Estelle Mauffette (October 6, 1904 – March 12, 1984) was a Canadian actress and comedian. She was the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon. She was the sister of the radio host Guy Mauffette.
Early life edit
Mauffette was born in Montreal in 1904 to parents Léontine Lavigne Mauffette.[1] She came from a talented family. Her cousin Thérèse Renaud became a famous Canadian actress and her brother, Guy Mauffette, was a radio host.[2] She encouraged her brother to join the Conservatoire d'art dramatique.[3]
Career edit
Mauffette began to study drama with Jeanne Maubourg before attempting a career in radio broadcasting.[4] Mauffette's radio career began at the radio program "Pour vous plaire" in 1931.[5] From 1932 to 1933, Mauffette, her brother, and Hector Charland appeared in The Old Storyteller.[6] As she was well liked, she became the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.[4] The first episode was aired on September 11, 1939 and ran on Radio-Canada from 1939 to 1962.[7][8] In 1942, she was named Miss Radio.[9] She was also part of the television series La Famille Plouffe.[10]
Following a paralytic attack in October 1956, she decided to retire.[5] She eventually died in 1984.[11] After her death, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, a municipality in Quebec, named a street in her honour.[12]
References edit
- ^ "LAVIGNE-MAUFFETTE FAMILY". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Elspeth Cameron; Janice Dickin (January 1, 1997). Great Dames. University of Toronto Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780802072153. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "P43 Fonds Guy Mauffette". archivesvs.org (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "FAMILLE LAVIGNE-MAUFFETTE" (PDF). collectionscanada.ca (in French). June 1990. p. 9. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "LES QUÉBÉCOISES À LA RADIO : M-Z". bazoom.ca (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "THÉÂTRALITÉS SQET" (PDF). sqet.uqam.ca (in French). Autumn 2006. p. 19. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "Un homme et son péché, le radioroman". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "Un homme et son péché". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "THE PRIX RADIOMONDE AND THE LAFLÈCHE TROPHIES". bazoom.ca (in French). Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "Estelle Maufette". genealogieplanete.com (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "TIGER: encore du travail à faire". lescoulissesdusport.ca (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
En 1984, décès de la comédienne ESTELLE MAUFFETTE, alias Donalda Laloge
- ^ "Bottin des toponymes officialisés". ndip.org (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
External links edit
- Canadian Radio Yearbook
- Lavigne-Mauffette family fonds (R15407) at Library and Archives Canada. The fonds contains documents on members of the family Lavigne-Mauffette including a serie of records on Estelle Mauffette.
- (in French) Fonds famille Guy Mauffette (R8111) at Library and Archives Canada. The fonds includes documents on members of the Mauffette family including a series of records on Estelle Mauffette.