Cayle Vivian Chernin (December 4, 1947 – February 18, 2011) 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 the hospital on February 18, 2011, at the age of 63. 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. 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 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
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