Thérèse Cadorette

Thérèse Cadorette (1925 – 2007)[1] was a Québécois writer and actress.

A square in Montreal, Quebec, was renamed to honour her in 2016, as part of the Toponym'elles initiative.

[2] Thérèse Cadorette began her career in theatre with the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent.

She later pursued a career in television and was cast in roles for La famille Plouffe and Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut.

[3] On November 25, 2016, a local square was officially renamed Square Thérèse-Cadorette as part of Montreal's efforts to improve the representation of women in public spaces.

Thérèse Cadorette is pictured as the last person to the right in this photograph taken in 1944