Monique Leyrac
Sign in to saveCanadian actress and singer (1928–2019)
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mon enfance à Rosemont
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Monique Leyrac, OC CQ (26 February 1928–15 December 2019) was a Canadian singer and actress from Quebec. Born Monique Tremblay in Montreal, Quebec 1928, she was the first great international star from French Canada. Using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943. In 1965 she won the grand prizes at the international festival of Song in Sopot, Poland and at the Festival de la Chanson at Ostende, Belgium. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Monique+Leyrac
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Monique
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Cowansville
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- song
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Monique Leyrac 1948 1.png
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- date of birth
- 1928-02-26
- date of death
- 2019-12-15
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- Commons category
- Monique Leyrac
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