Born on July 5, 1919, in Montreal , Quebec. ^[1] She was a daughter of ^[3] Amanda LaBadie (1893?1979)] and de Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (1893?1970), jurist, President of the Bar of Montreal (1952) and judge of the Superior Court of Montreal (1955?1969), follower of pleasure sailing, like his father Napoleon Charbonneau (1853?1916) , lawyer, federal deputy, then second judge of the Superior Court (1903?1916), and like his younger brother, ^[4] D J. Henri Charbonneau (1901?1975), m.d., pediatrician, infectiologist] (Jules-Henri, uncle de Jeanine), and their descendants: ^[5] Jeanine Charbonneau graduated in 1937, the year of her 18th birthday, at Villa Maria, ^[6] in the neighborhood Notre-Dame-de-Grace , one of the most reputable bilingual Catholic private colleges, then reserved for young girls. She was very interested in the adventure of the theatrical troop Les Compagnons de Saint-Laurent , founded that year.

She married Claude-Panet Beaubien (1908?1986), with whom she had 3 sons and a daughter, and known 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. ^[1] Her husband becomes vice-president of public relations and communications at Alcan ? it is to him that we owe the evenings of the Alcan Theatre to CBC Television . ^[7] She is co-founder of the Dramatic Art Society of Arvida , in Saguenay?Lac-Saint-Jean , ^[8] where the head office of the Alcan. On leaving Arvida, the family lives in Quebec City , then returns to Montreal.

She admits having had an interest in theatre since the age of four and plays sporadically (notably under the direction of Father Emile Legault ) and is a member of the executive committee of the Dramatic Art Festival of Canada. ^[7] In 1957, on Saint Helen's Island , in Montreal, she founded the International Theatre "La Poudriere" (180 seats), ^[7] to Montreal. She directed it until its closure in 1982, then publishing a book on the 25th anniversary of this multicultural institution.

She was then co-founder and active member of the Alzheimer Society of Montreal, ^[1] then judge at the Citizenship Court (1997?2002), ^[8] after having worked for the National Film Board of Canada and for 20th Century Fox , and is a member of the board of directors of Telefilm Canada (1996?2003). ^{[9] [10]}

• Jeanine Charbonneau Beaubien, La Poudriere reincarnee : 25 years of international theatre in Montreal , Les editions du Meridien. 1982; Miscellaneous, 1997, 210 p. ISBN  2-8941-5197-7 , 978-2-8941-5197-6
• Review: Michel Vais (2000). "When we played on Ile Sainte-Helene: "La Poudriere reincarnee" " . Game, Theatre Review (in French). Vol.?95, no.?2. pp.?58?62 . Retrieved March 11, 2016 .

• 1960: Member of the Royal Society of Arts of London ^[11]
• 1974: Member of the order of Canada
• 1975: Doctorate Honoris Causa from Bishop's University ^[1]
• 2004: Officiere of Ordre national du Quebec ^[8]