Muriel Guilbault
Canadian actress
Muriel Guilbault (February 18, 1922 – January 3, 1952) was a Canadian actress and comedian. She was also a cosigner of the Refus Global, an artistic manifesto published in 1948, with the support of fifteen co-signers including painters Jean-Paul Riopelle, Claude Gauvreau, Pierre Gauvreau, Marcel Barbeau and Marcelle Ferron. She was the sister of actress Dyne Mousso.
References
Ferron, Jacques (16 April 1973). Du fond de mon arrière-cuisine [From the back of my kitchen] (in French). Montréal. p. 263. ISBN 978-2-89406-372-9. Retrieved 20 November 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Smart, Patricia (16 July 1998).
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