Hélène Baillargeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian singer, actor and folklorist
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Place of Birth: Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
About Hélène Baillargeon
- Hélène Baillargeon, CM (August 28, 1916 – September 25, 1997) was a Quebec singer, actor and folklorist probably best known as the host of the CBC television show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973. She was born in Saint-Martin, Quebec in 1916 and studied singing in Quebec City and New York City and then in Montreal with Alfred La Liberté.
- She went on to work as a researcher with Marius Barbeau at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa (later the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau).
- In 1944, Baillargeon married André Côté, a Crown attorney in Montreal.
- She performed and hosted shows on CBC radio and television such as Le réveil rural, Songs de chez nous and Cap aux sorciers.
- Baillargeon was named to the Order of Canada in 1973.
- In 1974, she was appointed a Canadian Citizenship Court judge.
- She also recorded a number of collections of French-Canadian folk songs. She died in Montreal in 1997.
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