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, and receiving a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for The Amateur.
Jaffe also was in the cast of the original production of One Night Stand at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.
In 1977, Jaffe's acting in Red Emma brought her a nomination for an ACTRA Award for the best acting performance in TV.
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.
Jaffe also worked in the administrative dimension of entertainment, including being executive director of Vancouver's New Play Festival and Playwrights Theatre Centre.
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
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
- "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
- Hicks, Wessely (20 August 1977). "Who Needs Al Pacino?". The Gazette. Canada, Montreal. p. 56. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "The ACTRA Awards". Edmonton Journal. Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. 7 April 1977. p. 108. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "'Editor by day, killer by night'". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1986.
- 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.
- "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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