Jaclyn Linetsky

Jaclyn Linetsky
Born	Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (1986-01-08)January 8, 1986 Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died	September 8, 2003(2003-09-08) (aged 17) Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada
Cause of death	Traffic collision
Resting place	Kehal Israel Memorial Cemetery, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Nationality	Canadian
Education	St. George's High School, Montreal
Years active	1994–2003
Notable work	Kate's friend in Kart Racer (2003)
Television	Caillou (2000-2003; her death) Mega Babies (1999-2000) What's with Andy? (2001-2003; her death) 15/Love (2004-2006)
Parent(s)	Larry Linetsky (father) Terry Weiner (mother)
Relatives	Kelly and Derek Linetsky (sister and brother) Ell Linetsky (paternal grandfather) Eunice Linetsky (paternal grandmother) David Weiner (maternal grandfather) Jeanne Weiner (maternal mother)

Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (January 8, 1986 – September 8, 2003^[1]) was a Canadian actress who played Megan O'Connor on 15/Love and the title character on Caillou.

Early life[]

Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky was born at the Jewish General Hospital to Jewish parents, Terry (née Weiner) and Larry Linetsky. She had two siblings, Kelly and Derek.^[2] Linetsky was raised in the suburb of Hampstead in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated from St. George's School of Montreal in 2003 where she made a speech at the graduation ceremony.

Career[]

Linetsky began her career in 1994 at the age of 8 when she acted in stage productions. At age 10, she was in a radio milk advertisement. In 2000, Linetsky provided the English voice of the titular character in the animated series Caillou until her death in 2003. She also provided the voices for Bitzi in the 2002 animated series Daft Planet, Lori Mackney in What's with Andy? (2003–2004), Kit on Kit and Kaboodle, Shei-Hu, his cousin Shei-He, and a large group of other mice on Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Yukari on Tommy and Oscar, Brenda on Rotten Ralph and Meg in Mega Babies. Her other roles in voice acting included, The Kids from Room 402, Wunschpunsch, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, Pet Pals, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Jim Button and video games Alex Builds His Farm and Evolution Worlds. In 2003, Linetsky was cast in the tennis-circuit-themed dramatic series 15/Love on YTV. Her character, Megan O'Connor was mutually falling in love with co-star Vadim Schneider's character, Sebastien Dubé.

Death[]

On September 8, 2003, Linetsky and Vadim Schneider were on their way to the set of 15/Love in St. Cesaire, Quebec, in a Dodge Caravan. For unknown reasons, the Dodge Caravan went off its original trajectory around 10:20 A.M. to go through the middle band of the highway and found itself in the wrong direction on highway 10 West, the van then swerved into oncoming traffic where it then crossed the median and struck a 20-foot semi-truck head on, causing the vehicle to burst into flames.

Schneider was killed instantly following the collision, and less than two hours after, along with the combined factors of trauma, severe injuries and burns, Linetsky went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at the Pierre Boucher Hospital in Longueuil, Quebec. She was 17 years old.

Following their deaths, the writers of 15/Love decided that Linetsky's and Schneider's characters Megan O'Connor and Sebastien Dubé would be killed off in a plane crash off the coast of the Isle of Wight, England, after a tennis tournament.

Following her death, Linetsky was replaced by Eleanor Noble as the voice of Lori Mackney in What's with Andy?, and by Annie Bovaird as the voice of Caillou.

Tributes[]

The episode of What's with Andy? entitled "Nurse Jen" was dedicated to her memory, as was the 15/Love episode entitled "Curveballs" and the Caillou film Caillou's Holiday Movie. The very last episode of 15/Love was also dedicated to her memory.

Filmography[]

Animation[]

Live-action[]

Film[]

Video games[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jaclyn Linetsky at IMDb
• Jaclyn Linetsky at Find a Grave