Estelle Mauffette (October 6, 1904 – March 12, 1984) was a Canadian actress and comedian. She was the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon. She was the sister of the radio host Guy Mauffette.
Early life
Mauffette was born in Montreal in 1904 to parents Léontine Lavigne Mauffette.[1] She came from a talented family. Her cousin Thérèse Renaud became a famous Canadian actress and her brother, Guy Mauffette, was a radio host.[2] She encouraged her brother to join the Conservatoire d'art dramatique.[3]
Hector Charland and Estelle Mauffette
Career
Mauffette began to study drama with Jeanne Maubourg before attempting a career in radio broadcasting.[4] Mauffette's radio career began at the radio program "Pour vous plaire" in 1931.[5] From 1932 to 1933, Mauffette, her brother, and Hector Charland appeared in The Old Storyteller.[6] As she was well liked, she became the first actress to portray the role of Donalda in the show Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.[4] The first episode was aired on September 11, 1939 and ran on Radio-Canada from 1939 to 1962.[7][8] In 1942, she was named Miss Radio.[9] She was also part of the television series La Famille Plouffe.[10]
Following a paralytic attack in October 1956, she decided to retire.[5] She eventually died in 1984.[11] After her death, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, a municipality in Quebec, named a street in her honour.[12]
^"Estelle Maufette". genealogieplanete.com (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^"TIGER: encore du travail à faire". lescoulissesdusport.ca (in French). Retrieved October 7, 2019. En 1984, décès de la comédienne ESTELLE MAUFFETTE, alias Donalda Laloge
