Canadian actor and writer from Quebec (born 1935)
Marcel Sabourin ,
OC (born March 25, 1935) is a Canadian actor and writer from
Quebec .
[1] He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the central character in
Jean Pierre Lefebvre 's trilogy of
Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) ,
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) and
Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) ,
[2] and his performance as Professor Mandibule in the children's television series Les Croquignoles and La ribouldingue .
[3]
Career
Sabourin launched his career in the 1950s with La Roulotte, a children's theatre troupe launched by
Paul Buissonneau which performed in Montreal's public parks.
[4] He studied at
Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and the
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde , and in Paris under
Jacques Lecoq .
[1] One of the most prolific performers in the history of the
Cinema of Quebec , he has had film, television and stage credits since 1956.
[2]
He won a
Canadian Film Award for
Best Actor in a Non-Feature at the
25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for Des armes et les hommes ,
[5] and was a two-time Canadian Film Award and
Genie Award nominee for
Best Actor , receiving nods at the
28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977 for
J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe)
[6] and at the
4th Genie Awards in 1983 for
Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux) .
[7] As a screenwriter, he was nominated for
Best Adapted Screenplay at the
1st Genie Awards in 1980, as cowriter with
Jean Beaudin of the film
Cordélia .
[8]
At Quebec's
Jutra Awards , he was a two-time
Best Actor nominee for Now or Never at the
1st Jutra Awards in 1999,
[9] and for
Another House (L'Autre maison) at the
16th Jutra Awards in 2014,
[10] and was the recipient of the
Jutra-Hommage lifetime achievement award in 1999.
[11]
As a playwright he is most noted for Pleurer pour rire , which won the
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in the youth theatre division in 1983,
[12] and was shortlisted for the
Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the
1984 Governor General's Awards .
[13]
He has also taught at the
National Theatre School of Canada .
[14]
Personal life
He married his wife Françoise in the 1960s.
[15] They have had four children, including actor and screenwriter
Gabriel Sabourin and cinematographer
Jérôme Sabourin .
[15] Jérôme was the director of At the End of Nothing at All (Au boute du rien pantoute) , a documentary film about his father which premiered in 2024.
[16]
Filmography
Television
1963 - Ti-Jean caribou
1963 - Les Croquignoles as Mandibule
1968 - La Ribouldingue as Mandibule
1976 - Grand-Papa as Martin Roy
1976 - Du tac au tac as Bruno Félix
1978 -
Duplessis as
Joseph-Damase Bégin
1979 -
Riel as
Joseph-Noël Ritchot
1981 - Salut ! J.W. as Marc
1982 - La Bonne Aventure as Marcel Poliquin
1984 - Laurier as
Joseph Lavergne
1985 - The Cuckoo Bird as Jake
1989 -
He Shoots, He Scores as Marcel Allaire
1989 -
Mount Royal as Gilbert Valeur
1990 - La Fille du Maquignon as Curé Dumouchel
1991 - Berlin Lady as Marquis D'Abrantes
1992 - Montréal ville ouverte
1992 - Coup de chance
1994 -
Trial at Fortitude Bay as Judge Jean Lamberts
1994 - Les grands procès as Couronne
1994 -
Million Dollar Babies as Père Nadeau
1996 -
Omertà as Premier of Quebec
1998 - La Part des anges as Joachim Brodeur
1999 - Deux frères as Viateur Craig
2000 - Gypsies as Rosaire Baril
2000 - Le Monde de Charlotte as Alexandre Ducharme
2000 - Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as
Charles de Gaulle
2000 - Willie as Père Tourangeau
2001 - Emma as Yves Dauphin
2005 - Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making as
Maurice Duplessis
2009 - Les Parent as Bernard Rivard
2010 -
Trauma as Mr. Lemieux
2012 - Les Sioui-Bacon as Mr. Robert
2012 - Toute la vérité as Judge Régimbald
2022 –
La Faille as Pere Gabriel
Film
References
^
a
b Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof,
"Sabourin, Marcel" . Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia , October 20, 2015.
^
a
b
"Marcel Sabourin" .
Canadian Film Encyclopedia .
^
"Marcel Sabourin, un ami fidèle" .
Ici Radio-Canada , January 4, 2020.
^ Hélène Beauchamp, Le théâtre pour enfants au Québec: 1950-1980 , Hurtubise, 1985. p.33.
^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards .
Stoddart Publishing , 2000.
ISBN
0-7737-3238-1 . pp. 111-114.
^ Robert Martin, "Canada's film industry comes of age - at last".
The Globe and Mail , November 19, 1977.
^
Jay Scott , "Top Genie prospects for Bill Miner movie".
The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1983.
^
Jay Scott , "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees".
The Globe and Mail , February 8, 1980.
^ "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards".
The Globe and Mail , January 28, 1999.
^ Éric Moreault,
"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion des nominations" .
Le Soleil , January 27, 2014.
^ Paul Townend and Maurie Alioff,
"Prix Iris" .
The Canadian Encyclopedia , April 5, 2010.
^ "Quiet in the Land wins $5,000 award".
The Globe and Mail , January 25, 1983.
^ "Literary award winners to be announced June 6".
Montreal Gazette , May 17, 1985.
^
Jay Scott , "Quebec's Sabourin: savant extraordinaire".
The Globe and Mail , May 2, 1981.
^
a
b Marie-Claude Doyle,
"«Je prends la vie un peu comme un enfant» - Marcel Sabourin" .
TVA Nouvelles , January 19, 2019.
^ Marco Fortier,
"«Au boute du rien pantoute»: la douce folie de Marcel Sabourin dans toute son étrangeté" .
Le Devoir , March 14, 2024.
^ Charles-Henri Ramond,
"Testament en salle le 5 octobre" . Films du Québec , May 24, 2023.
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