Jean-Louis Millette

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox actor | name = Jean-Louis Millette | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|1|04}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|09|29|1935|1|04}} }} '''Jean-Louis Millette''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ lwi milɛt}}; 4 January 1935 – 29 September 1999) was a Canadian French-speaking actor and writer.<ref name=Mtl/>

Millette was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Millette's television career spanned over thirty years: he was a cast member of many of the best-known series in Quebec, including the children's series ''La Ribouldingue'' (which he also co-wrote), ''L'Héritage'', ''Symphorien'' and ''Montréal P.Q.'' (in a role which earned him a Prix Gémeaux in 1994).<ref name=Mtl>{{Cite web|url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=5238,23621567&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&pageType=2&id_comedien=2|title=Jean-Louis Millette (1935–1999) |publisher=City of Montreal's website about "La Roulotte"|language=French|accessdate=16 December 2009}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|reason=source lists Imdb as a source|date=December 2017}} He was also the voice of Abraham Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Waylon Smithers in the Quebec dubbing of ''The Simpsons''. On the big screen, he played mostly supporting roles, most notably in Robert Lepage's first film ''The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)''.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

However, Millette's most significant work was in theatre: he was a major figure of Quebec theatre and, in 1990, received the Prix Victor-Morin for outstanding achievement in theatre in Quebec. He was a member of the Théâtre de Quat'Sous when it was founded by Paul Buissonneau in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fse.uqam.ca/milieuxdefavorises/serie_C/13.html|title=Biographie de Jean-Louis Millette |date=30 September 1999|publisher=Presse Canadienne |language=French |accessdate=16 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref> Millette died suddenly in Montreal of a heart attack in September 1999. At the time, he was touring a one-man performance of Larry Tremblay's ''The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi''. This role had earned him the Masque Prize (Quebec's annual prizes in theatre) for best acting performance.

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