Monique Mercure
Monique Mercure, née Émond, was born 14 November 1930 in Montreal, Qc and died 16 May 2020 in Outremont, Qc. The career of this distinguished actress, among the most visible on Quebec and Canadian stages and screens, has broad international appeal. Performing some one hundred major theatre roles in French and English, her spirit, intensity and hearty laugh made a mark on several television series and award-winning films.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 15.186 |
Birthday | 1930-11-14 |
Place of Birth | Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Also Known As | Marie Lise Monique Émond, |
1991
Naked Lunch
7.014/1032
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meetin...
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Naked Lunch
1984
The Blood of Others
5/10
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...
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The Blood of Others
2009
Grande ourse : La clé des possibles
4.2/10
To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legenda...
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Grande ourse : La clé des possibles
1998
The Red Violin
7.374/401
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, En...
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The Red Violin
1979
Stone Cold Dead
6.3/13
Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
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Stone Cold Dead
2005
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
5.2/21
A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him...
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Saint Martyrs of the Damned
1977
J.A. Martin Photographer
6.2/9
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the int...
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J.A. Martin Photographer
2004
Battle of the Brave
6.1/18
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls
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Battle of the Brave
1999
When Justice Fails
3.5/4
A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a...
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When Justice Fails
1982
The Forties
6/1
A group of friends reunite after thirty years of separation.
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The Forties
1998
Conquest
0/0
British-Canadian light romantic comedy film set in a dying Saskatchewan town. Bank branch manager, Pincer Bedier, dreams of reviving the town when one...
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Conquest
1989
Dans le ventre du dragon
6.2/4
The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the fil...
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Dans le ventre du dragon
1976
Parlez-nous d'amour
8/1
A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.
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Parlez-nous d'amour
2007
Twilight
6.2/3
When Madeleine is diagnosed with Alzheimers, she makes two important decisions. One is to keep it from her family. The other is to revisit her beloved...
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Twilight
1978
The Third Walker
0/0
Twins Etienne and Andrew are separated at birth--an error that years later will wrench apart two loving families.
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The Third Walker
1999
Set Me Free
6/17
A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc G...
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Set Me Free
1970
Two Women In Gold
3.9/7
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their...
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Two Women In Gold
1972
Françoise Durocher, Waitress
5/1
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according t...
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Françoise Durocher, Waitress
1975
Les vautours
6/3
Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicot...
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Les vautours
1984
Les années de rêves
0/0
Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier a...
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Les années de rêves
1980
The Red Kitchen
5/4
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women tal...
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The Red Kitchen
1969
Don't Let the Angels Fall
8.8/4
The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.
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Don't Let the Angels Fall
1975
For Better or For Worse
5.8/4
An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life.
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For Better or For Worse
1976
L'absence
0/0
Louise is a professional photographer and very successful in her job. But her father who had disappeared for many years resurfaced. He is very sick an...
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L'absence
1965
Mission of Fear
0/0
A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert.
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Mission of Fear
1983
Contrecoeur
5/4
Contrecoeur is a film using fantastic realism to talk about psychology, drift and love. Three characters must define themselves in an enclosed space,...
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Contrecoeur
2015
Marche avec moi
8/1
In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-american man searching for the house of the book Bo...
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Marche avec moi
1978
The Song of Roland
5.2/4
Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a k...
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The Song of Roland
2017
It's the Heart That Dies Last
6.8/6
At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography recounting his childhood memories, a complicated r...
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It's the Heart That Dies Last
1972
The Time of the Hunt
6.3/6
A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.
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The Time of the Hunt
1986
A Question of Loving
4/4
A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daughter. The two women spend a summer together. Madeli...
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A Question of Loving
1979
Quintet
5.1/65
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not...
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Quintet
1985
The Lady of Colours
5.5/4
In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply...
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The Lady of Colours
1963
Take It All
5.3/9
A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectual...
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Take It All
1994
La fête des rois
0/0
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La fête des rois
1970
Marie-Christine
6/1
Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young...
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Marie-Christine
1971
Mon oncle Antoine
6.9/42
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store...
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Mon oncle Antoine
1967
Waiting for Caroline
0/0
An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two boyfriends she should end her relationship with.
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Waiting for Caroline
1982
The Emperor of Peru
3.5/8
Two children deal with the arrival of a foster brother, a Cambodian refugee. All three of them discover a hermetic retired railway engineer living in...
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The Emperor of Peru
1991
Montreal Stories
5/9
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first...
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Montreal Stories
1974
Once Upon a Time in the East
5.4/7
Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and has...
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Once Upon a Time in the East
1995
Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
0/0
One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.
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Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
1973
Backyard Theatre
0/0
Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured th...
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Backyard Theatre
1967
Ça n'est pas le temps des romans
0/0
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Ça n'est pas le temps des romans
2000
Albertine in Five Times
0/0
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Albertine in Five Times
2014
Une nuit à la cinémathèque
0/0
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Une nuit à la cinémathèque
1975
L'amour blessé
0/0
A lonely divorced woman spends her evening in her apartment listening to a phone-in radio show. As she listens to strangers talk candidly about their...
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L'amour blessé
1971
Finalement...
0/0
A young snack-bar waitress is propelled to supermodel status after meeting a photographer for a French fashion magazine.
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