Acting
Dominique Michel
Dominique Michel (born Aimée Sylvestre; September 24, 1932) is a retired Québec comedian, actress, singer and artist.
She began her career in cabarets performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque and subsequently sang with Jean Coutu. She made her television debut co-hosting a variety show then widened her audience with her first sitcom Moi et l'autre in which she co-starred with Denise Filiatrault. The show was an enormous success during its run from 1966 to 1972 and made Michel a household name in Quebec.
She has been married only once in 1958 to New York Rangers all star Camille Henry but later divorced in 1960.
From 1977 to 1982, she had numerous leading roles in television programs such as Dominique, Chère Isabelle and Métro-boulot-dodo.
Michel's first film role was in Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa with Yvon Deschamps in 1971. She played for cineast Denys Arcand in two movies well known outside of Quebec: The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) and its sequel The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares).
She is also a comedian. She notably co-starred with Daniel Lemire and has hosted the Festival Juste pour rire multiple times. Michel also showed her multiple comedic talents in the year-end review show Bye Bye from Radio-Canada in which she would do multiple impressions on top of hosting the 90 minutes special.
In 1992, Michel received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in broadcasting. In 1994, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for her encouragement of humour and her contribution to the cultural life of the country."[1] In 2002, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 1995, she received, jointly with Denise Filiatrault, the Grand Prix Gémeau from l'Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision for lifetime achievements.
In 2010, at 77, it was announced that she had colon cancer. After undergoing chemotherapy treatments, she declared in April 2011 that she was cancer-free.
Filmography
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Tout le monde en parle
Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage pr...
La semaine des 4 Julie
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on...
Les Enfants de la télé
Les échangistes
Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors w...
Viens voir les comédiens
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television netwo...
Bye Bye
Broadcast on December 31st, Bye Bye is a comic year-in-review which consists of sketches that parody the politi...
Cette année-là
A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Sa...
Catherine
Catherine was a Quebec sitcom that aired on Radio-Canada from 1999 to 2003. It tells the story of Catherine, a...
Juste Pour Rire - Galas
Le beau dimanche
Viens-tu faire un tour?
Michel Barrette hits the road with public figures. Every drive is the perfect opportunity to share a moment, a...
The Barbarian Invasions
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, l...
Moi... et l'autre
C'est dans l'air!
The Decline of the American Empire
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (...
Le moment de vérité
Each week, three teams must train and successfully complete a skill-testing challenge in order to win once-in-a...
Juste pour rire: 25 grands numéros
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Ovide's wife Rita continues to flirt with other men after marriage. Unhappy Ovide falls for Marie but can't div...
MTL
Qui êtes-vous?
Public figures take a trip to the place where their most quaint and colourful ancestors lived. They meet histor...
Marina
Vox pop
The first vox pops are of inestimable sociological value. Now, decades later, André Robitaille takes his mike t...
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a con...
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide f...
Conversation secrète
Paul Arcand conducts interviews as he strolls with guests from all walks of life, including entertainment, busi...
Juste pour rire - Juste le meilleur des Galas 2005
Le 101, ouest, avenue des Pins
Laura Cadieux II
Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.
Valérie et moi
A meeting between the character of yesterday and the woman of today. A life later, Danielle Ouimet revisits the...
I've Had It
A Parisian named Cartier living in Quebec City and employee of a major English Canadian insurance company is pr...
There's Always a Way to Find a Way
A bank clerk is driven by his brother-in-law in many adventures.
Night Zoo
Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a pro...
Hold on to Daddy's Ears
The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire that draws its...