et Sol. Favreau
developed Sol's monologues into an enormously popular one-man show.
Favreau then teamed up with another clown for Sol et Bouton. Finally,
Favreau created, with Luc Durand a popular television series called
Sol et Gobelet.Later, he played numerous roles on stage and on several
television series on Canadian television, such as Parlez-moi, an
instructional program on the French language on TVOntario in the late
1970s. Many English Canadian children got their first exposure to
Quebec French through Favreau's work. He is best remembered for the
witty deconstructions of the French language which he invented for
Sol.
a Quebecois television and film actor and poet.Favreau began his
television career as a regular on La Boîte à surprise, a
long-running children's television show on Radio-Canada. At that time,
he was teamed with another clown in an act called Bim et Sol. Favreau
developed Sol's monologues into an enormously popular one-man show.
Favreau then teamed up with another clown for Sol et Bouton. Finally,
Favreau created, with Luc Durand a popular television series called
Sol et Gobelet.Later, he played numerous roles on stage and on several
television series on Canadian television, such as Parlez-moi, an
instructional program on the French language on TVOntario in the late
1970s. Many English Canadian children got their first exposure to
Quebec French through Favreau's work. He is best remembered for the
witty deconstructions of the French language which he invented for
Sol.
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