Background
Her father, Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, appeared as a reporter in the original Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Her father, Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, appeared as a reporter in the original Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Carnegie Mellon University.
She is well known for her role as Winter Austin #1 on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera The Edge of Night. She left that role because it reminded her of a past memory in which she was a victim of sexual abuse. She later joined the cast of the soap opera Ryan"s Hope.
She is the author of the book I"m Gonna Tell:..an Offbeat Tale of Survival ().
Cardille has recently starred in a short horror film called The Three, which reunited her with her Day of the Dead co-star John Amplas. In the film, Amplas and Cardille play a pair of scientists, as they did in Day.
Her daughter is actress Kate Rogal.