Madge Sinclair
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Actress Madge Sinclair was born and raised in Jamaica. A bright and ambitious student, Sinclair excelled in speech and drama, winning several awards. She put her theatrical aspirations on hold when she married a Jamaican policeman, working for several years as a schoolteacher. In 1968, she moved to New York with her two sons in tow, hoping to launch an acting career. While opportunities were still rather limited for black performers in the late 1960s, she managed to find good, solid stage work with producer Joseph Papp, the Public Theatre and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She made her film debut as Mrs. Scott in Conrack (1974), then went on to earn an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Bell in the 1977 TV miniseries Roots. After a brief fling at series TV with the 1978 Jack Albertson sitcom Grandpa Goes to Washington, Sinclair enjoyed a six-season (1980-86) run as Nurse Ernestine Shoop on Trapper John MD. Her later weekly TV stints included Ohara (1987) and Me and the Boys (1994). Busy though she was on television, Sinclair always managed to find time for theatrical and film work (in the 1986 Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America, for example, she was seen as Eddie's royal mamma). Madge Sinclair died of leukemia at the age of 57, not long after completing work on the TV special A Century of Women.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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93% | The Lion King |
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$94.3M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | The Man with Three Wives |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | The End of Innocence |
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— | 1990 |
72% | Coming to America |
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— | 1988 |
81% | Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | High Ice |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Uncle Joe Shannon |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story |
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— | 1978 |
43% | Convoy |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Leadbelly |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Almos' a Man |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | I Will, I Will...For Now |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Cornbread, Earl and Me |
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— | 1975 |
67% | Conrack |
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— | 1974 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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76% |
Roseanne
1988-2018
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91% |
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
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82% |
Tales from the Crypt
1989-1996
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75% |
Gabriel's Fire
1990-1991
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No Score Yet |
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-1986
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78% |
Roots
1977
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No Score Yet |
All in the Family
1971-1979
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No Score Yet |
The Waltons
1972-1981
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38% |
Me and the Boys
1995
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Quotes from Madge Sinclair's Characters
Sarabi: | Your son is awake... (Talking in her sleep) |
Sarabi: | Your son is awake. [talking in her sleep] |
Mufasa: | Before sunrise, he's your son...(Talking in his sleep) |
Mufasa: | Before sunrise, he's your son. [talking in his sleep] |
Sarabi: | Then you have sentenced us to death! |
Scar: | Then so be it! |
Sarabi: | You can't do that! |
Scar: | I'm the king. I can do whatever I want. |
Sarabi: | If you were half the king Mufasa was... |
Sarabi: | If you were half the king Mufasa was. |
Scar: | (Hits Sarabi) I'm *ten* times the king Mufasa was! (Simba standing, growling, running to Sarabi) Mufasa?! No, you're dead! |
Scar: | [hits Sarabi] I'm *ten* times the king Mufasa was! [Simba standing, growling, running to Sarabi] Mufasa?! No, you're dead! |
Scar: | Sarabi!!!! |
Scar: | Sarabi! |
Sarabi: | Yes, Scar? |
Scar: | Where is your hunting party? They are not doing their jobs. |
Sarabi: | Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on. |
Scar: | No, you are just not looking hard enough! |
Sarabi: | It's over. There is nothing left. We have only one choice. We *must* leave Pride Rock. |
Scar: | We are not going anywhere! |