Overview
- Her children confirmed the news on Facebook, saying she died in her sleep at age 96 on Dec. 9.
- Picard voiced Marge Simpson in Quebec’s French dub for 33 years, spanning the show’s first 34 seasons, and also dubbed The Simpsons Movie in 2007.
- She was a fixture at Montreal’s Duceppe Theatre, appearing in 41 productions, with credits that included Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Death of a Salesman.
- An early television standout, she played Angelina Desmarais in the télé-roman Le survenant and later appeared in popular Quebec comedies such as Symphorien.
- Public tributes included a message from Quebec Premier François Legault, as admirers highlighted her 2012 Officer of the National Order of Quebec honor and her role in the Oscar-nominated short Marguerite.