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Madge Sinclair

1938 - 1995

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Madge Dorita Sinclair CD (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's mate and Simba's mother, in the Disney animated feature film The Lion King (1994). A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as "Empress" Josephine in Gabriel's Fire in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madge Sinclair is the 2,312th most popular actor (up from 2,999th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Madge Sinclair ranks 2,312 out of 13,578Before her are Jessie Royce Landis, Gustav Fröhlich, Murray Head, Oleg Yefremov, Ita Ever, and Joan Hickson. After her are Tallulah Bankhead, Alan Hale Sr., Rupert Grint, Chris Tucker, Bob Anderson, and Johnny Galecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Madge Sinclair ranks 223Before her are Francesco Coccopalmerio, Andrey Myagkov, Roger Hunt, Jacqueline Andere, Juraj Jakubisko, and Olga Szabó-Orbán. After her are Rauno Aaltonen, Per Kirkeby, Sjaak Swart, Imre Földi, James W. Christy, and Michael Ritchie. Among people deceased in 1995, Madge Sinclair ranks 124Before her are Sergio Bertoni, Giancarlo Baghetti, Heinrich Sutermeister, Lev Polugaevsky, Viveca Lindfors, and Ken Saro-Wiwa. After her are Werner Liebrich, Khalid Bakdash, Abdul Ali Mazari, Erik Nilsson, Katarina Taikon, and Hansa Jivraj Mehta.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Madge Sinclair ranks 17 out of 189Before her are Marcus Garvey (1887), Violet Brown (1900), Stuart Hall (1932), Liz Mitchell (1952), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), and Trevor Berbick (1954). After her are Millie Small (1947), George Rhoden (1926), Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), and Merlene Ottey (1960).

Among ACTORS In Jamaica

Among actors born in Jamaica, Madge Sinclair ranks 1After her are Martine Beswick (1941), Roger Cross (1969), and Lyriq Bent (1979).