Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Born: April 28, 1938
Died: December 20, 1995
in St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.
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Madge Dorita Sinclair (28 April 1938 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican American character actress.

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Title: Me and the Boys
Released: September 20, 1994
Type: TV
Me and the Boys is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 20, 1994 until February 28, 1995. The series features comedian Steve Harvey, who also served as a writer, in his first starring role. The series was created by Bob Myer, Rob Dames and Lenny Ripps, and produced by a.k.a. Productions and Bob Myer Productions in association with ABC Productions.
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The Lion King
Title: The Lion King
Character: Sarabi (voice)
Released: June 24, 1994
Type: Movie
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 philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?
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The Man with Three Wives
Title: The Man with Three Wives
Character: Margaret
Released: March 28, 1993
Type: Movie
A married doctor marries two other women and juggles a life with three wives.
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Title: Alex Haley's Queen
Character: Dora
Released: February 14, 1993
Type: TV
Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.
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Title: Pros and Cons
Character: Josephine
Released: September 26, 1991
Type: TV
Pros and Cons is an American television series . It is a revamped version of Gabriel's Fire, which aired on ABC the previous season.
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Title: The Orchid House
Character: Lally
Released: February 21, 1991
Type: TV
A white, plantation owning family in Dominica waits for the return of the patriarch from WWI, but things change when he does. Its focus on the declining power of the white plantocracy on the island of Dominica between the war years, handled through the prism of an intimate family drama, has great depth while remaining accessible. The series was shot in its entirety in Dominica.
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The End of Innocence
Title: The End of Innocence
Character: Nurse Bowlin
Released: December 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
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Title: Gabriel's Fire
Character: Empress Josephine
Released: September 12, 1990
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Dream On
Released: July 8, 1990
Type: TV
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Lucille
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Title: Roseanne
Released: October 18, 1988
Type: TV
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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Coming to America
Title: Coming to America
Character: Queen Aoleon
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
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 prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Captain Silva La Forge
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Title: Ohara
Released: January 17, 1987
Type: TV
Ohara is an American television series starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Title: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Character: Saratoga Captain (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1986
Type: Movie
It's the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk, pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien as anything they've ever encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy. A thrilling, action-packed Star Trek adventure!
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Jessica Rollins
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Title: Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Character: Miss Tomas
Released: March 7, 1984
Type: Movie
13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
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I Love Liberty
Title: I Love Liberty
Character: Self
Released: March 21, 1982
Type: Movie
An all-star variety special saluting America.
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Victims
Title: Victims
Character: Sgt. Ashcroft
Released: January 11, 1982
Type: Movie
A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.
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Title: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Character: Mrs. Jefferson
Released: April 15, 1980
Type: TV
The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
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Jimmy B. & Andre
Title: Jimmy B. & Andre
Character: Andre's Mother
Released: March 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Real-life story detailing the relationship between a popular Detroit restaurant owner and a young black youngster whom he tries to adopt.
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High Ice
Title: High Ice
Character: Dr. Pittman
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge.
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Title: Trapper John, M.D.
Character: Ernestine Shoop, R. N.
Released: September 23, 1979
Type: TV
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 on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Character: Miss Flowers
Released: April 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
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Title: The White Shadow
Character: Louelia Judd
Released: November 27, 1978
Type: TV
The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Title: One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Character: Georgia LeFlore
Released: September 26, 1978
Type: Movie
The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery conviction to his ultimate once-in-a-lifetime chance with the Detroit Tigers, where he became an outstanding baseball player.
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Title: Grandpa Goes to Washington
Released: September 7, 1978
Type: TV
A grouchy, retired political-science professor gets elected to the U.S. Senate, where his no-nonsense style clashes with the establishment.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Widow Woman
Released: June 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.
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Uncle Joe Shannon
Title: Uncle Joe Shannon
Character: Margaret
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.
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Title: Roots
Character: Bell Reynolds
Released: January 23, 1977
Type: TV
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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Leadbelly
Title: Leadbelly
Character: Miss Eula
Released: May 28, 1976
Type: Movie
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
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Almos' a Man
Title: Almos' a Man
Character: Essie
Released: April 5, 1976
Type: Movie
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.
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I Will, I Will...For Now
Title: I Will, I Will...For Now
Character: Dr. Williams
Released: February 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Les Bingham takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie has a new love in life. What he doesn't know is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer. When Katie's sister Sally arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction.
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Title: Joe Forrester
Released: September 9, 1975
Type: TV
Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Cornbread, Earl and Me
Title: Cornbread, Earl and Me
Character: Leona Hamilton
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
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Conrack
Title: Conrack
Character: Mrs. Scott
Released: March 27, 1974
Type: Movie
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
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I Love You...Good-bye
Title: I Love You...Good-bye
Character: Salesgirl
Released: February 12, 1974
Type: Movie
A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.
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Title: The Waltons
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Title: The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Character: Tituba
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.