FrameThrower · Actors · Monique Mercure
Monique Mercure
3 films · 173 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1977–1991
Born 14 November 1930 · Montréal, Québec, Canada · died 17 May 2020
Monique Mercure, née Émond, was born 14 November 1930 in Montreal, Qc and died 16 May 2020 in Outremont, Qc. The career of this distinguished actress, among the most visible on Quebec and Canadian stages and screens, has broad international appeal. Performing some one hundred major theatre roles in French and English, her spirit, intensity and hearty laugh made a mark on several television series and award-winning films.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 173 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1977–1991
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec2010
- Companion of the Order of Canada
- Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec2015
- Prix Gascon-Roux1993
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award1993
- Prix Denise-Pelletier1993
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
How their films are shot
Measured across 173 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Monique takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Monique takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 173 frames from Monique Mercure's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.