Hébert, Paul, 1924-2017

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found: Internet movie database, Apr. 8, 2007(Paul Hébert; b. 28 May 1924, Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada; actor)

found: Montreal gazette, 21 April 2017, online, viewed 15 May 2017(theatre icon Paul Hébert died at a hospital in Quebec City, age 92; born in 1924 in Thetford Mine; studied at the Collège de Lévis and Université Laval, and received a scholarship from the Arts Council of Great Britain to work at the Old Vic Theatre in London from 1949 to 1952; performed in theatre until 2002, as well as managing companies, acting as artistic director, teaching, and founding six Quebec theatres; appeared in television shows from 1953 until 2005 and also appeared on film; awarded the Order of Canada in 1987 and made a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec in 1994)

found: Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 15 May 2017(Paul Hébert, O.C., C.Q., B.A., D.h.c.; Île d'Orléans, Quebec; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on June 29, 1987, invested on October 28, 1987; "Grand Old Man" of the theatre, his fame extends to the cinema and television and he has served the Quebec arts community admirably as a comedian, producer, theatre founder and director. A former Director of the Conservatories of Dramatic Art in Montreal and Quêbec City and of the Théâtre du Trident de la Vieille Capitale, he is also the founder of the Théâtre Paul-Hébert in St-Jean, l'Île d'Orléans; deceased on April 21, 2017)

found: International movie database, 15 May 2017(Paul Hébert; born May 28, 1924, in Thetford Mines, Québec; died, April 20, 2017 in Quebec City, Québec; filmography, actor (58 credits, 1954-2010))