Madeleine Sherwood Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Madeleine Sherwood (born November 13, 1922) is a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She is widely known for her portrayals of Mae/Sister Woman and Miss Lucy in both the Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. She starred or featured in 18 original Broadway productions including Arturo Ui, Do I Hear a Waltz? and Invitation to a March. However, she may be best remembered as Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun from 1967-1970.
She created the role of Abigail Willliams in The Crucible by Arthur Miller at the Martin Beck theater in New York in January 1953.
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Trained for acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York and made her debut on Broadway in 1952..
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Acted in eighteen original Broadway productions.
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She was the granddaughter of the Dean of Dentistry at Montreal's McGill University.
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She was blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
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She was a great believer in civil rights, working with Martin Luther King, Jr. and being a member of CORE (Congress on Racial Equality). She was arrested during a freedom walk and received six months hard labor.
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Was at one time represented by Fred Grey, the first African American to represent a Caucasian woman in the south.
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She lost most of her hearing in the 1960s.
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She was one of the first women to direct a short film for the American Film Institute.
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She remains a Canadian citizen.
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She has one daughter, two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
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Sherwood was a frequent weekend guest of composer Richard Rodgers and wife Dorothy at their grand Fairfield County, Connecticut estate, Rockmeadow.
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Her best remembered role was as the Mother Superior in The Flying Nun (1967), and she was born in a town founded, interestingly enough, by an order of nuns.
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Talented Canadian-born actress, long resident in the U.S.A., who has acted in everything from Tennessee Williams to The Flying Nun (1967).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Madeleine's Method
2010
Short
An Unremarkable Life
1989
Louise
Silence Like Glass
1989
Grandmother
Haunted by Her Past
1987
TV Movie
Mrs. Goode
First Offender
1987
TV Movie
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
TV Series
Emily Welles
Dynasty
1987
TV Series
Tenant
Cagney & Lacey
1987
TV Series
Miss Durst
Broken Vows
1987
TV Movie
Mrs. Chase
Hotel
1986
TV Series
Gretchen
Morning Man
1986
Nobody's Child
1986
TV Movie
Nurse Rhonda
The Hitchhiker
1986
TV Series
Vivian
Teachers
1984
Grace
As the World Turns
1983
TV Series
Mrs. Murphy
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
TV Movie
2nd Doctor (as Madeline Thornton-Sherwood)
The Electric Grandmother
1982
TV Movie
Aunt Clara (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
Resurrection
1980
Ruth (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
The Changeling
1980
Mrs. Norman (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
TV Series
Mrs. Hunt
They Only Come Out at Night
1975
TV Movie
Helen St. John
The Ottawa Valley
1974
TV Short
Mother, Old Beth
Columbo
1974
TV Series
Miss Brady
Doctor Dan
1974
TV Movie
Dr. Viola Nickerson
Toma
1973
TV Series
Martha
Wicked, Wicked
1973
Lenore Karadyne
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972
TV Series
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series
Blanche (segment "Love and the Confession")
The Manhunter
1972
TV Movie
Ma Bocock
NET Playhouse
1972
TV Series
Catherine
Bonanza
1971
TV Series
Vella Owens
The Flying Nun
1967-1970
TV Series
Reverend Mother Superior Placido
Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido