Andrée Champagne

Andrée Champagne was 17 when she began her acting career, cast as Donalda in the series Les Belles Histoires Des Pays D’en Haut, a role that would last 14 years and a remarkable 470 episodes. The majority of her work on-camera was for television but she was also a singer, host, casting director, writer, and then became a Member of Parliament, Minister of State, Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons, Senator and International President of the APF (Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie). Her honours include being named Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Pléiade and, in 2018, the Order of Canada. She was 80 when she died in St-Hyacinthe, Québec.

Also see: Passages 2020.