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  Trent University - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sherwood was a regular member of Tennessee Williams' ensemble, originating roles in several plays and appearing in the film versions of Sweet Bird of Youth and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Sherwood also appeared in over 100 television programmes, among which was her role as the Mother Superior in The Flying Nun.
Madeleine Sherwood will talk about her work with Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sally Field and show clips from her best remembered films.
www.trentu.ca /news/pressreleases/madeleine.html   (154 words)

  
 Madeleine Sherwood Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sherwood made her stage debut in her native Montreal in "The Corn Is Green" and by the early 50s was in New York where she made her Broadway debut replacing Kim Stanley in Horton Foote's "The Chase".
Two years later, Sherwood was Mae (Sister Woman), mother of a brood of "no-necked monsters" in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer-winning "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", directed by Elia Kazan, a role which she reprised in the 1958 film version, directed by Richard Brooks.
Sherwood made her film debut playing a nurse in Elia Kazan's "Baby Doll" (1956), written by Tennessee Williams, although it did not trigger an extensive screen career.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/192040   (535 words)

  
 The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Sweet Bird of Youth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sherwood and Torn likewise reprise their roles here.) For the pretty blonde ingénue, let's add Shirley Knight as Chance's ex-girlfriend, Heavenly, Boss Finley's daughter.
The main extra is a new featurette (11 mins.) that offers a worthwhile thumbnail summary of the film's history and production, as well as how much Williams' autobiography and preoccupations shaded his work.
Also here and interesting is screen-test footage (3 mins.) with Page and Torn, with Torn playing the Chance role in their blowup scene near the end.
www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/s/sweetbirdofyouth62.q.shtml   (1037 words)

  
 Thirteen/WNET -- Online Pressroom -- Press Release
Her credits include Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," in which she originated the role of Abigail; "Sister Woman"; Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Miss Lucy"; "Sweet Bird of Youth," directed by Elia Kazan; and Edward Albee's "All Over," directed by Sir John Gielgud.
Sherwood has conducted acting workshops around the world and has been a member of The Actors Studio since 1958.
An outspoken activist since the 1950s, Sherwood has campaigned against anti-nuclear weapons and for women's and civil rights.
www.thirteen.org /pressroom/fall/amblacklist/bios.html   (1133 words)

  
 About the Screen Actors Studio
A life member of the New York Actors Studio where she worked with mentor Lee Strasberg until his death in 1981, Madeleine continues to attend sessions at the Actors Studio and teach workshops there when in New York.
The latter two roles Madeleine re-created in the film versions: 'CAT' starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor and 'SWEET BIRD' with Paul Newman and Geraldine Paige.
Madeleine has also appeared in numerous TV dramas and had a four-year run co-starring as the Mother Superior in 'THE FLYING NUN' with Sally Field.
www.screenactors.ca /about.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Madeleine Sherwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Electric Grandmother (1982) (TV) (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)....
Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) (TV) (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)....
Find where Madeleine Sherwood is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0792828   (198 words)

  
 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof- Liz Taylor, Burl Ives, Paul Newman - HOMEVIDEOS.com
Meanwhile, Brick (Newman), nursing a broken leg and a bottle, mourns the loss of a his very close friend,(with whom he had an abnormal friendship with), whom he thinks had an affair with his wife.
She also has to put up with the self-centered, hateful shallow family of Gooper, personified by her hateful sister-in -law, Mae (Madeleine Sherwood).
Madeleine Sherwood is absolutely great as the money grubber, all-around nasty sister-in-law from hell, who has orchestrated her children to be "trained monkeys" forever singing annoying songs for "Big Daddy," and saying bratty and disrespectful things to their Aunt Maggie and Uncle Brick.
www.homevideos.com /revclas/11b.htm   (1509 words)

  
 Madeleine Sherwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeleine Sherwood (born Madeleine Louise Hélène Thornton on November 13, 1922 in Outremont, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as the Reverend Mother Superior on the sitcom The Flying Nun.
Sherwood, born to an Anglophone father and a Francophone mother, was ironically born and raised in a town which was founded by nuns.
In addition to The Flying Nun, Sherwood has acted in over three dozen television series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madeleine_Sherwood   (145 words)

  
 The Flying Nun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Critics never responded favorably to the show, and credited most of its success to the appeal of Sally Field.
Madeleine Sherwood played the Mother Superior, Marge Redmond played Sister Jacqueline, Shelley Morrison played Sister Sixto, and Alejandro Rey played local playboy Carlos Ramirez, who Sister Bertrille would run into with alarming frequency.
The show was criticized by several Roman Catholic nuns in the late 1960s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Flying_Nun   (449 words)

