Juliette Béliveau

Juliette Béliveau
Born	October 28, 1889 Nicolet, Quebec
Died	August 26, 1975 Montreal
Occupation	Actress and Singer

Juliette Béliveau (October 28, 1889 – August 26, 1975) was a French Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She was also the heroine of a weekly comic strip published by Radiomonde from 1950 through 1954.

Born in Nicolet, Quebec, Béliveau's first public performance came at the age of ten, when she obtained a role in La Meunière performed at the Monument-National by Elzéar Roy's acting group Soirées de famille. It was here she was dubbed "la petite Sarah" by Louis-Honoré Fréchette, a reference to noted actress Sarah Bernhardt

Béliveau's second job came at age twelve, when she gained a part in La Case de l'oncle Tom which was performed by the acting company of Paul Cazeneuve at the Théâtre National. She went to study for a time at the Académie Marchand, before returning to the theatre in 1902 to play the role of Fanfan in La Famille Benoîton at Théâtre Les Nouveautés. She followed that by playing the title role in Véronica in 1903. In 1911, Béliveau took a job with the acting companies Conservatoire Lasalle and Nationascope. She married in 1916, and as a result appeared in significantly fewer performances.

In 1920, Béliveau signed with the Starr label, and recorded a variety of songs, as well as humorous skits with J. Hervey Germain, Elzéar Hamel, Alexandre Desmarteaux, Eugène Daigneault and Ovila Légaré. During the 1920s, she is believed to have starred in about one hundred plays at the Théâtre National. Her performance there in Fridolin led to Gratien Gélinas writing Fridolinades, which Béliveau would go on to co-star in with Juliette Huot.

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