Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

Canadian actress (1922–2016)

Madeleine Sherwood 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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 8 films (1958–1982) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1958 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Loew's Inc. & Avon Productions Inc. 108 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Parrish. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 119 min 35mm Color sound
1969 Pendulum. Pendulum Productions 102 min 35mm Color sound
1981 The Electric grandmother Learning Corporation of America :48 16mm Color sound
1982 The Electric Grandmother ▶ Highgate Pictures 1800 16mm Color sound
1982 The Electric Grandmother Noel Black 12:00 Color
1982 The Electric grandmother Noel Black Color
The Flying Nun 12:00