---
name: "Madge Sinclair"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/madge-sinclair"
fi1m_id: "madge-sinclair"
imdb_id: "nm0801672"
tmdb_id: 58074
wikidata_id: "Q259737"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 April 1938"
died: "20 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T12:17:19.893950+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Madge Sinclair

## Identity

Madge Sinclair

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/madge-sinclair
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** madge-sinclair
- **IMDb ID:** nm0801672
- **TMDB ID:** 58074
- **Wikidata ID:** Q259737
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Sinclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58074

Actor. Born 28 April 1938 in St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.. Died 20 December 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 April 1938, St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.
- **Died:** 20 December 1995
- **Active:** 1977–1994
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 79 (3), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Animation 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,052m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Sinclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58074

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Madge Sinclair was a Jamaican actress. Born Madge Dorita Walters on 28 April 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, she studied at Shortwood College for Women and worked as a teacher until 1966. She then moved to New York City to pursue acting, beginning with modelling and stage work including the New York Shakespearean Festival and Joseph Papp's Public Theatre.

Sinclair made her film debut in *Conrack* (1974). She appeared in *Convoy* (1978), *Coming to America* (1988) as Queen Aoleon, and voiced Sarabi in *The Lion King* (1994). On television she played Bell Reynolds in the miniseries *Roots* (1977) and Ernestine Shoop in *Trapper John, M.D.* (1980–1986). She received five Primetime Emmy nominations and won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for *Gabriel's Fire* in 1991. Sinclair was awarded the Order of Distinction by Jamaica.

She died in Los Angeles on 20 December 1995.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *The Lion King* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Sarabi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, as Queen Aoleon — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Roseanne* (1988), Fi1m 84, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *Roots* (1977), Fi1m 83, as Bell Reynolds — [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Saratoga Captain (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Me and the Boys* (1994), series, Actor
- *The Lion King* (1994), as Sarabi (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *The Man with Three Wives* (1993), as Margaret
- *Alex Haley's Queen* (1993), series, as Dora
- *Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted* (1992), as Faye Lincoln
- *Pros and Cons* (1991), series, as Josephine
- *The Orchid House* (1991), series, as Lally
- *The End of Innocence* (1990), as Nurse Bowlin
- *Gabriel's Fire* (1990), series, as Empress Josephine
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Mrs. Charles
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Lucille
- *Roseanne* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), as Queen Aoleon — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Captain Silva La Forge — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Ohara* (1987), series, Actor
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Saratoga Captain (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Jessica Rollins
- *Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia* (1984), as Miss Tomas
- *Victims* (1982), as Sgt. Ashcroft
- *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980), series, as Mrs. Jefferson
- *Jimmy B. & Andre* (1980), as Andre's Mother
- *High Ice* (1980), as Dr. Pittman
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, as Ernestine Shoop
- *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings* (1979), as Miss Flowers
- *The White Shadow* (1978), series, as Louelia Judd
- *One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story* (1978), as Georgia LeFlore
- *Grandpa Goes to Washington* (1978), series, Actor
- *Convoy* (1978), as Widow Woman
- *Uncle Joe Shannon* (1978), as Margaret
- *Roots* (1977), series, as Bell Reynolds — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)
- *Leadbelly* (1976), as Miss Eula
- *Almos' a Man* (1976), as Essie
- *I Will, I Will...For Now* (1976), as Dr. Williams
- *Joe Forrester* (1975), series, Actor
- *Medical Story* (1975), series, Actor
- *Cornbread, Earl and Me* (1975), as Leona Hamilton
- *Conrack* (1974), as Mrs. Scott
- *I Love You...Good-bye* (1974), as Salesgirl
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope* (1972), as Tituba

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1991: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Gabriel's Fire*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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