{{Short description|Canadian actor and theatre director (1935–2018)}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert Millaire<br>CC, CQ | image = Albert Millaire dehors la théâtre Outremont (cropped).jpg | caption = Millaire in 2017 | birth_name = Rodolphe Albert Millaire | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|18}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|15|1935|1|18}} | death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | alma_mater = Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal | occupation = Actor, director | years_active = 1956-2015 }} '''Rodolphe Albert Millaire''', CC, CQ (January 18, 1935 – August 15, 2018) was a Canadian actor and theatre director.<ref name=canenc>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/albert-millaire/ "Albert Millaire"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', April 24, 2011.</ref>
==Life== Millaire was born in Montreal. He was raised by a single mother, after his father died when Millaire was less than a year old.<ref name=globeobit>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-versatile-actor-albert-millaire-delighted-audiences-in-both-official/ "Versatile actor Albert Millaire delighted audiences in both official languages"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', August 31, 2018.</ref> He was first inspired to become an actor after seeing Laurence Olivier's 1948 film performance of ''Hamlet''.<ref name=globeobit/>
Soon after completing his studies at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, Millaire became prominent on the Quebec theatre scene. He was particularly noted in performances in Alfred de Musset's ''Lorenzaccio'', Molière's ''Tartuffe'' and ''Dom Juan'', Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', and Roch Carrier's ''La céleste bicyclette''.<ref name=globeobit/>
Millaire had worked behind the scenes at Montreal's Th�tre du Nouveau-Monde, and had acted and directed in English at the Stratford Festival of Canada.<ref name=globeobit/> His notable performances on television include such historical figures as Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as well a noted stage performance as Louis Riel. Although acting primarily in French, he was also sometimes seen in English roles, including ''Adventures in Rainbow Country'', ''By Way of the Stars'' and ''Road to Avonlea''.<ref name=canenc/>
He had been chairman of the ''Académie québécoise de théâtre'' and the Canadian Council on the Status of the Artist.<ref name=globeobit/>
He was married twice, first to Rita Imbault and later to television director Michèle Marchand.<ref name=globeobit/>
Millaire died of cancer in Montreal on August 15, 2018, aged 83.<ref name="Montreal Gazette 2018">{{cite web | title=Quebec actor Albert Millaire dies at 83 | website=Montreal Gazette | date=August 15, 2018 | url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-actor-albert-millaire-dies-at-83 | access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== *Officer, Order of Canada, 1989 *Companion, Order of Canada, 2001<ref name=canenc/> *Knight, National Order of Quebec<ref>*[http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/recherche_details.asp?id=272 Citation on National Order of Quebec web site] (in French)</ref> *Recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Millaire biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2006/millaire-albert.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0587605|name=Albert Millaire}} *[http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=5132444&lang=eng Albert Millaire fonds (R16145)] at Library and Archives Canada
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