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Madge Sinclair(1938-1995)

  • Actress
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Madge Sinclair in Convoy (1978)
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Coming to America (1988)
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Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and moved in 1968 to New York City to be an actress.

She began modeling and later acted with the New York Shakespearean Festival and at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1974, Madge made her film debut, playing Mrs. Scott in Conrack (1974). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Bell Reynolds in the miniseries Roots (1977).

In 1982, shortly after joining the cast of Trapper John, M.D. (1979), Sinclair was diagnosed with leukemia. She continued to work, outliving the doctors' predictions by several years. On December 20, 1995, Madge Sinclair died at age 57 in Los Angeles, California, after a 13 year battle with leukemia.
BornApril 28, 1938
DiedDecember 20, 1995(57)
BornApril 28, 1938
DiedDecember 20, 1995(57)
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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John Amos and Madge Sinclair in Roots (1977)
Sandy Duncan and Madge Sinclair in Roots (1977)
Eddie Murphy and Madge Sinclair in Coming to America (1988)
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair and Paul Winfield

Known for:

Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America
7.1
  • Queen Aoleon
  • 1988
Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King
8.5
  • Sarabi(voice)
  • 1994
Gabriel's Fire (1990)
Gabriel's Fire
7.2
TV Series
  • Empress Josephine
Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Trapper John, M.D.
6.6
TV Series
  • Ernestine Shoop, R. N.

Credits

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Actress

  • Dream On (1990)
    Dream On
    • Mrs. Charles
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Me and the Boys (1994)
    Me and the Boys
    • Mary Tower
    • TV Series
    • 1994–1995
  • Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)
    The Lion King
    • Sarabi (voice)
    • 1994
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • Capt. Silva La Forge
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • The Man with Three Wives (1993)
    The Man with Three Wives
    • Margaret
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
  • Ann-Margret, Danny Glover, Martin Sheen, and Halle Berry in Queen (1993)
    Queen
    • Dora
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1993
  • JoBeth Williams and Chris Burke in Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992)
    Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
    • Faye Lincoln
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
    • Lucille
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • L.A. Law (1986)
    L.A. Law
    • Jessica Rollins
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • James Earl Jones and Richard Crenna in Pros and Cons (1991)
    Pros and Cons
    • Josephine Austin
    • TV Series
    • 1991–1992
  • Gabriel's Fire (1990)
    Gabriel's Fire
    • Empress Josephine
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1991
  • Elizabeth Hurley, Frances Barber, Kate Buffery, Diana Quick, and Nigel Terry in The Orchid House (1991)
    The Orchid House
    • Lally
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1991
  • Dyan Cannon and John Heard in The End of Innocence (1990)
    The End of Innocence
    • Nurse Bowlin
    • 1990
  • Jahary Bennett, Claude Brooks, Trent Cameron, Penny Johnson Jerald, Darryl Sivad, and Billy Dee Willis in Homeroom (1989)
    Homeroom
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Gary Cole and Wendy Kilbourne in Midnight Caller (1988)
    Midnight Caller
    • Ida May
    • TV Series
    • 1989

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Cornbread, Earl And Me
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Cornbread, Earl And Me

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • April 28, 1938
    • Kingston, Jamaica
  • Died
    • December 20, 1995
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(leukemia)
  • Spouses
      Dean ComptonAugust 18, 1982 - December 20, 1995 (her death)
  • Parents
      Herbert Walters

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    Co-starred with James Earl Jones five times, twice playing Queen to his King -- in Coming to America (1988), then in The Lion King (1994).

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