Pauline Julien
Pauline Julien, , nicknamed "La Renarde", was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereignist. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964. In 1965 she hosted the CBC television series Mon pays, mes chansons. At the CBC she also collaborated and recorded with pianist Herbert Ruff, and performed on the program On Stage.
In 1970, Julien and Godin were arrested during the October Crisis and were released eight days later without charge.
In 1994, France decorated her with the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Julien was made a Chevalière de l'Ordre national du Québec.
Diagnosed with a debilitating brain disease, Julien took her own life early October 1998 in Montreal.
She was the subject of the 2018 documentary film Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political .Discography
- 1962 - Enfin Pauline Julien
- 1963 - Pauline Julien
- 1964 - Pauline Julien à la Comédie canadienne
- 1965 – Pauline Julien chante Raymond Levesque
- 1966 – Pauline Julien chante Boris Vian
- 1967 – Suite québécoise
- 1969 – Comme je crie… comme je chante…
- 1971 – Fragile
- 1972 – Au milieu de ma vie, peut-être la veille de....
- 1973 – Aller voir, vous avez des ailes
- 1974 – Licence complète
- 1975 – En scène
- 1976 – Tout ou rien
- 1978 – Les 7 péchés capitaux
- 1978 – Femmes de paroles
- 1979 – Mes amies d'filles
- 1980 – Fleur de peau
- 1984 – Où peut-on vous toucher ?
- 1993 – Pauline Julien
- 1996 – Pauline Julien
- 1997 – Brecht & Weill
- 1998 – Au temps des boîtes à chansons
- 1998 – Les années de la Butte à Mathieu
Movies
- 1964 : Fabienne sans son Jules
- 1964 : La Terre à boire : Diane
- 1967 : Entre la mer et l'eau douce : Elle-même
- 1971 : La Nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
- 1973 : La Mort d'un bûcheron : Charlotte Juillet
- 1974 : Bulldozer : Mignonne Galarneau
