Cynthia Dale

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Cynthia Dale
Born
Cynthia Ciurluini

(1960-08-11) 11 August 1960 (age 65)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Michael Power/St. Joseph High School
Occupation
  • Actress
Known forOlivia Novak in Street Legal
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children1
Relatives Jennifer Dale (Sister)

Cynthia Ciurluini, known professionally as Cynthia Dale, is a Canadian television actress and stage performer. She is best known for her role as lawyer Olivia Novak in the television drama Street Legal. [1]

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Biography

Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 11 August 1960 and attended Michael Power/St. Joseph High School. She is the sister of Canadian actress Jennifer Dale and entered the acting world in 1965 after accompanying her sister to an audition. Dale and her sister would appear together in a CBC variety special.

In the 1970s and 1980s, she appeared in a number of movies and stage productions. She appeared as Patty in the 1981 Canadian slasher film, My Bloody Valentine . She appeared in New York City in an off-Broadway play in 1987, and previously in 1983 first appeared at the Stratford Festival, where she has headlined several shows (mostly musicals) in the 2000s. She starred in the 1985 movie Heavenly Bodies , where she played the owner of an aerobics dance studio.

Since 1998, she has been married to CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge. They have one child, Will.

She was a member of the judging panel of the Canadian television show Triple Sensation in 2007.

She played Helen Bechdel in the Musical Stage Company's Off-Mirvish production of Fun Home at the CAA Theatre from 13 April 2018 to 20 May 2018. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 My Bloody Valentine Patty
1983 Snow UnknownShort
1984 Heavenly Bodies Samantha Blair
1986 The Boy in Blue Margaret
1987 Moonstruck Sheila
2008A Broken LifeCarla

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980-1981The Wayne & Shuster SuperspecialUnknown2 episodes: "Cyrano de Bergerac"; "The Swan Lake Murders"
1986 The Campbells Sarah Greener2 episodes: "Tales of the Canadas"; "Heaven Sent"
1987 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ElizabethEpisode: "The Liberators"
Seeing Things MarlenaEpisode, "Eye of the Beholder"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents KellyEpisode: "World's Oldest Motive"
Adderly Lisping WomanEpisode, "Midnight in Morocco"
Sadie and SonPaula MelvinTV movie
1987-1988 Night Heat Allana Pride / Gloria2 episodes: "Set for Life"; "All the King's Horses"
1988-1994 Street Legal Olivia Novak107 episodes
1989 Baby Cakes OliviaTV movie
1990 War of the Worlds TilaEpisode: "The Obelisk"
1992In the Eyes of a StrangerNancyTV movie
1995At the Midnight HourJullianTV movie
Taking the Falls Terry Lane13 episodes
Spenser: A Savage PlaceCandy SloaneTV movie
1996 The Newsroom HerselfEpisode: "Petty Tyranny"
1998 Witness to Yesterday Marie AntoinetteEpisode: "Marie Antoinette"
Thanks of a Grateful Nation Lisa TuiteTV movie
1999P.T. BarnumCharityTV movie
2001 The Pretender 2001 Agent Andrea ZaneTV movie
The Industry Susan DoyleEpisode: "Husband & Wife"
2002 Trudeau Opening HostessTV movie
2009Christmas DreamsRose LunetteTV movie
2010-2011 Baxter Belinda Nightingale3 episodes: "Audition Fever"; "Cindy and the Prince of Rock"; "Finale"
2011 The Listener Diane FeenyEpisode: "Eye of the Storm"
2014 Working the Engels Lytton SchultzEpisode: "Family Therapy"
2019 Street Legal Olivia NovakRebooted version of 1988–94 series
2022 Coroner Aunt Vick2 episodes: "Blast to the Past"; "Death Goes On"
2023 Murdoch Mysteries Barbara SerranoEpisode: "Murder in F Major"

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times
  2. ↑ "Fun Home". Musical Stage Company.
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