Clémence DesRochers
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Clémence DesRochers OC (born 23 November 1933) is a Canadian actress, humorist, singer, and author.
Life
She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on 23 November 1933.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
In 2009, DesRochers was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal.[5] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009.[6]
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External links
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- Officers of the Order of Canada
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- Actresses from Quebec
- French Quebecers
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners
- Living people
- Musicians from Sherbrooke
- LGBT singers from Canada
- Lesbian musicians
- Lesbian actresses
- Canadian women singers
- Canadian television variety show hosts
- 20th-century LGBT people
- 21st-century LGBT people
