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Madeleine Sherwood(1922-2016)

  • Actress
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Madeleine Sherwood in The Changeling (1980)
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Madeleine Sherwood was born on 13 November 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Changeling (1980) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). She was married to Robert Sherwood. She died on 23 April 2016 in Lac Cornu, Quebec, Canada.
BornNovember 13, 1922
DiedApril 23, 2016(93)
BornNovember 13, 1922
DiedApril 23, 2016(93)
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Known for

Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7.9
  • Mae Pollitt
  • 1958
The Changeling (1980)
The Changeling
7.1
  • Mrs. Norman(as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
  • 1980
Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
7.1
  • Miss Lucy
  • 1962
Sally Field in The Flying Nun (1967)
The Flying Nun
6.5
TV Series
  • Reverend Mother Superior Placido
  • Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido

Credits

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Actress

  • Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)
    Married... with Children
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Joanne
    • 1993
  • Silence Like Glass (1989)
    Silence Like Glass
    6.6
    • Grandmother
    • 1989
  • Shelley Winters and Patricia Neal in An Unremarkable Life (1989)
    An Unremarkable Life
    6.7
    • Louise
    • 1989
  • Haunted by Her Past (1987)
    Haunted by Her Past
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Mr. Goode
    • 1987
  • First Offender (1987)
    First Offender
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • 1987
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Emily Welles
    • 1987
  • Dynasty (1981)
    Dynasty
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Tenant
    • 1987
  • Cagney & Lacey (1981)
    Cagney & Lacey
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Miss Durst
    • 1987
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Annette O'Toole in Broken Vows (1987)
    Broken Vows
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Mrs. Chase
    • 1987
  • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
    Hotel
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Gretchen
    • 1986
  • Another World (1964)
    Another World
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Redmond
    • 1986
  • Nobody's Child (1986)
    Nobody's Child
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Nurse Rhonda
    • 1986
  • Page Fletcher in The Hitchhiker (1983)
    The Hitchhiker
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Vivian
    • 1986
  • Teachers (1984)
    Teachers
    6.1
    • Grace Wensel
    • 1984
  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Murphy
    • 1983

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The Flying Nun
The Flying Nun
Trailer 1:07
The Flying Nun

Personal details

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    • Broadway
  • Alternative names
    • Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood
  • Height
    • 5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
  • Born
    • November 13, 1922
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Died
    • April 23, 2016
    • Lac Cornu, Quebec, Canada(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Robert Sherwood1940 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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    A great believer in civil rights, working with Martin Luther King, Jr. and being a member of CORE (Congress on Racial Equality), she was blacklisted. Arrested during a freedom walk, she received a sentence of six months hard labor but evaded deportation although she remained a Canadian national and never took out United States citizenship. Her activities on behalf of the Civil Rights movement landed her in a Southern jail in 1962, a fact which forever remained a source of pride for her. She was, at one point, represented by Fred Grey, the first African American to represent a Caucasian woman in the American South.

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