  
 The Flying Nun: The Convent is Condemned - TV.com
The nuns concoct a plan to keep Carlos from moving to San Felipe by convincing the police captain to condemn their convent.
Vito Scotti (Officer Plamento), Alejandro Rey (Carlos Ramirez), Shelley Morrison (Sister Sixto), Marge Redmond (Sister Jacqueline), Sally Field (Sister Bertrille), Madeleine Sherwood (Reverand Mother Superior Plaseato), Linda Dangcil (Sister Ana), Naomi Stevens (Sister Teresa), Manuel Padilla, Jr.
Linda Dangcil (Sister Ana), Shelley Morrison (Sister Sixto), A.G. Vitanza (Ramon), Vito Scotti (Capt. Fomento), Marge Redmond (Sister Jacqueline), Alejandro Rey (Carlos Ramirez), Madeleine Sherwood (Reverand Mother Superior Plaseto)
www.tv.com /episode/165356/summary.html   (175 words)

  
 TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
Along with Brick's older brother Gooper (Jack Carson) and his wife Mae (Madeleine Sherwood), they greet Big Daddy (Burl Ives) on his return from a medical clinic.
Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood repeat from the stage and are masterful, although in Sherwood's case it's a thankless role.
When Madeleine Sherwood appears on camera, her comments are almost completely restricted to Ms.
www.tcm.com /movienews/index/?cid=135691   (1574 words)

  
 Flying Nun - The Complete First Season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sister Bertrille also befriends her fellow nuns: Sister Jacqueline (Marge Redmond), who becomes her mentor; Sister Sixto (Shelley Morrison), a Puerto Rican nun struggling to learn English; and the young Sister Ana (Linda Dangcil).
They are often opposed by the staid Mother Superior Plaseato (Madeleine Sherwood).
Sally Field, Alejandro Rey, Madeleine Sherwood, Marge Redmond
www.eforcity.com /043396121126.html   (196 words)

  
 Madeleine Sherwood - A master of the dramatic expressive visual art. Superstar - Star - Icon or just plain actor to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Madeleine Sherwood - A master of the dramatic expressive visual art.
For good or bad, moving stories in film and cinmea are becoming the some of the most visible achievements - the Silver Screen, DVD, VHS, Albums, they touch us.
Madeleine Sherwood : From TV to the Movie Screen.
www.omega23.com /Hollywood/Madeleine_Sherwood.html   (414 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Pendulum: Video: George Schaefer,George Peppard,Jean Seberg,Richard Kiley,Charles McGraw,Madeleine ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
Richard Kiley as Woodrow Wilson King, Charles McGraw as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand, Madeleine Sherwood as Mrs.
Eileen Sanderson, Frank Marth as Dr. Smithson, Madeleine Sherwood as Mrs.
www.amazon.com /Pendulum-George-Schaefer/dp/6302862701   (547 words)

  
 Movie Info for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on MSN Movies
He has cancer, but a doctor has deliberately and falsely declared it in remission.
Seemingly perfect son Gooper and his wife, Mae (Madeleine Sherwood), have several children and are anxiously expecting to inherit Daddy's millions.
By contrast, Big Daddy's "favorite," Brick, is a has-been football star who's taken to drinking his days away since the suicide of his "best friend" a year earlier.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=139172   (364 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: The Flying Nun: The Complete Second Season (1967)
Stars: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey, Shelley Morrison,
When not looking after the kids in the orphanage or getting herself in trouble with Reverend Mother Superior Plaseato (Madeleine Sherwood) she can usually be found making a pest of herself, with Carlos-Go-Go club owner and convent benefactor, Carlos Ramirez (Alejandro Rey) as the likely subject.
The cast is rounded out by Sister Jacqueline (Marge Redmond), the series narrator, and Sister Bertrille's best friend, Sister Sixto (Shelley Morrison), who is still trying to properly string English sayings together, and Sister Ana (Linda Dangcil).
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=8811   (1117 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Madeleine Sherwood : Main
The daughter of the dean of McGill University's school of dentistry, Madeline Thornton made her first stage appearance at age 4 in a staging of the Passion Play.
At 17, Madeline married Robert Sherwood (not the playwright of the same name), who left for parts unknown after their child was born..
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 Classic TV & Movie Hits - The Flying Nun
Her gift of flight always came at moments when others needed her help, yet often ended up with Sister Bertrille ending up in trouble.
Her Mother Superior, the Reverend Mother Plaseato (Madeleine Sherwood) was not amused by Sister Bertrille's antics of flight, but her pleasant nature and her sincere desire to do good works endeared her to everyone.
Sister Bertrille was close friends to Sister Jacqueline.
www.classictvhits.com /show.php?id=90   (189 words)

