Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-01-31
Deathday
2013-05-09
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Huguette Oligny
Biography
Huguette Oligny (January 31, 1922 - May 9, 2013) was a Canadian actress active in theatre, film and television. Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a French-Canadian father and French mother, she began her theatrical career in 1939. Though mostly known for having played the great classics of French theatre she also performed in modern Quebec plays, notably by Michel Tremblay. She married Gratien Gélinas, a great pioneer of Quebec theatre, in 1973. Her first marriage to Marcel Alexandre, with whom she had two children, ended in divorce. In 1984 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1996. In 1999 she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Source: Article "Huguette Oligny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Housekeeper / Theresa
Kamouraska
as La mère d'Élisabeth
The Capture
as Lucille
Shooting Star
Premier juillet, le film
as Mme Biron
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
as Kiki
The Book of Eve
as Mrs. Cooper
La pension des étranges
as Émilienne
Huguette Oligny, le goût de vivre
as Self
