The actress Andrée Boucher, famous for her roles in The beautiful stories of the pays d’en haut and the teleroman Ladies of heart, died Thursday at the age of 83. “Fortunately, she died in my arms, and I was able to hold on to her last breath,” confirmed her husband for 46 years, Jean-Pierre Bélanger, on social networks.
Born in 1938 in Macamic, Abitibi, Andrée Boucher found herself in the spotlight very young. She entered the entertainment industry at the age of 15 in a radio theater, then appeared on the screens for the first time at the age of 17. She played her first major role in her career when she crossed the threshold of majority: that of the beautiful Artémise Baltour-Labranche, in the famous series The beautiful stories of the pays d’en haut, broadcast from 1956 to 1970.
“It was Monsieur Grignon who wanted it to be me, because I was a bit plump and because I came from Abitibi. Like that, he said that if I had a blank, I would find the right words, ”she said last year in an interview with Journal of Montreal, by referring to the author of the series, Claude-Henri Grignon.
The Quebec public also widely remembers Andrée Boucher for her role as the endearing Evelyne Lamontagne in the soap opera. Ladies of heart, created by Lise Payette and broadcast from 1986 to 1989. The story of this character victim of domestic violence had at the time provoked an unprecedented wave of confessions and denunciations, thirty years before the start of the MeToo movement. In 1988, her performance earned her the Gemini Prize for best performance for a leading female role in a dramatic series or comedy.
The series was so popular that the group Rock et Belles Oreilles will make it one of their stuffing turkeys in a titled knockoff. Two of spades. Evelyne’s reply “Would you have a little coffee?” », Repeated in parody by Guy A. Lepage, will follow Andrée Boucher for years. The latter highlighted the death of Mme Boucher, a “lovely lady whom I loved very much,” he tweeted. The late actress also played Guy’s grandmother in the series A boy a girl.
Over the course of a 40-year career, amateurs have heard Andrée Boucher in Symphorien, released in the 1970s, Virginie, and more recently in Laura Cadieux’s little world. In addition to regular appearances on the small and big screen, the actress has also walked the boards. She played the role of Thérèse in the musical Monica the grape shot by Michel Conte, presented in 1968 at Place des Arts in Montreal.
The fruitful career of Andrée Boucher will take her to France, where she played for two seasons the role of Suzel Schulmeister in the S series.chulmeister, emperor’s spy, in the early 1970s. The actress is also the author of two autobiographies, When I grow up I will be wise as well as I chose life. She tells in particular her fight against drug addiction, the history of her therapies and the passions that animated her.
The announcement of the actress’s death immediately caused a wave of emotion on Quebec social networks.
“Andrée Boucher has passed away, leaving behind an imposing roadmap and the outstanding role of Evelyne in Ladies of heart by Lise Payette, ”said Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications Nathalie Roy, offering her condolences to loved ones.
Andrée Boucher is the last of the quartet of Ladies of heart to give up the ghost, after Luce Guilbeault, Louise Rémy and Michelle Rossignol.
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