  
 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof: Deluxe Edition (1958)
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor
In addition to the film’s trailer, we locate a featurette entitled Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse.
This 10-minute piece includes archival materials, shots from the flick, and remarks from Spoto, authors Drew Casper and Eric Lax, and actor Madeleine Sherwood.
www.dvdmg.com /catonahottinroof.shtml   (1274 words)

  
 DVD Review:
Sister Bertrille discovers on the windswept island that she has the uncanny ability to fly, thanks to her light physique and the aerodynamic qualities of her cornette.
Sister Bertrille attempts to keep her airborne activities under control but the sparky novice always has a nose for trouble, as San Juan's most eligible playboy Carlos Ramirez (Alejandro Rey), the Reverend Mother Plaseato (Madeleine Sherwood), Sister Jacqueline (Marge Redmond) and Sister Sixto (Shelley Morrison) will all soon discover!
Following the premature folding of the ABC-Screen Gems "Gidget" sitcom (also now available in it's entirety on DVD), producers quickly cast Sally Field as the charming Sister Bertrille, cementing her place as one of the most promising young actresses of her generation.
www.killermovies.com /dvd/5054.html   (937 words)

  
 Have a Field day - Sally Field DVDs Released
THE FLYING NUN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Sally Field flies in and out of trouble as Sister Bertrille in this classic and timeless series.
Always with benevolent aims, Sister Bertrille gets into all kinds of hysterical situations and manages to get in trouble with Sister Jaqueline (Marge Redmond), with the Reverend Mother Superior (Madeleine Sherwood) and with a local clubowner, Carlos Ramirez (Alejandro Rey).
From being mistaken for enemy aircraft to having a pelican fall in love with her to disrupting a meeting of mobsters, Sister Bertrille constantly manages to find herself in precarious and hilarious situations.
www.kidsturncentral.com /topics/tvmovies/sallymovies.htm   (175 words)

  
 The Flying Nun - The Complete 1st Season (4-DVD) - Television Classic Movies on DVD (1967) - Sony Pictures : Oldies.com
Two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field (Best Actress- 1984, Places in the Heart; 1979, Norma Rae), flies in and out of trouble as Sister Bertrille in this classic and timeless series.
Always with benevolent aims, Sister Bertrille gets into all kinds of hysterical situations and manages to get in trouble with the Reverend Mother (Madeleine Sherwood), with Sister Jaqueline (Marge Redmond), and with a local club owner, Carlos Ramirez (Alejandro Rey).
From being mistaken for enemy aircraft to having a pelican fall in love with her, Sister Bertrille constantly finds herself in precarious and hilarious situations.
www.oldies.com /product-view/2513GD.html   (295 words)

  
 Madeleine Sherwood
When's Madeleine Sherwood coming up on UK TV As "Mae Pollitt" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Find out more on Madeleine Sherwood at the Internet Movie Database
library.digiguide.com /person.asp?id=7394   (129 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - Sweet Bird of Youth
First, Newman wants to square things with his hometown girl (Knight), which leads to seamy revelations about Newman and Knight's father (Begley), and a violent climax.
Newman, Page, Torn, and Sherwood were all in the Broadway production of the play, which was cleaned up considerably for the movies.
Mildred Dunnock, Shirley Knight, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Madeleine Sherwood, Rip Torn
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=3267-1-pst   (119 words)

  
 The Changeling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns, Frances Hyland, Ruth Springford, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens, James B. Douglas, J. Kenneth Campbell
Studio: Hbo Studios Release date: 1980 Rated: R
Director Peter Medak went on to direct the considerably more gratuitous and somewhat less effective Romeo Is Bleeding and The Krays.
homepage.mac.com /childlost/details/page111.html   (79 words)

  
 Playbill News: Al Pacino to Star in Arturo Ui for National Actors Theatre
The play bowed on Broadway in Nov. 1963.
The George Abbott-directed production featured incidental music by Jule Styne and a cast that included Sandy Baron, Leonardo Cimino, James Coco, Michael Constantine, Elisha Cook, Roger De Koven, James Frawley, John Karlen, Henry Lascoe, Christopher Plummer, Madeleine Sherwood, William Shust, Lionel Stander, Glenn Stensel, Murvyn Vye and Robert Weil.
It ran for just five previews and eight performances.
www.playbill.com /news/article/71465.html   (834 words)

  
 Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - FilmAffinity
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Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Shirley Kinght, Rip Torn, Madeleine Sherwood, Ed Begley, Mildred Dunnock
Paul Newman and Geraldine Page re-created their Broadway roles in Tennessee Williams's SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH for this stylish film adaptation.
www.filmaffinity.com /en/film570148.html   (342 words)

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