Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair (1938-1995) was an actor of screen and stage most commonly known for her roles in the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America and the 1977 miniseries Roots.
Just before her film and TV career took off, Sinclair appeared on Sesame Street in Episode 0343. She plays Dr. Marzullo, a physician assisted by nurse Susan who works at the pop-up clinic established in Hooper's Store to administer the measles vaccination to the residents on Sesame Street. Her character is one rare, early example of an adult who interacted with and definitively saw Mr. Snuffleupagus thirteen years before his unveiling to the show's adults in Episode 2096. She taped her appearance on December 15, 1971 concurrently with her performance schedule as Clytemnestra in The Wedding of Iphigenia at the Public Theatre on Lafayette Street in Manhattan.
In addition to Roots (with Leslie Uggams), Sinclair's work in television includes guest roles on Madigan (with Charles Durning and Cab Calloway), The Waltons (with Richard Thomas), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (with Rosetta LeNoire), Joe Forrester (with Jim Backus), Medical Story (with Judd Hirsch), Almos’ a Man (with LeVar Burton), Roseanne (with John Goodman), Starman (with Phill Lewis), Star Trek: The Next Generation (with Ben Vereen), HBO's Tales from the Crypt, the CBS miniseries Queen (with Halle Berry, Ossie Davis, and Danny Glover), and the Children's Television Workshop series Square One TV (in a "Mathnet" serial). She had lead roles on the M*A*S*H spin-off Trapper John, M.D. (with Brian Stokes Mitchell), Ohara (with Pat Morita), The Orchid House (with Frances Barber), Gabriel's Fire and Pros and Cons (both with James Earl Jones), and the ABC series Me and the Boys. She also appeared in the documentary series A Century of Women (with Jane Fonda, Justine Bateman, and Candice Bergen) and in the TV special I Love Liberty where she portrayed Sojourner Truth.
Her film work includes Conrack (with Jon Voight), Cornbread, Earl and Me (with Laurence Fishburne), I Will, I Will... for Now (with Elliott Gould), Convoy (with Kris Kristofferson), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (with Leonard Nimoy), The End of Innocence (with Dyan Cannon), and as the voice of Sarabi in Disney's The Lion King.
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