Madge Sinclair

Infobox actor
name = Madge Sinclair


birthname = Madge Dorita Walters
birthdate = birth date|1938|04|28|df=y
birthplace = Kingston, Jamaica
deathdate = death date and age|1995|12|20|1938|04|28|df=y
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, USA
yearsactive = 1960s-1995
spouse = Dean Compton (1982-1995)
Royston Sinclair (div. 1969)
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
1991 "Gabriel's Fire"

Madge Dorita Sinclair( 28 April 1938 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican American character actress.

Biography

Early years

Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters in Kingston, Jamaica, to Herbert and Jemima Walters. She was a teacher in Jamaica until 1968 when she left for New York to pursue her career in acting.

Career

Sinclair received an Emmy Award nomination for her role as Belle in the miniseries "Roots". She went on to a long-running stint in the 1980s as nurse Ernestine Shoop on the series "Trapper John, M.D." opposite Pernell Roberts. She received three Emmy nominations for her work on the show, and critic Donald Bogle praised her for "maintaining her composure and assurance no matter what the script imposed on her."

In 1988, Sinclair played Queen Aoleon opposite James Earl Jones' King Jaffe Joffer in the Eddie Murphy comedy "Coming to America". Later, she would reteam with Jones as King and Queen for the role of Sarabi, Simba’s mother, in the blockbuster Disney animated film "The Lion King" (1994). The film became one of the best selling titles ever on home video. The two also collaborated on the series "Gabriel's Fire", which earned Sinclair an Emmy in 1991 for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series. In 1994, Sinclair also played a supporting role in the short-lived ABC-TV sitcom Me and the Boys, which starred Steve Harvey.

Sinclair, in her brief role as the captain of the USS "Saratoga" in ', was the first female starship captain to appear in "Star Trek". Years later, she played Geordi La Forge's mother, captain of the USS "Hera", in ''s "".

A capable and versatile businesswoman as well, Sinclair was an art dealer, chairwoman of the women's clothing manufacturer Madge Walters Sinclair Inc., and owner of the Action Income Tax Service.

Personal life

Sinclair was first married to Royston Sinclair, a policeman, with whom she had two sons, Garry and and Wayne. In 1971 she was married to actor Dean Compton until her death in Los Angeles, California from leukemia. She was cremated and her remains were buried in Jamaica.

References

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External links

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* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Madge&last=Sinclair Madge Sinclair] at the Internet off-Broadway Database
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