Jaclyn Linetsky

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Jaclyn Linetsky
Born	Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky January 8, 1986(1986-01-08) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	September 8, 2003 (aged 17) (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 the title character in the preschool animated series Caillou 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.

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 death.

[edit] References

Allison Lawlor. "Jaclyn Linetsky: Montreal teen was the voice of Caillou", The Globe and Mail, September 16, 2003, p. R7.
Young Jewish actress meets tragic end.