Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

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Madeleine Sherwood (born Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton; November 13, 1922 – April 23, 2016) was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She was 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 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 is best known for her role of Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967–70).

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Madeleine Sherwood was born on Monday, 13 November 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her full name at birth was Madeleine Louise Helene Thornton. She was best known as an actress. Sherwood's country of citizenship (nationality) was Canadian. She died on Saturday, 23 April 2016 in Lac Cornu, Quebec, Canada at the age of 93. She is buried at Unknown. She was 5' 4½" (164 cm) tall with an average build. She had blue eyes and grey hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Scorpio.

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Madeleine Louise Helene Thornton
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Date of birth
13 November 1922
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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23 April 2016
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93 (age at death)
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Lac Cornu, Quebec, Canada
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Natural Causes
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Unknown
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Actress
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Madeleine Sherwood is known for her role in the TV series The Flying Nun (1967) as Reverend Mother Superior Placido / Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido.

She is also known for her role in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) as Miss Lucy.

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