
Janette Bertrand
Biography
Janette Bertrand (born March 25, 1925) is a Québec journalist, actress, educator, and writer. She was born in Montréal, grew up there, and studied journalism at the Université de Montréal. She began work at the Petit Journal, working there for 16 years. She next moved to radio, becoming the host of the Radio-Canada program Déjeuner en musique in the early 1950s. Bertrand married the actor Jean Lajeunesse. The couple hosted the program Jean et Janette, and then Mon mari et nous at radio station CKAC. Later, she began appearing on television for Radio-Canada, Télé-Métropole and Radio-Québec. She developed the television series Grand-Papa, L'Amour avec un Grand A, and Parler pour parler.
Filmography

Aurore: entre mythe et réalité
2025
as Self

Janette - Les jeunes et la vieille
2025
as Self - Host

À la lumière du soir
2025
as Self

Janette Bertrand : à l'aube d'être centenaire
2023
as Self

The Last Closet: Aging Gay
2023
as Self

Janette et filles
2022
as Self

Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale du Québec 2021
2021
as Self - Guest

Jukebox
2020
as Self (archive footage)

L'érotisme et le vieil âge
2017
as Self
- No poster
75e, elles se souviennent
2015
as Self

The Handyman
1980
as Mme Lamarche, mère de Thérèse

Big Red
1962
as Therese Fornet

Dubois et fils
1961

Little Aurore's Tragedy
1952
as Catherine

Montreal by Night
1947
as Colette