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Kim Yaroshevskaya

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Kim Yaroshevskaya
CM
Ким Ярошевская
Born(1923-10-01)1 October 1923
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died12 January 2025(2025-01-12) (aged 101)
Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress
Known for

Kim Yaroshevskaya CM (1 October 1923 – 12 January 2025) was a Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as Fanfreluche and Passe-Partout in the 1970s,[1] she also had a starring role in the English Canadian drama series Home Fires in the early 1980s.[2]

Background

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Born in Moscow, Soviet Union, Kim Yaroshevskaya (her forename is actually the acronym of the International Communist Youth organization in Russian, KIM)[3] emigrated to Quebec at age ten with her family.[4] In the 1950s, she was a founding member of the Quebec theatre collective Théâtre Le Grenier, with whom she created Fanfreluche.[5]

Career

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Her other film and television roles included A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Anne Trister, Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu), The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) and L'Amour avec un Grand A. Her stage roles included productions of Aristophanes' Lysistrata,[6] Samuel Beckett's Play,[7] Jean-Pierre Ronfard's Le Grand théâtre du monde,[8] Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca[9] and Ted Galay's After Baba's Funeral and Sweet and Sour Pickles.[10]

In later years, she published several works of children's literature, including La Petite Kim (Little Kim's Doll),[11] Contes de fanfreluche, tome 1 : Connaissez-vous le petit chaperon bleu et petit chaperon jaune? and Contes d'humour et de sagesse. In November 2017, Yaroshevskaya, then aged 94, released her biography, Mon voyage en Amérique.[12]

Honours

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Yaroshevskaya was nominated for an ACTRA Award in 1981 for her role in Home Fires.[13] She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 1991,[5] and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

In 2017 she was appointed to the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec.[14]

Personal life and death

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On 1 October 2023, Yaroshevskaya celebrated her 100th birthday.[15] She died on 12 January 2025 at the age of 101 following a fall.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Immigrants take the stage to relate their success stories". The Gazette, 12 April 1991.
  2. ^ Wayne Grady, "We'll Keep a Welcome". TV Guide Canada, 8 November 1980.
  3. ^ Profile, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Accessed 8 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Une Moscovite bien de chez nous!" Photo-Journal, 17 November 1962.
  5. ^ a b Yves Piché-Simard, "Kim Yaroshevskaya". The Canadian Encyclopedia, October 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Lvsistrata as musical comedy". The Globe and Mail, 4 June 1969.
  7. ^ "Mechanical means are Beckett's downfall". The Globe and Mail, 8 May 1975.
  8. ^ "Spanish influences remarkable in ambitious Ronfard production". The Gazette, 17 January 1989.
  9. ^ "La Chemin de la Mecque is superb, searing Fugard". The Gazette, 27 January 1990.
  10. ^ "Galay's double offering a single delight". The Globe and Mail, 5 February 1981.
  11. ^ "Yaroshevskaya, K., & McDougall, C. (1999, Dec 10). Little kim's doll". CM : An Electronic Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People, 6.
  12. ^ "Kim Yaroshevskaya dans l’oeil de la mémoire". Le Devoir, 18 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Nominees announced for ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail, 13 March 1981.
  14. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Kim Yaroshevskaya nous a quittés". Films du Québec, January 13, 2025.
  15. ^ Pierre MacDuff, "Merci, madame Yaroshevskaya". Le Devoir, 30 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Quebec children's show actor and author Kim Yaroshevskaya, dead at 101". CBC News. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Kim Yaroshevskaya n'est plus". Le Devoir. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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