Kim Yaroshevskaya, CM (born 1 October 1923) is 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
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.
In recent years, she has published several works of children's literature, including La Petite Kim (Little Kim's Doll),[10]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.[11]
On 1 October 2023, she celebrated her 100th birthday.[12]
^"Spanish influences remarkable in ambitious Ronfard production". The Gazette, 17 January 1989.
^"La Chemin de la Mecque is superb, searing Fugard". The Gazette, 27 January 1990.
^"Galay's double offering a single delight". The Globe and Mail, 5 February 1981.
^"Yaroshevskaya, K., & McDougall, C. (1999, Dec 10). Little kim's doll". CM : An Electronic Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People, 6.
