1. Madge Sinclair made her film debut as Mrs Scott in Conrack opposite Jon Voight; a role which earned her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
12 Facts About Madge Sinclair
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Madge Sinclair 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".
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In 1988, Madge Sinclair played Queen Aoleon alongside James Earl Jones's King Jaffe Joffer in the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America, which reunited her on screen with her Roots husband and co-star John Amos.
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Madge Sinclair played the role of Lally in the 1991 Channel 4 television miniseries The Orchid House, directed by Horace Ove, and received critical praise for her supporting role in the 1992 television movie Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted with JoBeth Williams.
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In 1993, Madge Sinclair came to London to appear on stage at the Cochrane Theatre in The Lion, by Michael Abbensetts and directed by Horace Ove, for the Talawa Theatre Company.
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Years later, Madge Sinclair played Geordi La Forge's mother, captain of the USS Hera, in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Interface".
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Madge Sinclair's final acting role was in an episode of the sitcom Dream On, which first aired one month before her death.
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Madge Sinclair was married to Royston Madge Sinclair, a Jamaican police officer, from 1956 until 1969 and had two sons with him.
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In 1982, Madge Sinclair married actor Dean Compton, to whom she was still married at the time of her death.
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Madge Sinclair died on December 20,1995, aged 57, following a 13-year battle with leukemia.
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Madge Sinclair's remains were cremated and her ashes were scattered in her hometown in Jamaica.
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Madge Sinclair was posthumously awarded the Order of Distinction, rank of Commander, for service in the performing arts by Prime Minister of Jamaica, P J Patterson in October 2000.