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Pauline Julien and Gilles Mathieu at the box office of La Butte à Mathieu

Black and white photo with the Butte ticket office as a backdrop. Pauline Julien is outside and Gilles Mathieu inside.

Photo : Ronald Labelle

Pauline Julien was born on May 23, 1928 in Trois-Rivières and died in Montreal on October 1, 1998. An iconic singer, songwriter and actress, she was a leading figure in Quebec’s sovereigntist and feminist movements.

In the 1950s, like Raymond Lévesque and Félix Leclerc, she learned her trade and first made a name for herself in France. In 1962 in Montreal, she presented her first album entitled Enfin… Pauline Julien.