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Marie Brassard

Marie Brassard, actor, playwright (b at Trois-Rivières 11 Aug 1959).
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Marie Carmen

Marie Carmen (née Marie-Carmen Aubut), singer, songwriter, actor, philanthropist (born 24 August 1959 in Sainte-Foy, QC). Marie Carmen’s first two albums, Dans la peau (1989) and Miel et venin (1992), were hugely successful and rocketed her to international stardom. In 1993, she beat Céline Dion to win the Félix Award for Female Artist of the Year. Carmen’s best-known songs include “Piaf chanterait du rock,” “Faut pas que je panique” and “L’Aigle noir.” She is also known for her collaborations with several bands in the 1980s, and for playing two leading roles in two different productions of Starmania, the most successful and influential French-language rock opera of all time.
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Marie Chouinard

Marie Chouinard, OC, dancer, choreographer, director (born 14 May 1955 in Québec City, QC).
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Marie-Claire Blais

Marie-Claire Blais, CC, OQ, FRS, novelist, dramatist and poet (born 5 October 1939 in Quebec City, QC; died 30 November 2021 in Key West, Florida). Among the best known and most studied of Canadian authors, she has close to 50 works to her name. A proud activist in support of the francophonie, she explores violence, rebellion and hate, and other themes through her work.
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Marie-Claire Séguin

Marie-Claire Séguin. Singer-songwriter, b Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal) 27 Mar 1952. She started her career with her twin brother Richard Séguin. Her first solo record, Marie-Claire Séguin (1978, CBS PFS-90452), was followed by a tour in Quebec.
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Marie-Claude Molnar

Marie-Claude Molnar, cyclist (born 2 October 1983 in Greenfield Park, QC). One of Canada’s top female para cyclists of all time, Molnar won the bronze medal in the women’s road cycling time trial at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She won 19 medals at the World Championship level for para cycling from 2009 to 2021.
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Marie-Danielle Parent

Marie-Danielle Parent. Soprano, b Montreal 11 Mar 1954; B MUS (Sherbrooke) 1976, M MUS (Montreal) 1978. She studied voice with Louise André and staging with Charlotte Boisjoli at the University of Montreal.
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Marie Daveluy

Marie (Marguerite Cécile Alice Louise) Daveluy. Soprano, teacher, b Victoriaville, Que, 20 Mar 1936. She studied 1956-9 in Vienna with Ferdinand Grossmann and Viktor Graef and received a grant from the Canada Council in 1960.
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Marie de l'Incarnation

Marie de l’Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, founder of the religious order of the Ursulines in Canada, mystic and writer (born 28 October 1599 in Tours, France; died 30 April 1672 in Quebec City). Her writings are among the most important accounts of the founding of the colony of New France and the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in the Americas. Her work as a teacher helped to lay the foundations for formal education in Canada.
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Marie Denise Pelletier

Marie Denise Pelletier, singer, songwriter, administrator (born 3 April 1960 in Montreal, QC). Marie Denise Pelletier has released 12 studio albums since 1986, her most recent in 2023. She has sold more than 600,000 albums worldwide, recorded over 150 songs. She is popular in Quebec and much of the French-speaking world and has been nominated for 19 Prix Félix, winning twice. She has also served as president of Artisti, a Canadian licensing body affiliated with the Union des Artistes.
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Marie Dressler

By the age of 5, Leila Koerber was already performing on stage, and by 14 she played with an amateur company at Lindsay, Ont. By 1892 she had changed her name and found her way to Broadway, where she proved to be a popular light-opera singer and star on the vaudeville stage.
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Marie Gérin-Lajoie

Marie Gérin-Lajoie, feminist, pioneer social worker, founder of the Institut Notre-Dame du Bon-Conseil (born 9 June 1890 in Montréal, QC; died 7 January 1971 in Montréal).
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Marie Gérin-Lajoie

Marie Gérin-Lajoie (née Lacoste) author, educator, social activist, founder of the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (born 19 October 1867 in Montréal, QC; died 1 November 1945 in Montréal). From her family base in Montréal’s Catholic francophone elite, Gérin-Lajoie advocated for improvements in women’s status, including the right to vote. (See also Catholicism in Canada.) Through her writings and public lectures, she tried to ensure that all Quebec women would understand their rights and duties as defined in what she called the droit usuel: the law of daily life.
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Marie Hare

Marie Hare (b Whitney). Folksinger, b Strathadam, on Nor'-West Miramichi River, NB, ca 1913. Her grandfather cleared a sizable farm at Strathadam, her father worked in the lumber woods all his life, and her mother was a member of the family celebrated in the song 'The Jones Boys'.
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Marie Iösch-Lorcini

Marie (Emma) Iösch-Lorcini (b Iösch, m Lorcini). Harpist, teacher, b Montreal 1 Jan 1930; premier prix harp (CMM) 1951. She is the daughter of the cellist Marthe Delcellier and the violinist Pierre Iösch, who were members of the Montreal Orchestra, the MSO, and the Little Symphony of Montreal.
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