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Gratien Gélinas was a Canadian writer, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film. He wrote several influential plays, such as Tit-Coq, Bousille et les Justes, and Hier, les enfants dansaient, and created the Fridolinades revues and the Comédie-Canadienne.
Gratien Gélinas (né le 8 décembre 1909 à Saint-Tite et mort le 16 mars 1999 à Oka) est un acteur, dramaturge et producteur québécois. Créateur des personnages de Fridolin, Tit-Coq et Bousille, il est également le fondateur de la Comédie Canadienne.
Gratien Gélinas, man of the theatre (born 8 December 1909 in St-Tite, QC; died 16 March 1999 in Montréal). The multiple activities of Gélinas - actor, director, producer, playwright - laid the base for contemporary Québec theatre.
Gratien Gélinas was born on 8 December 1909 in Saint-Tite, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Tit Coq (1953), La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942) and Les Quat' fers en l'air (1954).
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Mar 28, 2018 · Gratien Gélinas is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film. He was a playwright, director, actor, filmmaker and administrator of cultural organizations.
Gratien Gélinas, CC CQ FRSC (December 8, 1909 – March 16, 1999) was a Canadian writer, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film.
Mar 16, 1999 · An influential and pioneering playwright, actor, director, filmmaker and theatre manager, Gélinas – who also served as Chairman of the Canadian Film Development Corporation (now Telefilm Canada) from 1969 to 1978 – is considered the godfather of Quebec theatre and one of the great links between English- and French-speaking Quebec culture.