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{{short description|Canadian actor and poet}}
[[File:Bibliotheque Marc-Favreau 005.jpg|thumb|Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau, 500, boulevard Rosemont, Montréal, a stone's throw from the Rosemont metro station.]]
'''Marc Favreau''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|CQ}} (November 9, 1929 – December 17, 2005) was a French Canadian humorist, film actor, and poet born in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. He is best known for developing and portraying the clown character [[Sol (comedian)|Sol]].

Favreau began his television career as a regular on ''[[La Boîte à surprise]]'', a long-running children's television show on [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio-Canada]].  At that time, he was teamed with another clown in an act called [[Bim et Sol]]. Favreau developed Sol's monologues into an enormously popular one-man show. Favreau then teamed up with another clown for [[Sol et Bouton]]. Finally, Favreau created, with [[Luc Durand]] a  popular television series called ''[[Sol et Gobelet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-12-16 |title=Marc Favreau, le maître des mots |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1757640/marc-favreau-sol-humoriste-comedien-archives |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}}</ref>

Later, he played numerous roles on stage and on several television series on Canadian television, such as ''[[Parlez-moi]]'', an instructional program on the French language on [[TVOntario]] in the late 1970s. Many English Canadian children got their first exposure to [[Quebec French]] through Favreau's work. He is best remembered for the witty deconstructions of the [[French language]] which he invented for Sol.

In 1995, he was appointed Knight of the National Order of Quebec and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003. He was also a member of the Order of the Francophones of America, and was married to Quebec comedian-actress Micheline Gérin who died in 2007 at age 76.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-05-25 |title=Micheline Gerin - Obituary #9665421 |url=https://www.yourfolks.com/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=YourFolks.com |language=en}}</ref>

Favreau died of cancer at [[Hôpital Notre-Dame]] in Montreal at 76 years old.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-12-18 |title=Quebec loses its 'great magician of words' |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/quebec-loses-its-great-magician-of-words-1.557646}}</ref> A library bearing his name was built on the site of the former municipal workshops at 500 Boulevard Rosemont in Montreal in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-23 |title=Ville de Montreal – La bibliothèque Marc-Favreau Ouverture en 2012 |url=http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=40,58563644&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223080407/http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=40,58563644&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |archive-date=2010-12-23 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=ville.montreal.qc.ca}}</ref> A school in the [[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] district also bears his name in homage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-17 |title=École primaire {{!}} Marc-Favreau {{!}} CSSDM |url=https://marc-favreau.cssdm.gouv.qc.ca/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=École Marc-Favreau |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Culture of Quebec]]
* [[Television of Quebec]]
* [[Cinema of Quebec]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0269464|name=Marc Favreau}}
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/quebec-loses-its-great-magician-of-words-1.557646 Marc Favreau obit at CBC News]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmpid=46539815&GRid=12758549& Marc Favreau ] at [http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find-a-Grave]

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[[Category:Canadian clowns]]
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