Andrée Lachapelle

Andrée Lachapelle November 13 1931 November 21 2019 was a French Canadian actress Born in Montreal she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx later attended teachers college and taught elementary school for a few years In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas performed with him and had three children before his death in 1969 She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck La corde au cou YUL 871 Laura Laur Léolo Cap Tourmente Route 132 The Last Escape and Dont Let the Angels Fall In 1985 Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada In 1997 she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec On November 21 2019 Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down Il pleuvait des oiseaux