Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Madge Dorita Sinclair was a Jamaican-born American actress. She was best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me, Convoy, Coming to America, Trapper John, M. D. and the ABC TV miniseries Roots. Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa’s wife and Simba’s mother, in the Disney animated feature film The Lion King.

About Madge Sinclair in brief

Summary Madge SinclairMadge Dorita Sinclair was a Jamaican-born American actress. She was best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me, Convoy, Coming to America, Trapper John, M. D. and the ABC TV miniseries Roots. Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa’s wife and Simba’s mother, in the Disney animated feature film The Lion King. Sinclair won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series for her role as Empress Josephine in Gabriel’s Fire in 1991.

In her brief role as the captain of the USS Saratoga in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, she is commonly cited as the first female Starfleet starship captain to appear in the series. Sinclair died on December 20, 1995 after a 13-year illness with leukemia.