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Madeleine Sherwood is a Actor Canadienne born on 13 november 1922 at Montreal (Canada)
Madeleine Sherwood (born November 13, 1922) is a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She is 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 Invitation to a March. In 1963 she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in Hey You, Light Man! Off-Broadway. However, she may be best remembered as Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun from 1967-1970.
During the 1980s, she received a grant from A.F.I. as one of the first women to direct short films for the A.F.I. (along with Cicely Tyson, Joanne Woodward, and others). She wrote, directed and acted in her film, Good Night Sweet Prince, which received excellent notices.
In the 1970s, she met Gloria Steinem, Betty Dodson and other activists at the First Women’s Sexual Conference at Barnard College in New York City. From there she started consciousness raising groups and counseling workshops for Women and Incest. In the early 1990s, she returned to Canada and resettled in Victoria, British Columbia and Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec. Although she was a longtime resident of the United States, she has remained a Canadian citizen all her life. She has one daughter, two grandchildren and six great-grand children. She is an active member of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
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Birth name Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton
Nationality Canada
Birth 13 november 1922 at Montreal (Canada)
Death 23 april 2016 (at 93 years)
Nationality Canada
Birth 13 november 1922 at Montreal (Canada)
Death 23 april 2016 (at 93 years)
Biography
Sherwood was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. During the Civil Rights Movement she met and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the late 1950s and 1960s and went south to join CORE (Congress on Racial Equality). She was arrested during a Freedom Walk, jailed and sentenced to six months hard labor for "Endangering the Customs and Mores of the People of Alabama". Her lawyer, Fred Grey, was the first African-American lawyer to represent a white woman south of the Mason–Dixon Line. During this period, she reportedly lost much of her sense of hearing.During the 1980s, she received a grant from A.F.I. as one of the first women to direct short films for the A.F.I. (along with Cicely Tyson, Joanne Woodward, and others). She wrote, directed and acted in her film, Good Night Sweet Prince, which received excellent notices.
In the 1970s, she met Gloria Steinem, Betty Dodson and other activists at the First Women’s Sexual Conference at Barnard College in New York City. From there she started consciousness raising groups and counseling workshops for Women and Incest. In the early 1990s, she returned to Canada and resettled in Victoria, British Columbia and Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec. Although she was a longtime resident of the United States, she has remained a Canadian citizen all her life. She has one daughter, two grandchildren and six great-grand children. She is an active member of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
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Silence Like Glass (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bruce Payne, Rip Torn
Roles la grand-mère
Rating65%
The main character of the film, Eva, is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with 'concern and compassion' by Dr Burton.
Broken Vows (1987)
, 1h35Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, Frances Fisher, M. Emmet Walsh, Milo O'Shea, David Strathairn
Roles Mrs. Chase
Rating56%
Lorsque le père Joseph Hennessey se rend au domicile d'un de ses paroissiens à offrir des droits derniers, il devient impliqué dans un complot qui ébranle finalement sa foi à son fondement même. Intrigué par la mention de l'homme en train de mourir de « Nim », et fasciné par le comportement saint, la curiosité du père Joseph de l'homme redouble quand une belle jeune femme entre dans son église à remettre en question le jeune prêtre au sujet de l'homme décédé. Père Joseph et la femme, qu'il découvre être le « Nim » en question, se lancent dans une enquête sur les circonstances entourant la mort de l'homme.
Teachers (1984)
, 1h47Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio, Judd Hirsch, Richard Mulligan, Morgan Freeman
Roles Grace
Rating60%
The film opens with a typical Monday morning at John F. Kennedy High School; "typical" events including a fight between teachers, a student with a stab wound and talk of an upcoming lawsuit. We meet haggard Vice Principal Roger Rubell (Judd Hirsch) and clueless Principal Eugene Horn (William Schallert), as well as stuffy lawyer and JFK alumna Lisa Hammond (JoBeth Williams), who is in charge of taking depositions for the Calvin case, in which a recent graduate is suing the school for granting him a diploma despite his illiteracy.
The Electric Grandmother (1982)
, 49minutesDirected by Noel Black
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Paul Benedict, Robert MacNaughton, Madeleine Sherwood, Paula Trueman
Roles Aunt Clara
Rating74%
Resurrection (1980)
, 1h43Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Pamela Payton-Wright, Roberts Blossom, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Ruth
Rating70%
À la suite d'un accident d'automobile où elle perd son mari, Edna Mae Macaulay se découvre un pouvoir de guérison. Certaines personnes de la petite ville où elle s'est retirée acceptent cet étrange pouvoir tandis que d'autres s'en méfient...
The Changeling (1980)
, 1h55Directed by Peter Medak
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Jean Marsh
Roles Mrs. Norman
Rating70%
John Russell (George C. Scott), a composer living in New York, New York, moves cross-country to Washington state following the deaths of his wife and daughter in a traffic accident while on a winter vacation in upstate New York. In suburban Seattle, John rents a large, old and eerie Victorian-era mansion and begins piecing his life back together.
