Claudine Chatel

Claudine Chatel (born Claudine Cabay; 3 October 1951) is a Québécoise actress who had mainly worked on television soap operas before she specialized in voice dubbing.^[1] She is the daughter of actor and screenwriter Marcel Cabay [fr].^[2]

Claudine Chatel
Born	Claudine Cabay (1951-10-03) 3 October 1951 (age 73) Verviers, Belgium
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Claudine Cabay Chatel
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer
Television	Les Berger [fr] Le Clan Beaulieu [fr]
Father	Marcel Cabay [fr]
Website	Official website

Chatel published two books under the name Claudine Cabay Chatel.

Biography

Born in Verviers, Belgium, Claudine Chatel arrived in Québec with her family in 1953.^[3] She trained in drama^[4] and then began as an actress at CKVL in the radio drama Côte Vertu when she was seventeen.^[3] In 1970, she appeared for the first time on television in the soap opera Les Berger [fr] (transl. The Shepherds) presented on TVA. She played the role of Ginette Berger during the eight seasons of the programme, and continued the role in the spin-off series Le Clan Beaulieu [fr].^[3][2]

Chatel began voice dubbing in 1987 as an actress and stage director,^[5] then devoted herself almost exclusively to this field after the death of her father in 1990.^[3] She has dubbed well-known actresses^[2] like Shirley MacLaine, Barbra Streisand, Sissy Spacek and Susan Sarandon.^[4] She has also taught dubbing at the Montreal Conservatory of Dramatic Art since 1995.^[6]

Chatel published a biography of her father, Des pas dans mon mémoire (transl. Footsteps in my memory),^[7][2] in 2008, followed by a novel, L'éternité... c'est pour quand?, in 2014.^[5]

Personal life

Chatel has struggled with depression and anxiety. Her daughter encouraged her to begin therapy, and Chatel started writing about her family's history in order to move past the traumas of her past. This included the disappearance and murder of her niece, Melanie, a crime which has never been solved; the death of her parents; and two confusing and depressing years spent in the Church of Scientology.^[2]

Works

Filmography

• 1970 – Les Berger [fr] (television series): Ginette Berger
• 1978 – Le Clan Beaulieu [fr] (television series): Ginette Beaulieu
• 1981 – The Champions: narrator
• 1986 – L'Or du temps [fr] (English: The Gold of Time) (television series): Marie-Christine Vanier
• 1990 – Nathaël et la chasse au phoques (Nathaniel and the seal hunt): voices
• 2003 – Les Enfants du feu [fr] (The Children of Fire, TV series): Helgwart
• 2014 – Une nouvelle Amie (A New Friend) by François Ozon

Theatre

• 1980 – Poutoulik of Henri Deyglun at Théâtre des Marguerites^[8][9]
• 1990 – Monsieur Masure of Claude Magnier [fr] at Théâtre d'Ete le Saint-Laurent^[10]

Books

• Des pas dans ma mémoire. Publistar. 2008. p. 312. ISBN 9782895622130.^[3][2]
• Chatel, Claudine Cabay (2014). L'éternité... c'est pour quand?. p. 320. ISBN 978-2-89703-207-4.^[5]

References

1. "Page de Claudine Chatel" (in French). Doublage.qc.ca. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
2. Guibert, Manon (4 September 2013). "Claudine Cabay Chatel - Remonter le temps à la mémoire de son père" [Claudine Cabay Chatel - Going back in the memory of her father]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Quebecor. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Fiche de Claudine Cabay Chatel" [Claudine Cabay Chatel's profile] (in French). Publistar. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
4. "Membre Claudine Chatel" (in French). Quebec: Union des Artistes. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
5. "Biographie de Claudine Cabay Chatel" [Biography of Claudine Cabay Chatel] (in French). claudinechatel.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
6. "Conservatoire de Musique et d'Art Dramatique du Quebec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
7. "Des pas dans ma mémoire" [Footsteps in my memory] (in French). Publistar. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
8. "Sur Scene" (PDF). Le Devoir (in French). Le Devoir Inc. 24 July 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
9. "Sur Scene" (PDF). Le Devoir (in French). Le Devoir Inc. 2 August 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
10. "Été 90 au Québec" [Summer of 1990 in Quebec] (PDF). La Presse (in French). Montreal: Groupe Gesca. 26 May 1990. pp. 34, 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.