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Louise Forestier

Louise Forestier

Actor · Born 1943-08-10 · Shawinigan, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Louise Forestier (born Louise Belhumeur on August 10, 1942) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada, Forestier was trained in acting at the National Theatre School in Montreal, but it was as a singer that she first became known in 1966, when she received the Renée Claude Trophy from Le Patriote, a boîte à chansons in east-end Montreal, and was named Discovery of the Year on the Radio-Canada TV program Jeunesse Oblige. In 1968 she was part of the extraordinarily successful revue L'Osstidcho, followed the next year by L'Osstidchomeurt with Robert Charlebois, Yvon Deschamps and Mouffe. She and Charlebois recorded the landmark song "Lindberg'" and toured France in 1969. In April 1970 Forestier starred in the Michel Tremblay, François Dompierre musical, Demain matin Montréal m'attend. She continued with acting, appearing in Jacques Godbout's 1972 film IXE-13, singing on the original film score. Forestier topped the Quebec charts in 1973 with a version of the folk song "La Prison de Londres", performed with guitarist Claude Lafrance, and pianist Jacques Perron. With this song Forestier started to turn away from the hard rock of her early caree…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Orders (1974) — Claudette Dusseault
  2. 2 Seconds (1998) — Mom
  3. IXE-13 (1972) — Taya, Gisèle Dubœuf, Lydia Johnson
  4. Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie (1976)
  5. The Wise Guys (1972) — Narratrice
  6. The Postmistress (1992) — La mairesse
  7. La nuit avec Hortense (1988)
  8. Numéro un (1975) — Self
  9. Y'a du monde à messe (2017) — Self
  10. Backyard Theatre (1973)
  11. Angel Life (1979)
  12. Hold on to Daddy's Ears (1971) — Armande Lebel
  13. Québec fête juin '75 (1976) — Elle-même
  14. On va se le dire (2019) — Self
  15. Les Enfants de la télé (2010) — Self
  16. La petite séduction (2006) — Self
  17. Le match des étoiles (2005) — Self
  18. Samedi soir (1971) — Self
  19. Vox pop (2016) — Self
  20. La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) — Self
  21. Bonsoir bonsoir! (2019) — Self
  22. Chef d'orchestre (2025)
  23. L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho! (2023) — Self
  24. Dying Alive (2021) — Françoise (voice)
  25. The Uprooted (2026) — Grand-mère
  26. Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale (1998) — Self
  27. Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal — Self
  28. Épitaphe (2018) — Self
  29. Tic tac show (2013) — Self
  30. Les p'tites vues (2007) — Self
  31. Viens-tu faire un tour? (2014) — Self
  32. Kebec (2019) — Self
  33. La liste (2009) — Self
  34. Cette année-là (2018) — Self
  35. Toute la vérité (2010) — Madame Mathieu