France Castel
Birthday: Born in 1944-08-31 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Deathday: Alive
France Castel, née Bégin (born August 31, 1944) in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian singer, actress and broadcaster.
TV Credits
Cette année-là
Character: Self
A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Savard. Each week, based on a significant year in history, they revisit a cultural event of a previous era and compare it with today’s yardstick. The hosts and their guests examine subjects that link the chosen year to what’s hot in cultural circles right now....
Nuit blanche
Character: Loulou Hébert
Back in the 1970s, we see a young Louise who is crazy in love with Vincent, a rebellious activist. Along the way, Louise will have to give up some of her political ideals and make some difficult sacrifices. Today, Louise has become a formidable businesswoman at the head of Nocturne, her perfume empire that owes much of its success to her top-selling perfume Nuit Blanche. Everything changes when, at an evening reception celebrating her success, Louise dies alone in her garden. Is it murder or an ...
Le Tricheur
Character: Self
This daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer general-knowledge questions to win money for their favourite charity. But here’s the catch: one of the five participants is cheating, because they’re secretly being fed the answers. The cheater’s mission is to play it smart so they can fool the other players and win the game without getting caught....
Kebec
Character: Self
The show explores the impact and evolution of people, issues and events in the province’s history....
Du Tac au Tac
Character: Geneviève
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La semaine des 4 Julie
Character: Self - Guest
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Red Ketchup
Character: Sally Ketchup (voice)
The series is set in the mid-1980s, at the end of the Cold War. Red Ketchup is assigned the most perilous missions by the FBI, and he pulls them off every time. The sight of his hulking frame, red eyes and orange hair is enough to make enemies quake. He breezily and brazenly takes every risk to achieve his ends, usually causing heavy collateral damage along the way. The FBI regards him as a liability and sends him to distant lands hoping he will never return. But Red Ketchup always makes it back...
L'autre midi à la table d'à côté
Character:
One of the most inspiring radio shows in recent years heads to the small screen. The right pairings are the key to this series as two celebrity guests chat over a meal. The conversation flows like wine and each topic is tackled with gusto, as amusing anecdotes are served up next to the most serious matters....
Marie-Claude
Character: Self
Marie-Claude Barrette is at the helm of an all-new public affairs series. Recognized for her deep humanity, her sensitivity and her open-mindedness, she pursues her mission of providing audiences with helpful ways to deal with social issues, without taboos....
Trois fois par jour & vous
Character: Self
In each episode, Marilou explores a specific theme with a special celebrity guest. At the same time, the cooking cooking show demonstrates how easy it is to make every day a real treat, thanks to simple, non-nonsense recipes that provide lots of guilt-free comfort....
Qui sait chanter?
Character: Self - Panelist
The most popular music game show on the planet is finally coming here! Your challenge? Guess if a good or a bad singer is hiding behind the voices of the six artists who perform on stage. There will be thousands of dollars to be won, starting this fall!...
STAT
Character: Liliane
The daily lives of the personnel of the St-Vincent hospital in Montréal....
Les jeunes loups
Character: Paula Champagne
A team of young journalists attempt to free itself from the constraints of established rules and tell its readers the truth....
Scoop
Character: Louise Duguay
Follow both the professional and personal lives of reporters working for The Express, a daily Montréal Newspaper....
Curieux Bégin
Character: Self
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Tout le monde en parle
Character: Self
Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. ...
La table de Kim
Character: Self
Guests from different cultures and backgrounds join Kim Thúy for an hour of passionate and engaging conversations, an hour of fun and discovery....
Rire sans tabous
Character: Self
Jean-François Mercier humorously busts the boundaries of society. Over a period of three days, he gets to learn more about people who are too often rejected and victims of prejudice. Thanks to their stories, the comedian creates a performance about their differences, and hopes to touch the general public and destroy taboos once and for all....
En mode Salvail
Character: Self
What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and follow Éric Salvail on his beautifully crazy tangents!...
Les recettes pompettes
Character: Self
Each Week, Éric Salvail invites a new "drinking buddy" to join him in making a recipe that must resemble the original as much as possible, while downing increasing numbers of shots and glasses of wine. This sizeable challenge naturally leads to fits of laughter, surprising confessions … and a few broken glasses!...
