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Madeleine Sherwood
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Actor Born: November 13, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Biography: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.. Compelled to fend for herself, Madeline Sherwood (as she now billed herself) opted to stay in the theatre, working with the Montreal Repertory and co-starring in the popular wartime CBC radio serial "Laura Lrd. And Her Daughter Terry". She moved to New York in 1949, where she studied at Yale and the Actor's Studio while appearing in dozens of live TV dramas. Sherwood made her first Broadway appearance in 1953, playing the troublemaking Abigail in "Arthur Miller"'s The Crucible. Director "Elia Kazan", impressed by her ability to convey unvarnished wickedness, wanted to cast her as "James Dean"'s whorish... Full Biography
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