René Claude Simard, CM CQ, (born February 28, 1961) is a pop singer from Quebec.
He is the older brother of Nathalie Simard.
Simard was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
In 1974, René Simard was awarded the Grand Prix by Frank Sinatra at the annual Tokyo Music Festival.
In Canada, he hosted the CBC Television series, The René Simard Show, from 1977 to 1979.
Simard is also an occasional actor.
He played the henchman Stu in the 1995 film Kids of the Round Table.
Between 2006 and 2008, he hosted the television series L'heure de gloire on Radio-Canada.
Simard was formerly managed by Guy Cloutier as well as his sister Nathalie.
In 2004, Cloutier was convicted of sexually assaulting Nathalie when she was a child.
Michel Vastel's 2005 book on the case, Briser le silence (Breaking the Silence), alleged that René co-operated with Cloutier in trying to hide the assaults.
In 2005, Simard made a public statement in which he denied this.
In 1999 he briefly played the role of The Phantom in the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera (April to May 23, 1999).
He was succeeded by Paul Stanley.
Simard has been married to TV hostess Marie-Josée Taillefer since 1987.
In 2014, Simard was named a Member of the Order of Canada "or his contributions to the development of Quebec culture as a performer, host and director.
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Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National Film Board of Canada archives, director Luc Bourdon reinterprets the historical record, offering us a new and distinctive perspective on the Quiet Revolution.
A Parisian named Cartier living in Quebec City and employee of a major English Canadian insurance company is promoted to a job in Vancouver. He brings along his annoying and hyperactive Quebecquer wife and his two young kids. Rolling on a trailer van and with no knowledge of the English language, it becomes a Trans-Canadian wacky journey for the French-speaking family, and might influence Mr.Cartier to reconsider accepting this important position...
A documentary about the early career of Québec child star René Simard.