# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-lafontaine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:25:35.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-lafontaine"
name: "Rita Lafontaine"
slug: "rita-lafontaine"
description: "Rita Lafontaine was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an \"indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television\". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011."
tagline: "Canadian actress (1939–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rita_Lafontaine.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-06-08"
deathDate: "2016-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43
  momentum:             16.37096774193548
  historical:           6.343485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480978/"
    handle:    "nm0480978"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ریٹا لافونٹین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Lafontaine"
    title: "Rita Lafontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Lafontaine"
    title: "Rita Lafontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%83%80_%EB%9D%BC%ED%90%81%ED%85%90"
    title: "리타 라퐁텐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Лафонтен, Рита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Lafontaine"
    title: "Rita Lafontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3433244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/553894"
    title: "Rita Lafontaine"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump