Mr. Speaker, yesterday the performer, teacher, director and novelist Charlotte Boisjoli died in Notre-Dame Hospital at the age of 77.
Born in Quebec City in June 1923, Charlotte Boisjoli began her stage career with the Montreal theatre company Les Compagnons de Saint-Laurent.
Later on, she and her husband, Fernand Doré, founded the Compagnie du Masque, which was extremely active a half-century ago.
She will be remembered for her involvement in numerous stage productions, as well as a variety of radio and television roles.
Charlotte Boisjoli was a woman who loved to get her teeth into a good script. Hers was a rare intensity in everything she undertook, whether in a role or in life and its battles.
May I extend my most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Madame Boisjoli.
All Quebec salutes this great artist and we can only hope that her great love of the theatre will live on in those who choose to follow her career.