Jean Lapointe
Actor/Actriz
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Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.
Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post. In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.
As Actor/Actress
Champs-Elysées
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
L'Académie des 9
Self
Viens voir les comédiens
Self
Les beaux malaises
Marcel Coiteau
Poivre et sel
Le professeur
Les ordres
Clermont Boudreau
Angela
M. Lebrecque
Juste pour rire: 25 grands numéros
Self
Never Too Late
Woody
Les chiens chauds
Don Parchesi
Duplessis
Maurice Duplessis
Mon cirque à moi
Guédille
One Man
Ben Legault
J.A. Martin photographe
Adhémar
La bouteille
Antoine
Le Dernier Tunnel
Fred Giguere
Snow and Ashes
Thomas
Truffe
L'homme maigre et sec
La sarrasine
Une histoire inventée
Gaston
Mémoires affectives
Wilbrod Gadouas
Pour toujours les canadiens
Gerry
YUL 871
Deux femmes en or
Sergent Detective Poivrot
Ding et Dong : Le film
Euclide
Il était une fois dans l'Est
Une Cléopâtre
Les Immortels
Adélard Major
À l'origine d'un cri
Grand-Père