1res fois
Character: Self
Two Quebec personalities candidly discuss the “firsts” that have marked their professional lives and shaped who they are both on and off camera. Our guests will also experience other unique “firsts” on the show. Emotions will run high as guests share personal secrets, reunite with long-lost friends, watch surprise variety numbers....
Après le déluge
Character: Stella
Maxime Salomon, a rebellious policewoman, takes under her wing four young people with troubled pasts....
La tour
Character: Self - Guest
An original talk show is set in Patrick’s warm and cozy apartment, where he welcomes friends and guests every day to discuss the latest hot topics that affect our lives. The show also features Patrick’s fictional neighbours....
Deux hommes en or
Character: Self
Presented in the form of a large live set, the hosts enlightening interviews with personalities from all walks of life who have made their mark in the news....
STAT
Character: Liliane Granger
The daily lives of the personnel of the St-Vincent hospital in Montréal....
Génial!
Character: Herself
Two teams composed of a known personality and a contestant chosen from the public battle to guess the outcomes of astonishing scientific experiments....
Le fabuleux printemps de Marie-Lyne
Character: Self - Guest
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Les échangistes
Character: Self
Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical comments and spice up the conversations!...
ICI on chante
Character: Self
Véronic DiCaire invites three celebrity guests to come and sing on set with her! In a series of musical scenes directly inspired by the artistic interests and dreams of her guests, Véronic will perform with them and, occasionally, bring their musical dreams to life. ...
Les enfants de la télé
Character: Self
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Olivier
Character: Cécile Dubreuil
The story of a child abandoned at birth who is shunted around from foster family to foster family. Despite numerous pitfalls along the way, Olivier courageously and tenaciously learns to be confident about life, to accept the inevitable transitions and to hope for the better. His firm objective is to turn 18, be independent at last and have some control over his life without being beholden to anyone....
Silence, on joue!
Character: Self
In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a variety of clever, fun games where they win points for their quick wit, powers of logic, and general knowledge....
The Hunger
Character: Marie Duvall
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and i...
Les invisibles
Character: France Castel
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En direct de l'univers
Character: Self
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La vraie nature
Character: Self
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Prière de ne pas envoyer de fleurs
Character: Self
A variety show with a twist: a celebrity guest get to attend their own memorial service – an entertaining send-off filled with eulogies and some gentle ribbing....
L'heure est grave
Character: Herself
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L'Île Kilucru
Character: Fée Sylvestre
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Ça finit bien la semaine
Character: Self
A unique all-access pass to your favourite Quebec stars in a friendly, timely and entertaining format that matches the hosts’ personalities....
Belle et Bum
Character: Self
Mélissa Lavergne and Normand Brathwaite host a unique musical show where all musical styles collide and where emerging artists rub shoulders with big-name performers....
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Character: Self
Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions....
Sucré salé
Character: Self
Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight....
Deux filles le matin
Character: Herself - Host
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Simplement vedette
Character: Self
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Tic tac show
Character: Self
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Viens voir les comédiens
Character: Self
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV....
Les étoiles filantes
Character: Mme Tanguay
"Les étoiles filantes" is the story of two friends in their late thirties whose lives have taken very different paths. Twenty years after their band broke up and all dreams of that elusive recording contract had faded away, the two men meet up once again. They now live in very different worlds, worlds that are destined to clash from the moment that the incorrigible, free-spirited Daniel turns up on Jacques the math teacher’s doorstep. Daniel calmly tells his old friend that he has only six month...
Des squelettes dans le placard
Character: Self
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Y'a du monde à messe
Character: Self
Public figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would seem to have little in common. However, something does unite them all: an event or experience that they have graciously agreed to share that justifies their seat at the same table. As the program unfolds, their shared history is gradually revealed....
Les poilus
Character: Herself
Host Sébastien Kfoury and his team once bring guest stars face to face with their animal counterparts in a festive late-night atmosphere....
Pour emporter
Character: Self
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L'Agent Jean
Character: Martha (voice)
Saving the world has never been so crazy! Join the over-the-top adventures of Jon Le Bon as he and his fellow agents try to do the impossible and save the planet in less than 90 seconds!...
On va se le dire
Character: Self
Host Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's going on in the world. At the rate things are changing, every day brings surprising new trends, unusual developments and contradictory social movements. Sébastien is joined by regular contributors and invites various celebrities to talk about the hottest topics in this modern round table....
Studio G
Character: Self
Maripier Morin opens TVA’s Studio G doors to celebrate beloved celebrities. Colleagues, friends and family are joining our host to organize a memorable surprise party to their famous loved one....
