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- Hélène Baillargeon
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- August 28, 1916
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- Virgo
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- 🇨🇦 Canada
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- Actress
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Biography
Hélène Baillargeon is 109 years old, an actress, from Canada.
Hélène Baillargeon (1916–1997) was a Canadian singer, actor, and folklorist probably best known as the host of the CBC Television show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973. She was born in Saint-Martin, Quebec, on 28 August 1916 and studied singing in Quebec City and New York City and then in Montreal with Alfred La Liberté. She went on to work as a researcher with Marius Barbeau at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa (later the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau).
In 1944, Baillargeon married André Côté, a Crown attorney in Montreal. She performed and hosted shows on CBC Radio and Television such as Le réveil rural (1951–1955), Songs de chez nous (1952–1955), and Cap aux sorciers (1955–1958). Baillargeon was named to the Order of Canada in 1973.
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