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Madeleine Sherwood was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She was 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 The Crucible. 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 (1967–70).
Birth Name
Madeleine Louise Helene Thornton
Born
Monday, 13 November 1922
Died
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Sixties | Mother Superior Placido | 2013 |
| An Unremarkable Life | Louise | 1989 |
| Silence Like Glass | Grandmother | 1989 |
| Haunted by Her Past | Mr. Goode | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Emily Welles | 1987 |
| Married... with Children | Joanne | 1987 |
| Broken Vows | Mrs. Chase | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Nobody's Child | Nurse Rhonda | 1986 |
| Teachers | Grace / Grace Wensel | 1984 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Sixties | Mother Superior Placido | 2013 |
| An Unremarkable Life | Louise | 1989 |
| Silence Like Glass | Grandmother | 1989 |
| Haunted by Her Past | Mr. Goode | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Emily Welles | 1987 |
| Married... with Children | Joanne | 1987 |
| Broken Vows | Mrs. Chase | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Nobody's Child | Nurse Rhonda | 1986 |
| Teachers | Grace / Grace Wensel | 1984 |
| The Hitchhiker | Vivian | 1983 |
| Will There Really Be a Morning? | Second Doctor / 2nd Doctor | 1983 |
| Our Time | Self | 1983 |
| Hotel | Gretchen | 1982 |
| The Electric Grandmother | Aunt Clara | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Mrs. Ashe | 1982 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Miss Durst | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Tenant | 1981 |
| Resurrection | Ruth (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood) / Ruth | 1980 |
| The Changeling | Mrs. Norman | 1980 |
| Teleplay | (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood) | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Mrs. Hunt | 1976 |
| Wicked, Wicked | Lenore Karadyne | 1973 |
| Toma | Martha | 1973 |
| Columbo | Miss Brady | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Nurse Struther | 1971 |
| Love, American Style | Blanche (segment "Love and the Confession") | 1969 |
| Pendulum | Mrs. Eileen Sanderson | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | Suellen Martin | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Myra Louden | 1968 |
| The Flying Nun | Reverend Mother Superior Placido / Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido | 1967 |
| Hurry Sundown | Eula Purcell | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Catherine | 1966 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Helen Gruber | 1966 |
| The Fugitive | Marybeth Thompson / Mrs. Ammory | 1963 |
| In the Cool of the Day | Party Hostess | 1963 |
| The Doctors | Ma Thatcher | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Margaret Connell | 1962 |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | Miss Lucy | 1962 |
| Jane | Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Mrs. McMasters | 1961 |
| Parrish | Addie | 1961 |
| 'Way Out | Cora Tench | 1961 |
| Play of the Week | Kristin (in 'Miss Julie') | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Vella Owens | 1959 |
| Naked City | Grace Paraskis / Mrs. Wilson | 1958 |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Mae | 1958 |
| Decoy | Mary Waleski | 1957 |
| Baby Doll | Nurse in Doctor's Office | 1956 |
| The Edge of Night | Ann Kelly | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jackie Darby | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Phyllis | 1955 |
| Suspense | Sally | 1949 |
| Studio One | Rose | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Tweed's daughter | 1948 |
