Louise Marleau

Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in A Woman in Transit and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in Heartbreak , a role for which she won Best Actress at the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival.
Born in Montreal, she has been acting since she was a child, and she made her professional debut in 1962 at 18. Since that time she has worked with all the major theatrical companies in Canada, including the Stratford Festival, performing in works by Molière, Feydeau, Genet, Cocteau and Shakespeare.
Marleau recently translated Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues into French.

Filmography

Beau temps, mauvais temps – 1955Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes – 1964YUL 871 – 1966Au retour des oies blanches – 1971In Praise of Older Women – 1978Heartbreak – 1979Alexandre – 1980Contamination – 1980Good Riddance – 1980A Woman in Transit – 1984Anne Trister – 1986Exit – 1986Straight for the Heart – 1988Cruising Bar – 1989Le grand secret – 1989An Imaginary Tale – 1990The Mirage – 1992The Dance Goes On – 1992The Countess of Baton Rouge – 1998External Affairs – 1999Le Pays dans la gorge – 2000Canada: A People's History – 2000Fortier – 2001The Baroness and the Pig – 2002Bunker, le cirque – 2002