Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood
Sherwood in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Born	Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton (1922-11-13)November 13, 1922 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	April 23, 2016(2016-04-23) (aged 93) Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1933–1989
Spouse	Robert Sherwood ​ ​ (m. 1940, divorced)​
Children	1

Madeleine Sherwood (born Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton; November 13, 1922 – April 23, 2016) was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She portrayed 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, and 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. In television, she played Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967–70).^[1]