Wicked, Wicked (1973)
, 1h35Directed by Richard L. Bare
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady, Edd Byrnes, Madeleine Sherwood
Roles Lenore Karadyne
Rating55%
The Grandview is a sprawling Californian hotel with a terrible secret: single blonde visitors who check in don't check out. Hotel detective Rick Stewart (David Bailey) begins investigating what's happened to a handful of vanishing guests but he soon becomes personally involved when his brunette ex-wife, Lisa James (Tiffany Bolling), arrives for a singing engagement at the hotel. When Lisa dons a blonde wig for her performance, she finds herself the next target of a psychopathic killer.
Pendulum (1969)
, 1h42Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw, Madeleine Sherwood, Frank Marth
Roles Mrs. Eileen Sanderson
Rating61%
À Washington DC, le capitaine de police Frank Matthews a arrêté le meurtrier et violeur Paul Sanderson. Lors de son procès, son avocat W. W. King plaide le vice de forme, alléguant que son client n'a pas été informé de ses droits constitutionnels et la Cour suprême relaxe Sanderson au grand dam de Frank. Parallèlement, ce dernier soupçonne sa femme Adèle d'avoir une liaison avec un homme marié. Pendant qu'il s'est absenté pour se rendre à un colloque à Baltimore, sa femme en profite pour retrouver son amant Brooks Elliot, un ex-petit ami devenu sénateur. Le couple est abattu alors qu'il se trouvait au lit. Frank est le premier suspecté et, malgré son recours à un avocat, le même avocat qui avait défendu Sanderson, il est appréhendé. Pour lui, la culpabilité de Sanderson ne fait aucun doute. Il réussit à s'échapper et va retrouver Sanderson dans sa résidence en Pennsylvanie. Lors de leur affrontement, il réussit à obtenir ses aveux et au moment où Sanderson s'apprête à le tuer, Madame Sanderson mère l'en empêche. Innocenté et de retour à Washington, Frank doute de ses lendemains dans la police.
Hurry Sundown (1967)
, 2h26Directed by Otto Preminger, John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, Diahann Carroll, Beah Richards, John Phillip Law
Roles Eula Purcell
Rating58%
In 1946, bigoted, draft-dodging Henry Warren and his wife Julie Ann, owners of a Northern canning plant, are determined to purchase a large tract of uncultivated farmland in rural Georgia. Two plots remain beyond their grasp, one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell and his wife Lou, the other by black farmer Reeve Scott, whose mother Rose had been Julie's mammy. Neither man is interested in selling his land, and they form a partnership to strengthen their claim to it, which infuriates Henry.
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox
Roles Party Hostess (uncredited)
Rating50%
Christine Bonner (Fonda) is a beautiful young American woman with chronic health problems. She has been separated from her adoring but overly protective husband Sam (Hill), but agrees to return to him. She meets an English friend of Sam's, Murray Logan (Finch), who shares her great interest in Greece. Logan also is unhappily married because his wife, Sybil (Lansbury), blames him for an automobile accident that scarred her and killed their son. Christine and Murray meet again in England and their attraction grows.
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
, 2hDirected by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Shirley Knight, Mildred Dunnock
Roles Miss Lucy
Rating70%
Handsome, young Chance Wayne returns to his hometown of St. Cloud, Florida, accompanied by a considerably older movie star, Alexandra Del Lago. She is needy and depressed, particularly about a film she has just finished making, and speaks of retiring from the acting world forever.
Parrish (1961)
, 2h18Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens, Diane McBain
Roles Addie
Rating64%
The movie shows the story of conflict between a young independently minded man and his stepfather, a ruthless tobacco tycoon.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, LGBT-related film
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood
Roles Mae
Rating78%
Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field, dreaming about his moments as a youthful athlete. Unexpectedly, he falls and breaks his leg, leaving him dependent on a crutch. Brick, along with his wife, Maggie "the Cat" (Elizabeth Taylor), are seen the next day visiting his family's estate in Mississippi, there to celebrate Big Daddy's (Burl Ives) 65th birthday.
Baby Doll (1956)
, 1h56Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, Films about virginity
Actors Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)
Rating72%
In the Mississippi Delta, failing, bigoted, middle-aged cotton gin owner Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden) has been married to pretty, empty-headed 19-year-old virgin Baby Doll Meighan (Carroll Baker) for two years. Archie impatiently waits for Baby Doll's 20th birthday just a few days away when, by prior agreement with Baby Doll's dying father, the marriage can finally be consummated. In the meantime, Baby Doll still sleeps in a crib, wearing childish shorty-nightgowns and sucking her thumb, while Archie, an alcoholic, spies on her through a hole in a wall of their decrepit antebellum mansion, Fox Tail. Baby Doll's senile Aunt Rose Comfort (Mildred Dunnock) lives in the house as well.