Faites-moi rire!
Character: Herself
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Fragments
Character: Simone
Fragments recounts the reunion - after more than 30 years of silence - of Paul-André Denis, François Bibeau and Marlène Cormier in somewhat unusual circumstances. In the loop, Renaud Dagenais now occupies a new role in the life of Paul-André and Marlène. What will François' return to the lives of Paul-André and Marlène cause? And how will it impact their children, Tomas, Céleste and Edouard, now that they're adults?...
Format familial
Character: Self
Hosts Bianca Gervais and Sébastien Diaz offer inspiring encounters with colorful families, sound advice, and winning recipes to make family life easier....
Les Soirées Carte Blanche
Character: Self
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Animania
Character: Herself
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L'Or
Character: Louise Martinelli
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L'ombre et la lumière
Character: Self
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Ti-Mé Show
Character: Self - Guest Star
Each week, in front of a fired-up audience, personalities from all areas come on Ti-Mé’s show for an hour of comedy and quirks. A variety show where interviews, sketches, musical performances and surprising presentations are intertwined. Ti-Mé is interested in everyone but is not impressed by anyone....
Barman
Character: France Castel
Alex Lachance is a retired actor turned barman. When he became the owner of a tavern, he thought he’d get back to the real world and quiet anonymity. He didn’t expect that his bar would become a hangout for celebrities looking for a sympathetic ear with their gin tonic & lemon. Barman consists of twelve intertwining mini-sagas, both absurd and touching, brought to life through cameos from Québec artists. It’s a chronicle of the daily life of a guy who got out of showbiz only to find that sho...
En Résidence
Character: Doris
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Je t'attendais
Character: Self - Guest
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Movie Credits
Karmina
Character: Esmeralda
Karmina, a young vampire (only 140 years old) flees her Translylvanian castle where she must marry the horrible Vlad to please her father, the mean Baron, and her mother, the eccentric Baronness. Karmina finds refuge in Quebec at the home of her aunt Esméralda, an older vampire who lives among humans thanks to a potion that temporarily transforms a vampire into one of them. Under the effect of the potion, Karmina falls in love with Phillipe, a charming church organist. But Vlad, the Baron and th...
Karmina 2
Character: Esmeralda
All the vampires have to take a special potion made by Ghyslain Chabot to be human. Chabot's wife isn't a vampire yet but wishes to become one. Ghyslain doesn't share her desire because of all the rules and responsibilities inherent in being a vampire. As a result, Ghyslain's wife throws him out of the house without the potion....
Chance or Coincidence
Character: la secrétaire du consul d'Italie
Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her....
Heads or Tails
Character: Elisabeth Ballester
A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother....
Straight for the Heart
Character: Michele
Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him....
Wind from Wyoming
Character: Lizette Mentha
Manon, is obsessed with famous writer Chester Celine, who hails from Wyoming. Manon learns Chester is coming to town and becomes a slinky, svelte temptress...
The Countess of Baton Rouge
Character: Nuna Breaux
In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The story begins in a contemporary theater where a projectionist describes, to movie director Rex Prince, the ghostly spirit that seems to be haunting his film. The story then races backward to the 1960s when a half-mad, idealistic Rex was busily making his first film, a Marxist tract depicting poverty in ...
An Imaginary Tale
Character: Alys
In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations goin...
Coyote
Character: Francine
Story of a wild first love that takes place at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River between the refineries at Pointe-Au-Trembles and the rock culture of Montreal....
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Character: Florence
A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings....
Habiter la maison
Character: Colette
An ensemble movie about a family composed of three children, their parents and their paternal grandmother. We follow them over ten years through five key moments that leave marks on whole families: Departures, separations, returns, deaths and births. This luminous movie, thought-provoking movie seeks have cause reflections about the nature of Time that passes and transforms us....
The Voice of the Shadow
Character: Marie-Hélène
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May God Bless America
Character: Agente Crémax
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, six people become suspicious about a stranger in their neighborhood....
Cosmos
Character: Waitress (Segment "Boost)
Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might not have AIDS, and a birthday girl who got stood up. It is a mixture of laughter and sadness, all floating on a sea of philosophy....
Manivald
Character: Mother (voice)
Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine. A love triangle develops between the three of them. Things get out of hand and Manivald realizes that it is time to move out....
