| Elaine Cancilla Orbach | |
| Birth Name: | Elaine Cancilla |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress, dancer |
| Years Active: | 1959–2000s |
Elaine Cancilla Orbach (January 19, 1940 – April 1, 2009) was an American stage and musical theatre actress and dancer.
Orbach, known professionally as Elaine Cancilla, appeared on Broadway and Off Broadway in productions including: Fiorello!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Here's Love, Flora the Red Menace, Sweet Charity and Cry for Us All.
In 1979 she married actor Jerry Orbach, a star on stage and later of film and television (Law & Order).[1] They met several years earlier while appearing together in the original Broadway theatre production of the Kander & Ebb musical, Chicago. They also co-starred in a touring production of Neil Simon's play, Chapter Two.
Following his death in 2004, she petitioned to have a portion of 53rd Street at Eighth Avenue, in New York City's Theater District (and near his long-time home), renamed "Jerry Orbach Way"; it was rechristened in 2007.
She died on April 1, 2009, at age 69, from pneumonia in a hospital in New York City.[1] [2]