Cayle Chernin
Born
Cayle Vivian Chernin

(1947-12-04)December 4, 1947
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedFebruary 18, 2011(2011-02-18) (aged 63)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, producer, writer
Years active1970–2011

Cayle Vivian Chernin (December 4, 1947 – February 18, 2011)[1] was a Canadian actress, writer, and producer born in Glace Bay, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She began her career with a small, but important, role in Donald Shebib's Canadian film Goin' Down the Road (1970).[1] She later produced award-winning documentaries, and acted in film, television and theatre;[1] when she returned to acting in the 2000s, having become better known as a filmmaker she initially used the stage names Cayle-Lorraine Sinclair or Lorraine Sinclair in her acting roles, before reverting back to Cayle Chernin in the late 2000s.

Chernin had ovarian cancer which was rapidly spreading, but she died of a virus she caught in hospital on February 18, 2011, at the age of 63.[2] Diagnosed in June 2010, she filmed a sequel to Goin' Down the Road titled Down the Road Again, in October 2010.[1] The film was theatrically released posthumously in October 2011.[3] Co-star Jayne Eastwood stated that Chernin put off cancer treatment in order to complete the film. Contrary to Eastwood's quote, when Cayle Chernin was diagnosed, she rejected chemotherapy, embarking on alternative cancer treatments during the course of her illness. Chernin resided in Toronto, Ontario at the time of her death.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Goin' Down the Road Selina
Love in a Four Letter World Sam
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Raymonde
1976 Tracks Train passenger
1978 Sidestreet One episode
King of Kensington One episode
1986 Baraba
1987 Concrete Angels Mrs. Levinson
1991 The Graveyard Story Miss Bloor
1992 A Town Torn Apart Gladys
1998 Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science Bernadette Belanger One episode
2000 Passengers Grandmother
2001 What Makes a Family ICU nurse
2002 Not a Fish Story Rose Mattersal
2003 Rhinoceros Eyes Waitress
2004 Queer as Folk Katherine One episode
2005 Family Practice Mom
The Fool
Leo Florence
Lie with Me
2006 Car Lady & Bike Girl Car Lady
2007 Little Mosque on the Prairie Hallowe'en mom One episode
The Birthday Diana
2008 The Princess of Selkirk Avenue Rose
Of Murder and Memory Mrs. Miller
2011 Single White Spenny Ida One episode
Down the Road Again Selma

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lunau, Kate (March 23, 2011). "The end: Cayle Vivian Chernin – 1947-2011". Maclean's.
  2. 1 2 "'Goin' Down the Road' actress Cayle Chernin dead at 63". Canadian Press. February 20, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  3. ↑ Quill, Greg (2011-10-21). "Goin' down memory lane". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. E3. Retrieved 2012-02-16.


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