---
name: "Monique Mercure"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/monique-mercure"
fi1m_id: "monique-mercure"
imdb_id: "nm0580494"
tmdb_id: 27812
wikidata_id: "Q432398"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1930"
died: "17 May 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:51:19.444531+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."
---

# Monique Mercure

## Identity

Monique Mercure

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/monique-mercure
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** monique-mercure
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580494
- **TMDB ID:** 27812
- **Wikidata ID:** Q432398
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Mercure, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27812

Actor. Born 14 November 1930 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Died 17 May 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1930, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- **Died:** 17 May 2020
- **Also known as:** Marie Lise Monique Émond
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Mercure, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27812

## Biography

Monique Mercure, also credited as Marie Lise Monique Émond, was a Canadian stage and screen actress. Born Marie Lise Monique Émond on 14 November 1930 in Montréal, Québec, she died on 16 May 2020 in Montréal. She trained in music, dance and theatre, studying at institutions including the École Jacques-Lecoq in Paris and the Montreal Drama Studio, before beginning her professional career in the late 1950s.

She appeared in over one hundred theatre roles in French and English, working with companies such as the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. On screen she is known for performances in *Mon oncle Antoine* (1971), *J.A. Martin photographe* (1977), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, *Naked Lunch* (1991) as Fadela, and *The Red Violin* (1998). She received a Genie Award for *Naked Lunch*, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, as Fadela — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *It's the Heart That Dies Last* (2017), as Tante Pierrette
- *Marche avec moi* (2015), Actor
- *Une nuit à la cinémathèque* (2014), Actor
- *The Master Key* (2009), as La centenaire
- *Twilight* (2007), as Madeleine
- *Saint Martyrs of the Damned* (2005), as Malvina 1
- *Providence* (2005), series, as Édith Beauchamp
- *Battle of the Brave* (2004), as Hortense
- *Albertine in Five Times* (2000), as Albertine 70 ans
- *When Justice Fails* (1999), as Pauline Wesson
- *Set Me Free* (1999), as Grand-Mère
- *The Red Violin* (1998), as Mme. Leroux (Montréal)
- *Conquest* (1998), as Grace Gallagher
- *Whiskers* (1997), as Bastet
- *Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier* (1995), as Additional Cast
- *La fête des rois* (1994), Actor
- *La fenêtre* (1992), as Mère
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), as Fadela — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Montreal Stories* (1991), as Dame Moufette
- *Dans le ventre du dragon* (1989), as Mireille
- *A Question of Loving* (1986), as Madeline
- *Tramp at the Door* (1985), as Madeleine Fournier
- *The Lady of Colours* (1985), as Soeur Supérieure
- *The Blood of Others* (1984), as Mme Klotz
- *Les années de rêves* (1984), as Aunt Yvette
- *Contrecoeur* (1983), as Blanche Lavallée
- *The Emperor of Peru* (1982), Actor
- *The Forties* (1982), as Fat Louise
- *The Red Kitchen* (1980), as The mother
- *Stone Cold Dead* (1979), as Dr. Bouvier
- *Quintet* (1979), as Redstone's Mate
- *The Song of Roland* (1978), as Marie
- *The Third Walker* (1978), as Marie Blanchard
- *J.A. Martin Photographer* (1977), as Rose-Aimée Martin
- *L'absence* (1976), as Estelle
- *Talk About Love* (1976), as Madame Jeannot
- *Québec fête juin '75* (1976), as Elle-même
- *For Better or For Worse* (1975), as Loulou
- *Les vautours* (1975), as Yvette Laflamme
- *L'amour blessé* (1975), Actor
- *La Petite Patrie* (1974), series, as Tante Julienne
- *Once Upon a Time in the East* (1974), as Belle-soeur
- *Backyard Theatre* (1973), Actor
- *The Time of the Hunt* (1972), as Femme de Richard
- *Françoise Durocher, waitress* (1972), as Françoise Durocher
- *Mon oncle Antoine* (1971), as Alexandrine
- *Finalement...* (1971), Actor
- *Love in a 4 Letter World* (1970), as Louise
- *Two Women In Gold* (1970), as Fernande Turcot
- *Marie-Christine* (1970), as Narrator
- *Don't Let the Angels Fall* (1969), as Mrs. Pelletier
- *Waiting for Caroline* (1967), as Yvette
- *This Is No Time for Romance* (1967), Actor
- *Mission of Fear* (1965), Actor
- *Take It All* (1963), as Barbara

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec 2015: Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (won)
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec 2010: Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec (won)
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award 1993: Governor General's Performing Arts Award (won)
- Prix Denise-Pelletier 1993: Prix Denise-Pelletier (won)
- Prix Gascon-Roux 1993: Prix Gascon-Roux (won)

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

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/monique-mercure