Late actors Maury Chaykin, Tracy Wright win ACTRA Toronto Awards
Posted February 25, 2011 10:51 pm.
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TORONTO – Late actors Maury Chaykin and Tracy Wright were among the winners at Friday night’s ACTRA Awards in Toronto.
The Toronto chapter of the Canadian performers union honoured Chaykin with the best actor award for his role on the Winnipeg comedy series “Less Than Kind.”
The best actress award went to both Wright and Molly Parker for Bruce McDonald’s rock ‘n’ roll film, “Trigger.”
Wright, who died last June in Toronto of cancer at age 50, is also up against Parker for best actress at this year’s Genie Awards, set for March 10 in Ottawa.
Chaykin died in Toronto last July at age 61.
Other winners at the ninth annual ACTRA Awards included comedian Sean Cullen, who was honoured for his voice work on the animated TV series “Jimmy Two-Shoes.”
Stage star Fiona Reid received the Award of Excellence.
ACTRA Toronto represents over 15,000 of Canada’s 21,000 professional performers working in English-Canada.
