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Robert Charlebois

Jun 25, 1944 (80 years old) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.

Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec. Among his best known songs are Lindberg (the duo with Louise Forestier in particular), Ordinaire, Les Ailes d'un Ange and Je reviendrai à Montréal. His lyrics, often written in joual, are funny, relying upon plays on words. He won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1970.

In 1970 he sang with Italian singer Patty Pravo the Italian song La solitudine. In the same year, he performed at the Festival Express train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film.

In 1968, he had an acting role in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's film Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur). He co-starred with Terence Hill, Miou-Miou and Patrick McGoohan in the western Un genio, due compari, un pollo (A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, 1975) as Steamengine Bill. Thirty-eight years later, Charlebois had a cameo as Jean-Seb Bigstone, the French-Canadian Broadway producer, in the 2012 Gad Elmaleh/Sophie Marceau film Happiness Never Comes Alone.

The Quebec-based microbrewery Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by Sleeman Breweries in 2004 which in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006.

Source: Article "Robert Charlebois" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

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Victoires de la musique
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Amanda
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
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Happiness Never Comes Alone
Jean-Seb Bigstone
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Canadiens Nordiques - La rivalité
Self
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Bill Locomotiva
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Act of Aggression
Justin
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French Immersion
Senator Tremblay
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Gabrielle
Robert Charlebois
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The Devil's Share
Self (archive footage)

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