American actress and dancer
Elaine Cancilla Orbach (January 19, 1940 – April 1, 2009) was an American stage and musical theatre actress and dancer.
Career.
Orbach, known professionally as Elaine Cancilla, appeared on Broadway and Off Broadway in productions including: "Fiorello!", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "Here's Love", "Flora the Red Menace", "Sweet Charity" and "Cry for Us All".
Private life.
In 1979 she married actor Jerry Orbach, a star on stage and later of film and television ("Law &amp; Order"). They met several years earlier while appearing together in the original Broadway theatre production of the Kander &amp; Ebb musical, "Chicago". They also co-starred in a touring production of Neil Simon's play, "Chapter Two".
Following his death in 2004, she petitioned to have a portion of 53rd Street at Eighth Avenue, in New York City's Theater District (and near his long-time home), renamed "Jerry Orbach Way"; it was rechristened in 2007.
Death.
She died on April 1, 2009, at age 69, from pneumonia in a hospital in New York City.
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