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Madge Sinclair Biography
Madge Sinclair married young, and had two sons. She worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. Madge left her two boys with their father and went to New York to be an actress. She began modelling and later acted with the New York Shakespearean Festival and at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1974 Madge made her film debut in 1974, playing Mrs. Scott in Conrack. Madge was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Belle in the miniseries _"Roots" (1977)_ . In the early 1980s, shortly after joining the cast of Trapper John, M.D. she was diagnosed with leukaemia. She continued to work outliving the doctors' predictions by several years. On December 20, 1995, at the age of 57, Madge Sinclair died in Los Angeles.Trivia
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