Clémence DesRochers
Clémence DesRochers OC (born 23 November 1933) is a Canadian actress, humourist, singer, and author.
Also recorded as Clemence DesRochers
Clémence DesRochers
- Born
- 1933 · Sherbrooke.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- actress · writer · comedian · screenwriter · draftsperson · singer-songwriter
- Honours
- Knight of the National Order of Quebec · Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec · Governor General's Performing Arts Award · Prix Denise-Pelletier · Officer of the Order of Canada
- Languages
- English · Quebec French
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The recorded working language is English and Quebec French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Canada. Work by Clémence DesRochers is recorded in the collections of print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Governor General's Performing Arts Award and Prix Denise-Pelletier.
She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on 23 November 1933. At the age of 17, she went to Montreal where she entered the normal school. She then attended the conservatoire d'art dramatique, and upon leaving the conservatory had a role in a Radio-Canada drama. In 2009, DesRochers received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to broadcasting. She is out as lesbian. In 2009, DesRochers was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009.
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Clémence DesRochers appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an actress, “Schrifstellerin” and singer (born 23 November 1933). The birth of Clémence DesRochers is recorded on 23 November 1933.
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- 1.Les détails sur le nom à la naissance et le nom de la mère sont tirés de l'acte de baptême (baptême 36, feuillet 9v, registre de la paroisse de Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila-de-Sherbrooke pour l'année 1933)
- 2.Site officiel de Clémence
- 3.Lepage, Jocelyne. Clémence DesRochers: l'inclassable adolescente de 60 ans. La Presse. 11 septembre 1993. 0317-9249. E7.
- 4.Clémence Desrochers. Personnalité.
- 5.Clémence, une vie en poésie. lafabriqueculturelle.tv. 11 Mai 2018.
- 6.Les artistes gais et lesbiennes du Québec. dossier.starquebec.net.
- 7.Fonds Clémence DesRochers (P851) - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).
- 8.Testament – Film de Denys Arcand. Films du Québec.
- 9.Archives 1981 –. ADISQ.
- 10.Archives 1983 –. ADISQ.
- 11.Archives 1986 –. ADISQ.
- 12.Archives 1993 –. ADISQ.
- 13.Archives 1994 –. ADISQ.
- 14.Clémence DesRochers. Ordre national du Québec.
- 15.Mme. Clémence DesRochers. La gouverneure générale du Canada.
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