Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

CountryCanada Canada
GenderFemale
Birthdaynov. 13, 1922
Death2016-04-23
BiographyMadeleine 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).

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Known For

Guiding Light
Ended

Guiding Light

as Elizabeth Eiler
The Flying Nun
Ended

The Flying Nun

as Reverend Mother Superior Placido

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