Renée Hudon

Renée Hudon
Born(1942-06-14)14 June 1942
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died20 September 2023(2023-09-20) (aged 81)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
EducationConservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec [fr]
Université Laval
Occupation(s)Journalist
Professor

Renée Hudon (14 June 1942 – 20 September 2023) was a Canadian radio-television journalist and academic.[1]

Her career at Télévision de Radio-Canada lasted for more than 40 years. She also worked in theatre and produced literary works. Her contributions to the French language earned her many awards and honors.

Biography

Born in Quebec City on 14 June 1942,[citation needed] Hudon attended the Conservatoire Francis-Sinval at a young age, where she learned ballet and diction. She studied dramatic art at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec [fr].[2] She then studied teaching at the Université Laval.

Career

At the age of 10, Hudon held a role in the Alfred Hitchcock movie I Confess, which was the first Hollywood movie filmed in Quebec and gave her the opportunity to visit Los Angeles in October 1952.[3] In 1962, Hudon started a career in radio and television. She first appeared on the small screen for Télé-4, a channel owned by Radio-Canada. In 1964, she married Michel Auger, with whom she had two children: Valérie and Eric. She then worked as a news reader, an interviewer, and host for multiple radio shows on cultural and public affairs for more than 40 years.[4] On television as well as radio, she directed numerous interviews with actors, directors, singers, writers, and orchestra conductors, the likes of which included Charles Aznavour, Georges Brassens, Juliette Gréco, Juliette Gréco, Yves Montand, Philippe Noiret, Charles Trenet, Jean-Louis Trintignant.[5]

In addition to her radio and television career, Hudon also worked in the field of teaching public communication. She worked as a professor at the Collège des animateurs radio télévision and the École de diction et de communication orale. In 2004, she co-founded the oral public communications training company, Renée Hudon Parole Publique with her daughter. She also taught at Université Laval.[6] In addition to teaching, she acted in several films and plays. In 2012, she was admitted to the Académie des Grands Québécois [fr].[7] Later in life, she married Sovietologist Henri Dorion [fr], the son of former Secretary of State Noël Dorion.

Renée Hudon died in Quebec City on 20 September 2023, at the age of 81.[8]

Theatre

Filmography

Literary works

  • Jeanne à jamais (2004)
  • À qui la petite fille? (2010)

Podcasts

  • Les secrets de famille de Renée Hudon (2019)[10]

References

  1. ^ Bouchard, Geneviève (21 September 2023). "L'animatrice Renée Hudon n'est plus (1942-2023)". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Renée Hudon, Directrice - Formatrice". Renée Hudon Parole Publique (in French).
  3. ^ Desjardins, Philippe (20 July 2009). "Quand Hitchcock est venu tourner à Québec". L'actualité (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Renée Hudon". Ordre national du Québec (in French).
  5. ^ "Mme Renée Hudon, Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (26 nov. 2007)". Consulate General of France in Québec (in French). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Renée Hudon". Associations femmes entrepreneures Québc (in French). Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Grands Québécois 2012" (PDF). Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2022.
  8. ^ Lavoie, Kathleen (21 September 2023). "L'animatrice Renée Hudon n'est plus". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ^ Tremblay, Mélanie (26 November 2007). "Renée Hudon reçoit les insignes de Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres". Canoe.com (in French). Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Les secrets de famille de Renée Hudon". Radio-Canada (in French).