Madge Sinclair
Actor · Voice Actor
Queen Aoleon in Coming to America and the voice of Sarabi in The Lion King.
In memoriam · April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995
Overview
Madge Sinclair (April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress whose stage and screen career included Roots, Trapper John, M.D., and a landmark pairing with James Earl Jones. In Coming to America (1988) she played Queen Aoleon opposite Jones’s King Jaffe Joffer. Disney later cast both as Simba’s parents in The Lion King (1994), with Sinclair voicing Sarabi. Sinclair died on December 20, 1995, at age 57.
Quick Facts
- Known for
- C, o, m, i
- Occupation
- Actor, Voice Actor
- Born
- April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica
- Died
- December 20, 1995
- Credits listed
- 5 (1974–1994)
Film & Television Credits
Connections
Worked with
- Coming to America
- James Earl Jones, Paula Abdul
- Roots
- Leslie Uggams, LeVar Burton
- The Lion King
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Eric André, James Earl Jones
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