Cayle Chernin Explained

Cayle Chernin
Birth Name:Cayle Vivian Chernin
Birth Date:4 December 1947
Birth Place:Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Actress, producer, writer
Years Active:1970–2011

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). She later produced award-winning documentaries, and acted in film, television and theatre; 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. 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.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970Goin' Down the RoadSelina
Love in a Four Letter WorldSam
1972Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesRaymonde
1976TracksTrain passenger
1978SidestreetOne episode
King of KensingtonOne episode
1986Baraba
1987Concrete AngelsMrs. Levinson
1991data-sort-value="Graveyard Story, The" The Graveyard StoryMiss Bloor
1992data-sort-value="Town Torn Apart, A" A Town Torn ApartGladys
1998Bernadette BelangerOne episode
2000PassengersGrandmother
2001What Makes a FamilyICU nurse
2002Not a Fish StoryRose Mattersal
2003Rhinoceros EyesWaitress
2004Queer as FolkKatherineOne episode
2005Family PracticeMom
data-sort-value="Fool, The" The Fool
LeoFlorence
Lie with Me
2006 Car Lady & Bike GirlCar Lady
2007Little Mosque on the PrairieHallowe'en momOne episode
data-sort-value="Birthday, The" The BirthdayDiana
2008data-sort-value="Princess of Selkirk Avenue, The" The Princess of Selkirk AvenueRose
Of Murder and MemoryMrs. Miller
2011Single White SpennyIdaOne episode
Down the Road AgainSelma

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The end: Cayle Vivian Chernin – 1947-2011 . Lunau . Kate . March 23, 2011 . .
  2. News: 'Goin' Down the Road' actress Cayle Chernin dead at 63 . 2011-02-20 . Canadian Press . February 20, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223112909/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110220/cayle-chernin-dead-at-63-110220 . 2011-02-23 .
  3. News: Quill. Greg. Goin' down memory lane. https://archive.today/20130131201029/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/2490947521.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+21,+2011&author=GREG+QUILL&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=E.3&desc=Goin'+down+memory+lane. dead. January 31, 2013. 2012-02-16. The Toronto Star. 2011-10-21. Toronto. E3.