Madeleine Sherwood | |
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.jpg) Sherwood in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | |
| Born | Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton November 13, 1922 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 23, 2016 (aged 93) Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1933–1989 |
| Spouse |
Robert Sherwood
(m. 1940, divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Madeleine Sherwood (born Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton; November 13, 1922 – April 23, 2016) was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She portrayed 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, and starred or featured in 18 original Broadway productions including Arturo Ui, Do I Hear a Waltz? and The Crucible. In 1963 she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in Hey You, Light Man! Off-Broadway. In television, she played Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967–70).[1]
- ^ Matthews, Liam (April 25, 2016). "Actress Madeleine Sherwood Dead at 93". TV Guide. Retrieved May 7, 2018.