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- Birth nameMadeline Lederman
- Madeline Lee was born on May 30, 1923 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Cocoon: The Return (1988), The Savages (2007) and Big City Blues (1997). She was married to Jack Gilford. She died on April 14, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesJack Gilford(April 16, 1949 - June 2, 1990) (his death, 3 children)?(? - 1947) (divorced)
- Madeline met Jack at a political meeting for left wing causes in 1947. The couple was married in 1949 and remained together for forty years until Jack's death in 1990. Both husband and wife had left their original spouses for each other during the late 1940s.
- Both Madeline and Jack were both subpoenaed and blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. They were specifically named by choreographer Jerome Robbins during his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- A character actress from the 1970s on, her last film appearance was a bit part in the film Sex and the City (2008).
- During the 1980s she became a Broadway theater producer and casting director. She co-produced the 1982 play "The World of Sholom Aleichim" which starred husband Jack Gilford, and the 1986 Broadway musical "Rags".
- Madeline understudied Anne Bancroft in the Broadway production of "Two for the Seesaw".
- We raised three children on unemployment insurance. ML - referring to her and husband Jack Gilford's blacklisting
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