Occupation singer and actress Name Monique Leyrac | Role Singer Movies The Act of the Heart | |
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Spouse Jean Dalmain (m. 1985–2010) Albums Leyrac chante Nelligan, La Diva des annees 60, Leyrac chante Leclerc, Les Refrains d'abord, Collection Emergence Similar People Jean Dalmain, Felix Leclerc, Patsy Gallant, Isabelle Boulay, Paul Almond | ||
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Monique Leyrac, OC CQ (born 26 February 1928) is a Canadian singer and actress from Quebec.
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She was born Monique Tremblay on 26 February 1928 in Montreal, Quebec. Using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943. In 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of Song in Sopot, Poland and at the Festival de la Chanson at Ostende, Belgium. In the 1980s she began to write and stage one-woman shows where she sang and acted. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1967 and received the 1979 Prix de musique Calixa-Lavallée. In 1997, Leyrac received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. She helped introduce the music of Gilles Vigneault and Claude Léveillée to English-speaking Canada. In 1998, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
In 1965 she won the Sopot International Song Festival.
C est toute une musique par monique leyrac
