Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She was widely known for her portrayals of MaeSister 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 inoriginal 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 OffBroadway. However, she may be best remembered as Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Fields Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun .

Sherwood was born as Madeleine Louise Hlne Thornton in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the granddaughter of the Dean of Dentistry at McGill University. Sherwood made her first stage appearance at the age of four in a church Passion Play. She started her professional career in Montreal when Rupert Kaplan cast her in CBC dramas and soap operas.

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