Jean Lajeunesse

Acting

Jean Lajeunesse

Born July 17, 1921 · Montréal, Québec, Canada

Died September 26, 1991 · aged 70

Jean Lajeunesse (July 17, 1921 - September 26, 1991) was an actor and writer known for Whispering City (1947), Réjeanne Padovani (1973) and Les brûlés (1959). He was married to Janette Bertrand from 1947 to 1981.

Known For

Tadpole and the WhaleTadpole and the Whale · 1988
Tadpole and the Whale
★ 6.11988
MovieAdventureFamily
The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.
The Crime of Ovide PlouffeThe Crime of Ovide Plouffe · 1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
★ 6.01984
MovieCrimeDrama
Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background and surrounding can't let him love another woman or divorce from his wife. So Ovide finishes with Marie and plans a trip with Rita hoping for reconciliation. At the last instant he announces to Rita that he can't make the trip. She goes alone. The plane explodes, and Ovide is suspected and arrested for this horrible crime.
Whispering CityWhispering City · 1947
Whispering City
★ 4.81947
MovieDramaThriller
After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was actually murdered. Before long the reporter finds herself in a web of corruption, mental illness and murder.
Pousse, mais pousse égalPousse, mais pousse égal · 1975
Pousse, mais pousse égal
★ 10.01975
MovieComedy
Conrad is a notorious clumsy person who is struggling to keep his jobs. Luckily, blonde Gisèle, who is madly in love with him, manages to find him a job as a nurse at the very place where his father, Dr. Gagnon, works.
Aurore: entre mythe et réalitéAurore: entre mythe et réalité · 2025
Aurore: entre mythe et réalité
★ 8.02025
MovieDocumentary
The tragic story of little Aurore Gagnon has left its mark on the collective imagination of Québec. This documentary revisits the myth, which still resonates today.
Little Aurore's TragedyLittle Aurore's Tragedy · 1952
Little Aurore's Tragedy
★ 5.41952
MovieDramaHorror
A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
C'est jeune et ça sait tout !C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! · 1974
C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
★ 3.21974
MovieComedy
When Charles Le Braque learns that his boss' 17 years old daughter is pregnant, he fears that his 16 years old nice Joel from France, who's spending her vacation with them in Canada, might fall into the same trap. So he and his wife decide to give her the lecture of plants and bees... but it turns out that she's already well informed, gives them a lecture about simultaneous orgasms. She inspires the sexually repressed couple to start experimenting with "modern" forms of sex.
Dubois et filsDubois et fils · 1961
Dubois et fils
★ 10.01961
MovieDrama
A health problem causes a business leader to think about what will happen to his company after his death.

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