Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Montmorency, André
Quebec-based actor/director born May 30, 1940.
He played many of the major houses in his youth, including the Théâtre du Rideau Vert and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde before becoming a teacher. He has since directed and continues to act including, recently, at the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in the premiere of Jean-François Caron 's Aux hommes de bonne volonté and in the smash success one-man-show, Michel Tremblay 's La Duchesse de Langeais.
He is especially known in Quebec for his television performances.
In 1989 he won the critics' award for his performance in Ionesco's Le roi se meurt/Exit the King.
In response to the changing face of Montreal theatre he said, "To associate myself with the intellegentsia - a word that I have never been able to say - to sit at a table over two weeks to try to understand, torturing myself...I want to have fun in life because it's too short. I think I am a variety artist, finally. I'm finding that out in my old age."
He has also written his memoirs, De la Ruelle au Boulevard (Leméac). As an out Gay man, he has also been called upon to serve as spokesman for the community and he hosts a Quebec television show on Gay and Lesbian life. He lives in the Plateau area of Montreal.
Last updated 2009-04-24
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