Dominique Michel

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1932-09-24 (92 years old)

Place of Birth Sorel-Tracy, Québec, Canada

Also Known As Aimée Sylvestre

Dominique Michel

Biography

Dominique Michel (born Aimée Sylvestre; September 24, 1932 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Quebec comedian, actress, singer and artist. She began her career in cabarets performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque and subsequently sang with Jean Coutu. She made her television debut co-hosting a variety show then widened her audience with her first sitcom Moi et l'autre in which she co-starred with Denise Filiatrault. The show was an enormous success during its run from 1966 to 1972 and made Michel a household name in Quebec. She has been married only once in 1958 to New York Rangers all star Camille Henry but later divorced in 1960. From 1977 to 1982, she had numerous leading roles in television programs such as Dominique, Chère Isabelle and Métro-boulot-dodo. Michel's first film role was in Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa with Yvon Deschamps in 1971. She played for cineast Denys Arcand in two movies well known outside of Quebec: The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) and its sequel The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares). She is also a comedian. She notably co-starred with Daniel Lemire and has hosted the Festival Juste pour rire multiple times. Michel also showed her multiple comedic talents in the year-end review show Bye Bye from Radio-Canada in which she would do multiple impressions on top of hosting the 90 minutes special. In 1992, Michel received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in broadcasting. In 1994, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for her encouragement of humour and her contribution to the cultural life of the country."[1] In 2002, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 1995, she received, jointly with Denise Filiatrault, the Grand Prix Gémeau from l'Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision for lifetime achievements. In 2010, at 77, it was announced that she had colon cancer. After undergoing chemotherapy treatments, she declared in April 2011 that she was cancer-free.

Known For

Actor

2023
Janette Bertrand : à l'aube d'être centenaire

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
Jukebox

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
2018
2017
Juste pour rire - 35 ans d'ovations

as Self (archive footage)

2017
2017
MTL

as Self

2016
Vox pop

as Self

2016
2014
Marina

as Self

2013
2004
2003
1999
Laura Cadieux II

as La belle-mère

1999
Catherine

as Rachel Salvail

1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir

as Henriette Fontaine

1987
Night Zoo

as Receptionist at peep-show

1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

as L'agente de voyage

1982
1973
There's Always a Way to Find a Way

as Le Mère Supérieure

1973
I've Had It

as Danielle Cartier

1971
Hold on to Daddy's Ears

as Suzanne David

1956

Writer