When I Will Be Gone...
Character: Maureen
Jacques Leduc directed and co-scripted (with Jacques Marcotte) this Canadian-French co-production, a drama about an aging Montreal woman, Caroline (Annie Girardot), in her 60s and contemplating impending death. She destroys old correspondence, cleans her apartment by putting furniture in the street, and looks back on her life (as revealed via flashbacks and a film crew interviewing her daughters). Caroline's brief marriage to an Englishman gave her one daughter, successful businesswoman Rachel (...
Lessons on Life
Character: Jeanne
A day in the life of a Quebec magazine writer - his fortieth birthday - from his dream before waking to his last act before sleeping. He looks back over his life, his thoughts, and his loves....
Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations
Character: Nicole (Mère de Suzie)
Suzie and Samuel have known each other since childhood. With their friend Judith, they form a friendly trio. Now in their mid-twenties, at the age when everything is possible but nothing is easy, they find themselves at a crossroads....
When Love Digs a Hole
Character: Florence
A troubled teenager falls in love with Florence, his 73-year-old neighbor....
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
Character: Florence
An actor works as night watchman at a film studio where a musical serial killer strikes....
Je me souviens
Character: Martha Taylor
A woman seeks revenge over false accusations of murder....
Kiss Me With All Your Love
Character: Rose Lebleu
Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister, crippled from birth. This proximity awakens the sensuality of Berthe who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, his best friend's girlfriend, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister....
Coteau Rouge
Character: Sage femme
A working-class family fights a greedy developer for control of their neighborhood....
So the Moon Rises
Character: Francine
Struggling with AIDS, Aimée comes out of the hospital. Her friend Francine leads her to the Maison Bleue for her convalescence. But Aimee's state of health does not improve: she falls into mental confusion and must stay at the Blue House until her death....
You Will Remember Me
Character: Madeleine
A retired public figure and history professor begins to lose his memory and must learn to be more discreet as he expresses himself....
Forgotten Flowers
Character: Bourgeoise France
Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return earth to help former agronomist turned beekeeper Albert save Quebec’s flora from a multinational that is poisoning the Earth with chemicals....
Afterglow
Character: Gloria Marino
A handyman with marital problems meets a housewife with the same....
Hold on to Daddy's Ears
Character: Agnès
The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire that draws its irony from a specific social situation. A typical example of the era's popular comedies based on television and trendy stars, which gave birth to a certain commercial stream in Québec cinema....
Blanche est la nuit
Character:
While jogging on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Michel sees a young woman trying to commit suicide. He takes her into his home and a love affair begins that both saves and destroys each of them....
The Sticky Side of Baklava
Character: Sylvie
The uneventful middle-class life of Lebanese sisters Houwayda and Joëlle spirals into turmoil after Houwayda announces that she is accompanying Pierre, her Québecker husband, on a sabbatical year in France....
The 3 L'il Pigs
Character: Lucille
At the hospital, three brothers meet at the bedside of their mother in a coma. To pass the time, they discuss the merits and pleasures of marital fidelity and infidelity. The conversations of the two youngest advance as the days go by in increasingly juicy details and fantasies, which will push them to act against the morals and more solid values of the eldest....
Livrés chez vous sans contact
Character: Dieu
Comedian duo "Corbeil et Maranda" have their shows canceled by a global pandemic. They therefore find themselves forced to find a new job and become delivery men… Their cargo? Sketches!...
Happiness Bound
Character:
Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets....
Valérie et moi
Character: Self
A meeting between the character of yesterday and the woman of today. A life later, Danielle Ouimet revisits the different stages and circumstances of the film's creation. Its impact here, around the world, but also on her own career and personal life....
My Aunt Aline
Character:
Geneviève Saint-Louis, a bachelor and neurotic careerist, refuses any form of engagement. Her aunt Aline, a former cabaret singer, arrives at her home with the ulterior aim of avoiding placement in a reception center....
Bitter Sugar
Character: La psychologue
Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe who fought against the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte to preserve his freedom. A hero despite himself, Ignace's life and struggle were subsequently consigned to oblivion by his enemies. His treatment has left a bittersweet taste in the m...
In the Jam Jar
Character: Joan
n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, a tribute to maternal love comprised of nail clippings, aquarelle, strawberry jam and a ghost radar....
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Character: Mother (segment "Manivald") (voice)
On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"; Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson; Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin; Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan; Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and K...