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Jean Lapointe
Price, comté de Matane, Québec, Canada
Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator. Lapointe began his stage career as…
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Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator. Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post. In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.
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2020
My Very Own Circus
Movie Guédille
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2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV show Self
- 2016
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2014
Les Beaux Malaises
TV show Marcel Coiteau
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2010
Crying Out
Movie Grand-Père
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2010
Snow and Ashes
Movie Thomas
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2009
The Canadiens, Forever
Movie Gerry
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2008
Club social
TV show Self
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2008
Truffle
Movie L'homme maigre et sec
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2008
Juste pour rire: 25 grands numéros
TV show Self
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2004
Looking for Alexander
Movie Wilbrod Gadouas
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2004
The Last Tunnel
Movie Fred Giguere
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2003
Les Immortels
Movie Adélard Major
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2002
Viens voir les comédiens
TV show Self
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2000
The Bottle
Movie Antoine
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1996
Never Too Late
Movie Woody
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1992
The Saracen Woman
Movie
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1991
An Imaginary Tale
Movie Gaston
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1990
Ding et Dong : Le film
Movie Euclide
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1983
Poivre et sel
TV show Le professeur
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1982
L'Académie des 9
TV show Self
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1980
Hot Dogs
Movie Don Parchesi
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1978
Duplessis
TV show Maurice Duplessis
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1977
Angela
Movie M. Lebrecque
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1977
J.A. Martin Photographer
Movie Adhémar
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1977
One Man
Movie Ben Legault
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1976
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Movie Bernie
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1976
A Pacemaker and a Sidecar
Movie Polo
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1975
Tout feu, tout femme
Movie François Chartrand
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1974
Orders
Movie Clermont Boudreau
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1974
Once Upon a Time in the East
Movie Une Cléopâtre
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1974
The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds
Movie M. Robinson
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1973
O.K.... Laliberté
Movie Louis
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1971
Master Cats
Movie Policier
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1970
Two Women In Gold
Movie Sergent Detective Poivrot
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1966
YUL 871
Movie
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Clearing Skies
Movie le père
