Artist Info: Louise Forestier

Forestier, Louise. Singer, songwriter, actress, b Shawinigan, Que, 10 Aug 1943. Though she graduated from the National Theatre School in Montreal, it was as a singer that she came to public notice in 1966 when she received the Renée Claude Trophy from Le Patriote and was named discovery of the year on the CBC TV program 'Jeunesse oblige'. The extaordinary success of the revue L'Osstidcho (1968), then of L'Osstidchomeurt (1969) with Robert Charlebois, Yvon Deschamps, and Mouffe which introduced her to a large public. [read more...]