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Bujold at the 35th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, InterContinental Los Angeles, Century City, CA. 01-16-10, s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: July 1, 1942
Ethnicity: French-Canadian, as well as around 1/32 Irish
Geneviève Bujold is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films The War Is Over , King of Hearts (1966), Between Salt and Sweet Water , Isabel (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days , for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress; The Act of the Heart , The Trojan Women , Journey (1972), Kamouraska , Earthquake (1974), Incorrigible , Swashbuckler , Obsession (1976), Alex & the Gypsy , Another Man, Another Chance ; Coma (1978), Murder by Decree , The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark , Final Assignment , Monsignor (1982), Choose Me , Tightrope , Trouble in Mind , The Moderns , Dead Ringers (1988), My Friend Max , The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), The House of Yes , Last Night (1998), You Can Thank Me Later , Eye of the Beholder , Alex in Wonder , Jericho Mansions , Finding Home (2003), The Trotsky , Still Mine , The Legend of Sarila , and Chorus (2015); on the series Les Belles Histoires des pays d’en haut ; and in the made-for-tv movie The Paper Wedding .
She is the daughter of Marie-Blanche-Lauretta/Laurette, a maid, and Joseph Firmin Bujold, a bus driver. All of Geneviève’s grandparents were born in Québec. She has a son, actor and director Matt Almond, with her former husband, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist Paul Almond; and a son with her former partner, carpenter Dennis Hastings.
Geneviève’s paternal grandfather was Olivier Bujold (the son of Joseph Salomon/Solomon Bujold and Anastasie Goulet). Olivier was born in Bonaventure. Joseph was born in Bonaventure, the son of Théophile Bujold and Marie Reine Bernard. Anastasie was born in Carleton, Bonaventure, the daughter of Joseph Goulet and Colette Mius D’Entremont.
Geneviève’s paternal grandmother was Judith Lepage (the daughter of Dominique Lepage and Marie Paquet). Dominique was born in Québec, the son of Ephrem Lepage and Théotiste/Théoliste Landry. Marie was born in Québec, the daughter of Louis Pasquet Dit Lavallee/Laurent Paquet and Marie Julie Hébert.
Geneviève’s maternal grandfather was Eloi Cavanagh (the son of Joseph Cavanagh/Cavanaugh and Marie Elisabeth Poirier). Eloi was born in Bonaventure. Joseph was born in Québec, the son of Maurice Cavanagh, whose father was Irish, and whose maternal grandfather was from Vic-Fezensac, Auch, Gers, Midi-Pyrénées, France; and of Olive Hébert. Geneviève’s great-grandmother Marie was born in Bonaventure, the daughter of Olive/Olivier Poirier and Elisabeth Arbour.
Geneviève’s maternal grandmother was Catherine/Marie Marguerite Henry (the daughter of Maxime Henry and Marie Anastasie Bujold). Catherine was born in Bonaventure, to parents who were also born there. Maxime was the son of Lazare Joseph Henry and Marie Geneviève Poirier/Poirer. Geneviève’s great-grandmother Marie was the daughter of Janvier Bujold and Geneviève Arsenault.
Sources: Genealogies of Geneviève Bujold – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.geni.com