Jean Duceppe

Canadian actor

For the biographical TV series, see Jean Duceppe (TV series).

Jean Duceppe

Born|

Jean Hotte-Duceppe

(1923-10-25)25 October 1923

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died| 7 December 1990(1990-12-07) (aged 67)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation| Actor
Political party| New Democratic Party
Spouse| Hélène Rowley Hotte
Children|

* Gilles Duceppe
* Louise Duceppe
* Monique Duceppe
* et al.

Jean Hotte-Duceppe[a] CQ (25 October 1923 – 7 December 1990) was a Canadian stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec.

## Early life and education[edit]

Born on 25 October 1923 to a family of local shopkeepers in working-class Montreal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no formal training and was completely self-taught.[1]

## Career[edit]

Duceppe began performing at the Arcade, seven days a week. Between 1941 and 1947, he performed in 34 different plays.[2] He appeared in more than 160 plays on radio, on television, and in films.

He hosted radio shows and collaborated on numerous radio and TV series, including the first one broadcast on 3 August 1952, on SRC, Le Seigneur de Brinqueville. From 1953 to 1959, he appeared in La famille Plouffe.[2]

Some of his greatest successes were his portrayals of Willy Loman in La Mort d'un commis-voyageur (Death of a Salesman) and Premier Maurice Duplessis in Charbonneau et le chef (Charbonneau and the Chief).[2]

He founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe (Jean-Duceppe Company) in 1973.[3]

## Views[edit]

He supported the yes option in the first Quebec sovereignty referendum in 1980. One of his sons is the Canadian politician Gilles Duceppe, a supporter of the independence of Quebec from Canada and a former leader of the Bloc Québécois.[4]

## Recognition[edit]

Duceppe was the recipient of numerous awards and honours.

In 1957 he was named performer of the year.[2]

In 1968 he was awarded the Prix Victor-Morin from the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste.[2]

In 1971, Duceppe won an Etrog from the Canadian Film Awards for best performance by lead actor for his role in the film Mon oncle Antoine.[5]

In 1978, for his outstanding contribution to theatre, he was awarded the Molson Prize from the Canada Council.[2]

In 1979, he won the Prix Marc-Lescarbot as well as the Prix Denise-Pelletier, awarded by the Minister of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Quebec.[2]

In 1985, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[2]

In 1987 he became an inductee of the Academy of Great Montrealers in the Cultural category.[2]

In 2016 he was made a Commander of the Order of Montreal.[2]

## Death[edit]

He died at the age of 67 on 7 December 1990.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɔt dysɛp].

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Jean Duceppe". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Jean Duceppe". Ordre de Montréal. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
3. ^ "Historique". Théâtre Jean-Duceppe.
4. ^ "Interview with Gilles Duceppe from The National". CBC Canada Votes 2004.
5. ^ "Mon once Antoine". National Film Board of Canada. NFB.

## External links[edit]

* The Canadian Encyclopedia entry for Jean Duceppe
* Jean Duceppe at IMDb

Awards

Preceded by

Paul Bradley

|  Canadian Film Award for Best Actor
1971  | Succeeded by

Gordon Pinsent

Preceded by

Doug McGrath

Preceded by

Bernard Lagacé [fr; nl]

|  Prix Denise-Pelletier
1979  | Succeeded by

Ludmilla Chiriaeff

Awards for Jean Duceppe

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Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Film

Actor (1968–2021)|

* Gerard Parkes (1968)
* No award (1969)
* Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970)
* Jean Duceppe (1971)
* Gordon Pinsent (1972)
* Jacques Godin (1973)
* No award (1974)
* Stuart Gillard (1975)
* André Melançon (1976)
* Len Cariou (1977)
* Richard Gabourie (1978)
* Christopher Plummer (1980)
* Thomas Peacocke (1981)
* Nick Mancuso (1982)
* Donald Sutherland (1983)
* Eric Fryer (1984)
* Gabriel Arcand (1985)
* John Wildman (1986)
* Gordon Pinsent (1987)
* Roger Lebel (1988)
* Jeremy Irons (1989)
* Lothaire Bluteau (1990)
* Rémy Girard (1991)
* Tony Nardi (1992)
* Tom McCamus (1993)
* Maury Chaykin (1994)
* David La Haye (1995)
* William Hutt (1996)
* Ian Holm (1997)
* Roshan Seth (1998)
* Bob Hoskins (1999)
* Tony Nardi (2000)
* Brendan Fletcher (2001)
* Luc Picard (2002)
* Rémy Girard (2003)
* Roy Dupuis (2004)
* Michel Côté (2005)
* Roy Dupuis (2006)
* Gordon Pinsent (2007)
* Natar Ungalaaq (2008)
* Joshua Jackson (2009)
* Paul Giamatti (2010)
* Mohamed Fellag (2011)
* James Cromwell (2012)
* Gabriel Arcand (2013)
* Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014)
* Jacob Tremblay (2015)
* Stephan James (2016)
* Nabil Rajo (2017)
* Théodore Pellerin (2018)
* Mark O'Brien (2019)
* Michael Greyeyes (2020)
* Liam Diaz (2021)

