In 1969, with other actors, she refused her diploma from the Ecole
nationale du theatre in protest against the institution and for the
creative improvisation by the actors.
With
Pierre Curzi,
Gilbert Sicotte and others she formed `le Grand cirque
ordinaire', a theatre company devoted to improvisation. On the screen,
she plays in some 'Denis Arcand' movies such as
Réjeanne Padovani (1973) and for 'Anne
Claire Poirier' before directing her first short in 1975 Anastasie oh
ma cherie. But it is La cuisine rouge in 1979 about the revolt of women
against their macho friend in a party which is seen as a stepping stone
for "women in cinema". She went back to acting for
Léa Pool and
Claude Jutra,
directing only one feature, a TV movie in 1991. Her next big screen
release came in 1993:
Le sexe des étoiles (1993) on the relation between a daughter and a
father who had a sex change.
Trente tableaux(2011)
Happiness Bound(2007)
Jean-Pierre Perreault: Giant Steps(2004)
Claude Jutra - An Unfinished Story aka: Claude Jutra, portrait sur film(2002)
Le sexe des étoiles(1993)
Montréal vu par...(1991)
Sonia(1986)
Mourning for Anna(2010)as Mère
Days of Darkness(2007)as La dame à la minerve
A Family Secret(2006)as Cécile 60 ans
Ma voisine danse le ska(2003)as Luce
Lila(2000)as La mère
For Christ's Sake(2023)
Un amour naissant(1992)
Il ventait devant ma porte(2014)as Self
Making Movie History: The Women(2013)as Self
Making Movie History: Paule Baillargeon(2013)as Self
Tout le monde en parle(2004)as Self
La vie privée du cinéma(2011)as Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche(2004)as Gabrielle St. Peres