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Maria Monk

Maria Monk, (b at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué 1817 to Scottish parents; d half-mad in the prison on Blackwell's I [Welfare I] 1849), author of The Awful Disclosures of the Hôtel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal.
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Maria Morris Miller

Maria Frances Ann Morris Miller, botanical artist, teacher, poet (born 1813 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia; died 1875 in Halifax, Nova Scotia). Maria Morris Miller was the first Nova Scotian woman to gain recognition as a professional artist. Miller published four series of botanical lithographs from 1840 to 1867 and created some of the earliest botanical sketches in Canada. Miller’s work received international praise; Queen Victoria granted her royal patronage, after Miller gifted certain illustrations to her Majesty. A collection of Miller’s works was also displayed at the International Paris Exposition in 1867.
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Maria Pellegrini

Pellegrini, Maria (Anna) Maria Pellegrini. Soprano, b Pretoro, Italy, 15 Jul 1943, naturalized Canadian 1965. Emigrating to Canada in 1958, she studied 1960-4 with Ernesto Vinci at the RCMT, then in London with Joe Macko. She sang with the COC first (1963) as the High Priestess in Aida, then (1965, her debut in a major role) as Gilda in Rigoletto. Further COC roles have included Nedda in I Pagliacci (1966), Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly (1971...
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Marian Engel

Marian Engel (née Passmore), OC, writer (born 24 May 1933 in Toronto, ON; died 16 February 1985 in Toronto, ON).
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Marian Grudeff

Marian (b Marion) Grudeff. Pianist, composer, teacher, b Toronto, of Bulgarian parents, 18 Apr 1927, d Toronto 4 Nov 2006.
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Marian Mildred Dale Scott

Marian Mildred Dale Scott, painter (b at Montréal 26 June 1906; d at Montreal 28 Nov 1993). For 50 years Scott experimented with fresh art forms, reaching for symmetry, often through repetition of small abstract forms.
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Mariana Paunova

Mariana Paunova. Contralto, pianist, b Kapinovo, Bulgaria, 13 Jun 1951, naturalized Canadian 1975, d Port Jefferson, New York, 27 Jul 2002; diploma (State Music School, Sofia, Bulgaria) 1967, M MUS piano (Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome) 1970, lauréat (Académie de musique du Québec) 1971.
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Marianas Trench

Vancouver pop-rock quartet Marianas Trench burst onto the Canadian music scene in 2006 with the hit singles “Say Anything” and “Shake Tramp” from their debut album, Fix Me.
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Maribeth Solomon

Maribeth Solomon, composer, arranger, flutist (born 23 June 1950 in Toronto, ON).
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Marie-Aimée Varro

Marie-Aimée Varro (b Warrot). Pianist, b Brunoy, near Paris, 18 Feb 1915, naturalized Canadian 1960, d Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 14 Sep 1971. A 1930 graduate of the Paris Cons, she studied with Alfred Cortot and Robert Casadesus and later with Emil von Sauer in Vienna.
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Marie Bottrell

Marie Bottrell. Singer, songwriter, b London, Ont, 1961. She wrote songs as a child and sang with her brother, sister and sister-in-law in the Whitestone Country Band, in her early teens. At 17 she began recording for the Mercey Brothers' MBS label.
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Marie Brassard

Marie Brassard, actor, playwright (b at Trois-Rivières 11 Aug 1959).
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Marie Chouinard

Marie Chouinard, OC, dancer, choreographer, director (born 14 May 1955 in Québec City, QC).
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Marie-Claire Blais

Marie-Claire Blais, CC, OC, MSRC, novelist, dramatist and poet (born 5 October 1939 in Quebec City, QC; died 30 November 2021 in Key West, Florida). Among the best known and most studied of Canadian authors, she has close to 50 works to her name. A proud activist in support of the francophonie, she explores violence, rebellion and hate, and other themes through her work.
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Marie-Claire Séguin

Marie-Claire Séguin. Singer-songwriter, b Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal) 27 Mar 1952. She started her career with her twin brother Richard Séguin. Her first solo record, Marie-Claire Séguin (1978, CBS PFS-90452), was followed by a tour in Quebec.
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