---
name: "Francine Racette"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francine-racette"
fi1m_id: "francine-racette"
imdb_id: "nm0705072"
tmdb_id: 19073
wikidata_id: "Q534966"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 September 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:44:48.382842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Francine Racette

## Identity

Francine Racette

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francine-racette
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francine-racette
- **IMDb ID:** nm0705072
- **TMDB ID:** 19073
- **Wikidata ID:** Q534966
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Racette, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534966, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19073

Actor. Born 23 September 1947 in Joliette, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1947, Joliette, Québec, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Racette, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534966, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19073

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Au Revoir les Enfants*](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Francine Racette is a Canadian actress. She was born on 23 September 1947 in Joliette, Quebec, and graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1966.

She appeared in films including *Four Flies on Grey Velvet* (1971), *Mr. Klein* (1976) and *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), in which she played Mrs. Quentin. Racette received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in *Lumière* (1976). Her final film role was in 1987 and she later retired from acting.

Racette was married to actor Donald Sutherland until his death in 2024 and is the mother of three of his sons: actors Rossif Sutherland and Angus Sutherland, and Roeg Sutherland.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), Fi1m 90, as Mrs. Quentin — [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *FantastiCozzi* (2016), as (archive footage)
- *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), as Mrs. Quentin — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md)
- *The Disappearance* (1977), as Celandine
- *Mr. Klein* (1976), as Françoise / Cathy / Isabelle
- *A Guy Like Me Should Never Die* (1976), as Suzy
- *Lumière* (1976), as Julienne
- *Alien Thunder* (1974), as Emilie Grant
- *The Awful Manners* (1974), as Jeanne
- *Four Flies on Grey Velvet* (1971), as Dalia
- *As Far as Love Can Go* (1971), as Isabelle
- *Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques* (1970), as Zapaquilda
- *Le grand Rock* (1969), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1977: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Lumière*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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