Chapelle Jaffe

Chapelle Jaffe is a Canadian film, television and stage actress. She is most noted for winning the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978 for the television film One Night Stand,[1] and receiving a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for The Amateur.[2]

Jaffe also was in the cast of the original production of One Night Stand at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.[3]

In 1977, Jaffe's acting in Red Emma brought her a nomination for an ACTRA Award for the best acting performance in TV.[4]

She was the editor of the first edition of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Who's Who in Canadian Film and Television directory.[5]

Jaffe also worked in the administrative dimension of entertainment, including being executive director of Vancouver's New Play Festival[6] and Playwrights Theatre Centre.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Me Kathy
1977 Who Has Seen the Wind Maggie O'Connal
1980 The Kidnapping of the President Valerie Martinelli
1981 Silence of the North The Red-Headed Lady
1981 The Amateur Gretchen
1983 The Dead Zone Nurse
1985 Terminal Choice Mrs. Dodson
1986 Confidential Amelia
1989 Millennium Council Member - Stockholm
1990 Defy Gravity Mary Fiddich
2002 Fifty-Fifty Margaret Short
2004 The Butterfly Effect Madame Helga

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1974 Performance Emma Goldman Episode "Red Emma"
1978 One Night Stand Daisy TV film
1981 The July Group Janet TV film
1983 American Playhouse Djamilla Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"
1985, 1988 Night Heat Arlene Elizabeth, Mrs. Metcalfe Episodes: "Innocents", "Forgive Me Father"
1988 Diamonds Episode: "Where There's a Will"
1988 Friday the 13th: The Series Tanya Sloane Episode: "Master of Disguise"
1988, 1990 Danger Bay Noreen Episodes: "The Only Way Down Is Up", "Looking Back"
1989 Where the Spirit Lives Miss Appleby TV film
1989–1992 E.N.G. Dr. Forbes Episodes: "Pilot: Parts 1 & 2", "Payment in Kind", "Harvest"
1991 Drop Dead Gorgeous Mrs. Lewin TV film
1991 Mark Twain and Me Sarah Hardwig TV film
1992 The Broken Cord Judy Jensen TV film
1993 Street Legal Frances Doneff Episode: "Forgiveness"
1994 Sin & Redemption Emma Simms TV film
1994 Madison Lucy Episode: "Playing Solitaire"
1995 Harrison Bergeron Head House Lady TV film
1996 A Kidnapping in the Family Judge Harpe TV film
1996 Sliders Gladys Episode: "El Sid"
1996 Reckoning Madame Durand TV film
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy Miss Clark Episode: "Doppelganger"
1998 Cold Squad Myra Fitch Episode: "Jane Klosky"
1998–99 The X-Files Dr. Patou Episodes: "The Red and the Black", "Two Fathers"
2001 Andromeda Constanza Stark Episode: "Forced Perspective"
2004 This Is Wonderland Episode: "1.6"
2004 The Grid Catherine Cross TV miniseries
2004 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye Clerk Episode: "The Actor"
2007 The Dresden Files Sister Beatrice Episode: "Rules of Engagement"
2007 Instant Star Charity Woman Episode: "Heart of Gold"
2009 Flashpoint Mrs. Hill Episode: "Perfect Storm"
2010 Lost Girl Martha Episode: "ArachnoFaebia"
2010 Being Erica Joyce Fitzpatrick Episodes: "The Rabbit Hole", "Being Adam", "Adam's Family"
2014 The Christmas Parade Wendy Thomas TV film

References

  1. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
  2. ^ "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
  3. ^ Hicks, Wessely (20 August 1977). "Who Needs Al Pacino?". The Gazette. Canada, Montreal. p. 56. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The ACTRA Awards". Edmonton Journal. Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. 7 April 1977. p. 108. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'Editor by day, killer by night'". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1986.
  6. ^ Birnie, Peter (2 May 2002). "Aaron Buskowsky leads off the 28th Vancouver New Play Festival with a fiddle". The Vancouver Sun. Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver. p. 31. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Forums This Week". The Vancouver Sun. Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver. 30 December 1999. p. 52. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.


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