Monique Leyrac (1928-2019) *91

Monique Leyrac was a Canadian singer and actress who popularized many songs by French-Canadian composers. Leyrac was born Monique Tremblay in Montreal, Quebec. She helped raise her siblings while her mother worked as a milliner, while educating herself by reading poetry and fiction. She studied drama with Madame Maubourg. Leyrac began her acting career on the radio in 1943, using her knowledge of music and drama. In 1965 she won the grand prize at the Sopot International Song Festival in Poland for her rendition of Gilles Vigneault's "Mon Pays". That year she also won first prize at the Festival de la Chanson at Ostende, Belgium. In 1967 she sang at Expo 67.

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