The award-winning Canadian-American character actor Maury Chaykin was born on July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Professor Irving J. Chaykin and his wife Clarice. Irving Chaykin, an American citizen, taught accountancy at the City College of New York. The former Clarice Bloomfield, his mother, was born in Winnipeg, raised in Montreal, and educated at the Beth Israel Hospital nursing school in Newark, New Jersey. Because of his parents, Maury held dual Canadian and American citizenship. He was raised in New York City but moved to Toronto after graduating from the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he studied drama. His uncle, 'George Bloomfield' , by whom he had a daughter, Rose.
Grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Graduated from P.S. 197 on June 28, 1963.
Graduated from James Madison H.S. in June 1967.
His surname comes from the Russian word "Chayka" which means "Seagull."
His uncle is the director George Bloomfield.
He studied drama at the State University of New York in Buffalo which is now the University of Buffalo.
Was a founding member of Swampfox Theater, Buffalo NY 1968-?
After graduating from college, he moved to Toronto.
His daughter, with Susannah Hoffmann , is named Rose.
His mother, Clarice, was from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; his father, Irving, was an American. He became a Canadian citizen and had dual citizenship with Canada and the United States.
Appeared in four movies with Diane Keaton : Mrs. Soffel , Northern Lights , Plan B (2001/I) and Crossed Over , and appeared in her directorial debut Unstrung Heroes .
He is survived by his brother, Dan Chaykin of Hoboken, New Jersey; his mother, Clarice Chaykin of Manhasset, Long Island, New York; his sister, Debra Chaykin Brandwein of Roslyn, Long Island, New York; his wife, Susannah Hoffmann, and their daughter, Rose Chaykin, both of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His mother Clarice Bloomfield Chaykin (born circa 1921) died on May 21, 2012 at the age of 88. She survived him by 22 months.
