Micheline Lanctôt
Acting
Micheline Lanctôt (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician. Lanctôt was born in Frelighsburg, Quebec. Her post-secondary education was in music, fine arts, and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history at the Université de Montréal and the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; she later studied film animation at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and then at Gerald Potterton's studios, Potterton Productions, where she remained for four years. Lanctôt began her acting career in 1972, winning a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Gilles Carle's The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette). Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of film and television roles, such as Carle's The Heavenly Bodies (Les Corps Célestes), Ted Kotcheff's award-winning The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Claude Chabrol's Blood Relatives and Guy Fournier's Radio-Canada TV series Jamais deux sans toi. She has directed for the theatre also, directing Oleanna by David Mamet for the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal in 1994, and in 1999, Bousille et les justes by Gratien Gélinas for the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. She began her live-action film-directing career with The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) (1980), nominated for best direction and for best film at the Genie Awards in 1981. This success was followed by Sonatine (1984), which launched the career of Pascale Bussières and won both the Genie Award for Best Director at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, and the now-defunct Silver Lion for Best First Film (1983-1987) at the 41st Venice International Film Festival. Since 1982, Lanctôt has been a part-time instructor in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. Lanctôt defended Gaétan Soucy's novel The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) in the 2004 edition of Le Combat des livres, broadcast on Première Chaîne. In 2016 she was the curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup. She is also a matron of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, an annual program engaging film studies students in Quebec CEGEPs to present an award for the year's best Quebec film.
Known for
Acting91
movieWhere Souls Go
2025
Louise
tvMartin Matte en direct
2023
Tireuse de couteaux (Le dernier lien)
movieThe Nature of Love
2023
Madeleine
movieFrontiers
2023
Angèle Messier
tvÀ cœur battant
2023
Édith Leclerc
tvSTAT
2022
Josette Harvey
movieArlette
2022
Présidente de la chambre
tvLe temps des framboises
2022
Martha Conley
tvÀ tour de rôles
2020
Self - Main Guest
movieLaughter
2020
Jeanne
tvToute la vie
2019
Édith Leclerc
tvLes invisibles
2019
Micheline Lanctôt
tvLes poilus
2018
Self
movieThe Devil's Share
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieWinter Claire
2017
Mère de Claire
tvThe Disappearance
2017
Lieutenant-Detective Susan Bowden
movieRavenous
2017
Pauline
tvFatale-Station
2016
Jean O'Gallagher
tvEsprit critique
2016
Self / Self - Collaborator
movieMy Internship in Canada
2015
Mairesse de St-Philémon
movieEarly Winter
2015
Lucille
movieSarah Prefers to Run
2013
Entraîneure McGill
tvUnite 9
2012
Élise Beaupré
moviePour l'amour de Dieu
2011
Léonie (62 ans)
movieGood Neighbours
2011
Mme. Gauthier
movieSuzie
2009
Suzie
movieA Year in the Death of Jack Richards
2005
Julie Duceppe
movieFamilia
2005
Madeleine
movieHappiness is a Sad Song
2004
Chauffeur (Autobus)
movieThe Barbarian Invasions
2003
Nurse Carole
tvBunker, le cirque
2002
Lise Langlois
movieHeaven
2000
Veuve #1
movieThe Long Winter
1999
Rose-Aimee Bouchard
tvLe Polock
1999
: Aurore Langlois
movieNow or Never
1998
Arlette
movieThe Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
The Director
movieHeads or Tails
1997
Huissier Saisibec
movieA Scream from Silence
1979
La monteuse
movieBlood & Guts
1978
Lucky Brown
movieBlood Relatives
1978
Mrs Carella
movieChild Under a Leaf
1974
The Friend
movieNoël and Juliette
1973
Monique
movieThe Heavenly Bodies
1973
Sweetie
movieThe True Nature of Bernadette
1972
Bernadette
Directing15
movieUne manière de vivre
2019
Director
movie9
2016
Director
movieOthers
2015
Director
moviePour l'amour de Dieu
2011
Director
movieSuzie
2009
Director
movieLes Guerriers
2004
Director
movieLe Piège d'Issoudun
2003
Director
tvAccording to Jim
2001
Director
movieA Hero's Life
1994
Director
movieOnzième spéciale
1988
Director
movieLa poursuite du bonheur
1987
Director
movieSonatine
1984
Director
movieThe Handyman
1980
Director
movieA Token Gesture
1975
Director
Writing11
movieOthers
2015
Writer
movieSuzie
2009
Writer
movieLes Guerriers
2004
Writer
movieA Hero's Life
1994
Writer
movieLa ligne de chaleur
1987
Screenplay
movieSonatine
1984
Screenplay
movieThe Handyman
1980
Writer
Art1
movieA Token Gesture
1975
Production Design
Crew1
Un château de cartes
Special Effects