Acting
Nana de Varennes
Born — Died
1887-12-02 — 1981-07-01
Place of birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known for
Acting
Credits
13 titles
Nana de Varennes, the renowned Canadian actress, was born on February 21, 1887, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada, and lived until July 1, 1981, leaving behind a legacy in films like Le gros Bill and Les lumières de ma ville.
Known for
8.0One night from which arise enigmatic corpses, police who understand nothing, improbable witnesses. Mysteries and inconsistencies are added to each other.
Une Nuit en Amérique
1975
8.0Images of love and freedom personified by a man who like to travel, a man who has made a profession of doing nothing and who constantly comes up against the structures of a society he rejects.
Ti-coeur
1969
9.0A beautiful country girl and a seductive nightclub singer vie for the same good-looking man.
Les lumières de ma ville
1950
4.0A restless woman seems unable to leave her husband or her lover.
Child Under a Leaf
1974
3.3A priest and nun, haunted by physical longings, leave their respective callings. Even after their desires are fulfilled they experience crisis of faith.
Virgin Lovers
1970
5.4A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
Little Aurore's Tragedy
1952
Film credits
1970s · 5 titles
8.0One night from which arise enigmatic corpses, police who understand nothing, improbable witnesses. Mysteries and inconsistencies are added to each other.
Une Nuit en Amérique
1975
4.0A restless woman seems unable to leave her husband or her lover.
Child Under a Leaf
1974
3.3A priest and nun, haunted by physical longings, leave their respective callings. Even after their desires are fulfilled they experience crisis of faith.
Virgin Lovers
1970
7.0This movie tells the story of a father, a mother and their young boy who, to get out of misery, leave the village where they live to try their luck in Montreal.
Mon enfance à Montréal
1971
7.0Rosaire and Alex would do anything to seduce girls, but they are broke. In an attempt to escape their problem, they become willing to do anything to make some money.
Master Cats
1971
1960s · 2 titles
8.0Images of love and freedom personified by a man who like to travel, a man who has made a profession of doing nothing and who constantly comes up against the structures of a society he rejects.
Ti-coeur
1969
5.8A misfit desperately looking for the murderer who has just killed his wife.
Rope Around the Neck
1965
1950s · 4 titles
9.0A beautiful country girl and a seductive nightclub singer vie for the same good-looking man.
Les lumières de ma ville
1950
5.4A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
Little Aurore's Tragedy
1952
5.8The melodramatic story of a widow, Marie Paradis, as she becomes an elderly dependant. Taking charge is her daughter-in-law, the cruel and stingy Céleste. Marie answers to all the stereotypes of the traditional mother: she's generous, loving.
Mom's heart
1953
9.0Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.
The Promised Land
1959

