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Madge Sinclair

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Model (person) / Voice Actress | * 04/28/1938 († 57, 12/20/1995) | St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.
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Madge Dorita Sinclair CD (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's mate and Simba's mother, in the Disney animated feature film The Lion King (1994). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series for her role as "Empress" Josephine in Gabriel's Fire in 1991. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosoph ...

The Lion King

G

1994 | 4.1/5 | 1h 29min
Kids & Family, Animation, Drama
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An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prin ...

Coming to America

R

1988 | 3.4/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season. ...

Gabriel's Fire

Certification unknown

1990 | 3.1/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran o ...

Trapper John, M.D.

Certification unknown

1979 | 3.3/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Madge Sinclair

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Madge Sinclair as Actress(18)

as Sarabi, Simba's Mother (voice)1994 The Lion King
as Margaret1993 The Man with Three Wives
as Nurse Bowlin1990 The End of Innocence
as Queen Aoleon1988 Coming to America
as Saratoga Captain (uncredited)1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
as Miss Tomas1984 Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
as Dr. Pittman1980 High Ice
as Andre's Mother1980 Jimmy B. & Andre
as Miss Flowers1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Widow Woman1978 Convoy
as Margaret1978 Uncle Joe Shannon
as Georgia LeFlore1978 One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Miss Eula1976 Leadbelly
as Essie1976 Almos' a Man
as Dr. Williams1976 I Will, I Will...For Now
as Salesgirl1974 I Love You... Goodbye
as Mrs. Scott1974 Conrack
as Tituba1972 The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

TV Shows/Series with Madge Sinclair as Actress(17)

1994 Me and the Boys
as Dora1993 Alex Haley's Queen
as Josephine1991 Pros and Cons
as Lally1991 The Orchid House
1990 Dream On
as Empress Josephine1990 Gabriel's Fire
as Lucille1989 Tales from the Crypt
1988 Roseanne
as Captain Silva La Forge1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 Ohara
as Jessica Rollins1986 L.A. Law
as Mrs. Jefferson1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Ernestine Shoop, R. N.1979 Trapper John, M.D.
as Louelia Judd1978 The White Shadow
as Bell Reynolds1977 Roots
1975 Joe Forrester
1972 The Waltons

Full Name: Madge Dorita Walters
Citizenship: Jamaica
Born: Thursday, 04/28 1938 (April) in St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.
Died: Wednesday, 12/20 1995 (December) in Los Angeles (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Madge Sinclair frequently works together with these people:
LeVar Burton (6x, Actor)
Armin Shimerman (6x, Actor)
Colm Meaney (5x, Actor)
Jonathan Frakes (5x, Actor)
Denise Crosby (5x, Actress)
Steven Bochco (5x, Crew)
John Towey (5x, Actor)
Mark Tinker (5x, Crew)
Marc Alaimo (5x, Actor)
Carolyn Seymour (4x, Actress)
Patricia Tallman (4x, Actress)
Paul Benjamin (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:197245, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024