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]
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Red Emma | Emma Goldman | TV film |
| 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 |