Andrée Champagne PC CM (July 17, 1939 – June 6, 2020) was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.
[1] Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province.
In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut.
She remained active as a performer, but also became involved in cultural issues, serving on the board of directors of l'Institut québécois du cinéma and on the executive of l'Union des artistes in the early 1980s.
On August 2, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the appointment by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson of Champagne as a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada.