Madge Sinclair Net Worth

May 2024 · 5 minute read


Madge Dorita Walters net worth is
$700,000

Madge Dorita Walters Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Madge Dorita Walters-Sinclair (28 April 1938 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican American actress. She is best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me, Coming to America, Trapper John, M.D., and the ABC TV miniseries Roots. Sinclair won the 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series for her role as Empress Josephine in Gabriel's Fire. 
Full NameMadge Dorita Walters
Net Worth$700,000
Date Of BirthApril 28, 1938
Died1995-12-20
Place Of BirthKingston, Jamaica
Height5' 10½" (1.79 m)
ProfessionActress
SpouseRoyston Sinclair
ChildrenWayne, Garry, Wayne Sinclair, Garry Sinclair
NicknamesMadge Sinclair, Sinclair, Madge
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1Good friends with Pernell Roberts.
2Best remembered for her role as Nurse Ernestine Shoop on Trapper John, M.D. (1979).
3She had two sons with her first husband Royston Sinclair: Wayne and Garry Sinclair.
4She died of leukemia in Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital.
5Is one of only 32 actors and actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in one of the spin-offs.
6She played Ben Vereen's grandmother in Roots (1977) and his wife on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
7Although she played Leslie Uggams' mother in Roots (1977), she was only five years her senior in real life.
8She played LeVar Burton's mother in four different productions: Almos' a Man (1976), One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977), Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She also played his character's wife in Roots (1977), though by that time the role of Kunta Kinte had been assumed by John Amos.
9Her character Queen Sarabi in The Lion King (1994) did not appear in The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998) as she died in 1995 and the directors thought that replacing her voice would be a lack of respect.
10She was cast as a relative of characters played by Ben Vereen and LeVar Burton in two different productions. In Roots (1977), she played Bell Reynolds, Kunta Kinte's wife and Chicken George's grandmother. Kunta Kinte as a youth was played by LeVar Burton. Kunta Kinte as an adult married to Bell was played by John Amos. Chicken George was played by Ben Vereen. In Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interface (1993), Madge played Captain Silvia La Forge, mother of Geordi La Forge, played by Burton, and wife of Commander Edward M. La Forge, M.D., played by Vereen.
11She twice played Queen to James Earl Jones' King; first in Coming to America (1988), then in The Lion King (1994).
12Had co-starred with James Earl Jones five times.
13She appeared in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and later guest starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Captain Silva La Forge, the mother of Geordi La Forge, played by LeVar Burton, who was one of her co-stars on the miniseries Roots (1977). Burton played the younger version Kunta Kinte in "Roots" (1977) and Sinclair's character played Bell Reynolds, the wife of the older version of Kunta Kinte aka Toby, played by John Amos.
14Her appearance as the unnamed captain of the USS Saratoga in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) marked the first appearance, in any Star Trek series or movie, of a female starship captain.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dream On1995TV SeriesMrs. Charles
Me and the Boys1994-1995TV SeriesMary Tower
The Lion King1994Sarabi (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation1993TV SeriesCaptain Silva La Forge
The Man with Three Wives1993TV MovieMargaret
Queen1993TV Mini-SeriesDora
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted1992TV MovieFaye Lincoln
Tales from the Crypt1992TV SeriesLucille
L.A. Law1992TV SeriesJessica Rollins
Pros and Cons1991-1992TV SeriesJosephine Austin
Gabriel's Fire1990-1991TV SeriesEmpress Josephine
The Orchid House1991TV Mini-SeriesLally
The End of Innocence1990Nurse Bowlin
Homeroom1989TV Series
Midnight Caller1989TV SeriesIda May
Roseanne1989TV SeriesMuriel Johnston
Gideon Oliver1989TV SeriesAngela Holmes
Divided We Stand1988TV MovieHattie Wickwire
Coming to America1988Queen Aoleon
Look Away1987TV MovieElizabeth Keckley
Starman1987TV SeriesLorraine Michaels
Ohara1987TV SeriesGussie Lemmons
Mathnet1987TV SeriesAmelia Airliver
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986Saratoga Captain (uncredited)
Trapper John, M.D.1980-1986TV SeriesErnestine Shoop, R. N. / Ernestine Shoop, R.N. / Ernestine Shoop, RN
ABC Afterschool Specials1978-1984TV SeriesMiss Tomas / Mrs. Bradsbury
Victims1982TV MovieSgt. Ashcroft
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones1980TV MovieMrs. Jefferson
Jimmy B. & André1980TV MovieAndre's mother
High Ice1980TV MovieDr. Pittman
The White Shadow1979TV SeriesLouelia Judd
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings1979TV MovieMiss Flowers
Uncle Joe Shannon1978Margaret
Grandpa Goes to Washington1978TV SeriesMadge
Convoy1978Widow Woman
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story1977TV MovieGeorgia LeFlore
Walkin' Walter1977TV SeriesRoseabell Hoxie
Serpico1977TV SeriesMichelle
Roots1977TV Mini-SeriesBell Reynolds
Executive Suite1976TV SeriesJudge Gillespie
Leadbelly1976Miss Eula
Almos' a Man1976TV ShortEssie
I Will... I Will... For Now1976Dr. Williams
Medical Story1975TV Series
Doctors' Hospital1975TV Series
Joe Forrester1975TV SeriesSheila Gates
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1975TV MovieSarah Prentiss
Cornbread, Earl and Me1975Leona Hamilton
The Waltons1974TV SeriesMinnie Doze
Medical Center1974TV SeriesArbiter
Conrack1974Mrs. Scott (school principal)
I Love You... Good-bye1974Salesgirl
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope1972ShortTituba
Madigan1972TV SeriesBoots

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Steve Harvey Show1996-1997TV Series in memory of - 21 episodes

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Century of Women1994TV Mini-Series documentaryLily
The Chuck Woolery Show1991TV SeriesHerself - Guest
21st NAACP Image Awards1989TV SpecialHerself
19th Annual NAACP Image Awards1987TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade1985TV SpecialHerself
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1985TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards1984TV SpecialHerself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1983TV SpecialHerself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards1983TV SpecialHerself
I Love Liberty1982TV SpecialHerself
The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards1977TV SpecialHerself - Accepting Special Award to Roots

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1991Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesGabriel's Fire (1990)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1991Q AwardViewers for Quality Television AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama SeriesGabriel's Fire (1990)
1985Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesTrapper John, M.D. (1979)
1984Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesTrapper John, M.D. (1979)
1983Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesTrapper John, M.D. (1979)
1977Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy SeriesRoots (1977)
1975Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Actress in a Motion PictureConrack (1974)

Known for movies

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