She appeared in Les Belles Histoires des pays d’en haut as a teenager in the 1950s, and in the 1980s she delivered a memorable performance as a woman with an abusive husband in Des dames de coeur
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Her husband, actor and writer Jean-Pierre Bélanger, marvels at the life journey of a woman who came from, “a village with wooden sidewalks that was snowed in for most of the winter” and established an international career.Ms. Boucher got her first performance experience in Macamic contributing to local church productions and occasionally singing for guests at her father’s hotel.one of the earliest Quebec television dramas in which she played the young beauty Artémise Baltour-Labranche.
In 1986, Ms. Boucher had another breakthrough opportunity. Screenwriter and producer Lise Payette and her writer daughter Sylvie imagined a role specifically for her in the dramaThe series and especially the character played by Ms. Boucher were perfect for the changing mores and times in Quebec, Ms. Léveillé said.
Ms. Boucher was already dealing with health issues at that point. She had injured a hip in an onstage fall during a play. Undeterred, Ms. Boucher kept on working until the discomfort became too much. Her injury and arthritis led to chronic pain and several operations. Ms. Boucher walked with a cane for many years.Ms. Payette added, “One day as we finished filming a scene, I surprised her behind a set massaging her hands in pain.
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