Janine Sutto

Janine Sutto, CC CQ (20 April 1921 – 28 March 2017) was a French-born Canadian actress and comedian.

Janine Sutto
Sutto prepares for the radio play Les secrets du docteur Morhanges, 1945.
Born(1921-04-20)20 April 1921
Paris, France
Died28 March 2017(2017-03-28) (aged 95)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1945–2012
Children2
AwardsOrder of Canada, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, National Order of Quebec

Career

Born in Paris to Léopold Sutto and Renée Mamert, she emigrated to Canada in 1930, with her family settling in Montreal.[1]

At age 14, Sutto began acting in radio dramas, and later performed stage roles. In 1943, she was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Equipe troupe, and she continued acting on stage through the early 1950s with Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.[2] She also made over 75 film and television appearances, with her first film appearance being in the 1945 film The Music Master (Le Père Chopin).[3]

Personal life
Wedding of Janine Sutto and Pierre Dagenais, 1944

She married fellow comic actor Pierre Dagenais in 1944.

Her biography, titled Vivre avec le destin (Living with Destiny), written by her son-in-law Jean-François Lépine, was published in 2010.

Sutto died in a Montreal palliative care facility in March 2017 at age 95, as reported by Lépine.[2][4]

Honours

In 1986 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1991. In 1998, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In May 2014, Sutto received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for her contribution to Canadian theatre.[5]

References
  1. "Beloved Quebec actress Janine Sutto dies at 95".
  2. "Flags lowered to half-mast to mark death of Janine Sutto". CTV News. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. Vlessing, Etan (28 March 2017). "Janine Sutto, Prolific Stage and TV Actress, Dies at 95". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. La grande dame de théâtre Janine Sutto s'éteint (in French)
  5. "Janine Sutto". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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