Actress (1968–2021)|

* Geneviève Bujold (1968)
* No award (1969)
* Geneviève Bujold (1970)
* Ann Knox (1971)
* Micheline Lanctôt (1972)
* Geneviève Bujold (1973)
* No award (1974)
* Margot Kidder (1975)
* Marilyn Lightstone (1976)
* Monique Mercure (1977)
* Helen Shaver (1978)
* Kate Lynch (1980)
* Marie Tifo (1981)
* Margot Kidder (1982)
* Rae Dawn Chong (1983)
* Martha Henry (1984)
* Louise Marleau (1985)
* Margaret Langrick (1986)
* Martha Henry (1987)
* Sheila McCarthy (1988)
* Jackie Burroughs (1989)
* Rebecca Jenkins (1990)
* Pascale Montpetit (1991)
* Janet Wright (1992)
* Sheila McCarthy (1993)
* Sandra Oh (1994)
* Helena Bonham Carter (1995)
* Martha Henry (1996)
* Molly Parker (1997)
* Sandra Oh (1998)
* Sylvie Moreau (1999)
* Marie-Josée Croze (2000)
* Élise Guilbault (2001)
* Arsinée Khanjian (2002)
* Sarah Polley (2003)
* Pascale Bussières (2004)
* Seema Biswas (2005)
* Julie Le Breton (2006)
* Julie Christie (2007)
* Ellen Burstyn (2008)
* Karine Vanasse (2009)
* Lubna Azabal (2010)
* Vanessa Paradis (2011)
* Rachel Mwanza (2012)
* Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013)
* Anne Dorval (2014)
* Brie Larson (2015)
* Tatiana Maslany (2016)
* Sally Hawkins (2017)
* Émilie Bierre (2018)
* Nahéma Ricci (2019)
* Michelle Pfeiffer (2020)
* Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)

Lead Performance in a Film
(2022–present)|

* Lamar Johnson (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968–1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.

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Prix Denise-Pelletier laureates

1977–1999|

* Félix Leclerc (1977)
* Bernard Lagacé [fr; nl] (1978)
* Jean Duceppe (1979)
* Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1980)
* Jean Papineau-Couture (1981)
* Lionel Daunais (1982)
* Gilles Vigneault (1983)
* Fernand Nault (1984)
* Jean Gascon (1985)
* Colette Boky (1986)
* Jean-Louis Roux (1987)
* John Newmark [de; fi; fr] (1988)
* Jeanne Renaud (1989)
* Joseph Rouleau (1990)
* Gilles Tremblay (1991)
* Vincent Warren (1992)
* Monique Mercure (1993)
* Martine Époque (1994)
* Walter Joachim [fr] (1995)
* François Morel (1996)
* Raymond Lévesque (1997)
* Gilles Pelletier (1998)
* Jean-Pierre Ronfard (1999)

2000–present|

* André Brassard (2000)
* Paul Buissonneau (2001)
* Édouard Lock (2002)
* Robert Lepage (2003)
* Walter Boudreau (2004)
* Clémence DesRochers (2005)
* Hélène Loiselle (2006)
* Paul Hébert (2007)
* Anik Bissonnette (2008)
* Roland Lepage [arz; fr] (2009)
* Marie Chouinard (2010)
* Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2011)
* Leonard Cohen (2012)
* Monique Leyrac (2013)
* Denis Marleau (2014)
* Marie-Hélène Falcon (2015)
* Lorraine Vaillancourt (2016)
* Louise Lecavalier (2017)
* Diane Dufresne (2018)
* Angèle Dubeau (2019)
* Yvon Deschamps (2020)
* Michel Rivard (2021)
* Charles Richard-Hamelin (2022)
* Marie Tifo (2023)

Authority control databases

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* France
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* United States

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