Jaclyn Linetsky
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| Jaclyn Linetsky | |
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| Born | Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky January 8, 1986  Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 8, 2003 (aged 17) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Years active | 1994-2003 |
Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (January 8, 1986 – September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress. She was 5' 6" (1.68 m).
Linetsky was born and raised in a Jewish family in Montreal. Until her death, she lived in a Montreal suburb called Hampstead.
Linetsky dubbed the English voice for Caillou in the preschool animated series of the same name between 2000 and 2002. She also provided the voices for Bitzi in the 2002 animated series Daft Planet, Lori Mackney in What's With Andy? (2003-2004), and Meg in Mega Babies.
Her other roles in voice acting included Kit and Kaboodle, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, The Kids from Room 402, Wunschpunsch, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, Pet Pals, Tommy and Oscar, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Jim Button and popular videogames Alex Builds His Farm and Evolution Worlds.
She was among the class of 2003 from St. George's High School, Montreal, and spoke at the graduation ceremony.
In 2003, Linetsky was cast in a tennis-circuit themed dramatic show called 15/Love, for air on YTV. Her character was mutually falling in love with co-star Vadim Schneider's character. In an automobile accident near Montréal, Quebec, Canada both Linetsky and Schneider were killed while driving to the filming of an episode of 15/Love. Their vehicle, a rental minivan, lost control and collided with oncoming traffic. The death of the actors were put into the storyline with Megan and Sebastian being killed in a plane crash while on their way to a tournament, eveyone onboard was killed. Jaclyn and Vadim were only in 12 episodes of 15/Love before their deaths.
[edit] References
- Allison Lawlor (September 16, 2003). "Jaclyn Linetsky: Montreal teen was the voice of Caillou". The Globe and Mail: p. R7.
- "Young Jewish actress meets tragic end". http://www.bnaibrith.ca/tribune/jt-040826-09.html.
[edit] External links
- http://www.jaclynlinetsky.com The official website in memory of Jaclyn Linetsky
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