Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

Nascimento : 1922-11-13,

Morte : 2016-04-23

Perfil

Madeleine Sherwood

Filmes

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
The making of the film with Drew Casper.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse
Self
The Making of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Donald Spoto and Drew Casper.
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Self
Director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller were once best friends and professional colleagues, to most that knew them then in both capacities as soul mates. Their politics were similar which was reflected in their work. Kazan was a Communist Party member for a few years in the mid-1930's, but Miller never officially joined the party ranks. Their relationship changed in the early 1950's when Kazan was subpoenaed to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee where he named names of Communist Party members past and present.
An Unremarkable Life
Louise
The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic feelings for a local mechanic.
Silence Like Glass
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Haunted by Her Past
Mr. Goode
While staying at an inn in a colonial-recreation village for her anniversary, a young woman becomes possessed by her murderous ancestor through an antique mirror and compelled to murder her husband.
Broken Vows
Mrs. Chase
When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he becomes embroiled in a plot which ultimately shakes his faith to its very foundation. Intrigued by the dying man's mention of "Nim," and fascinated by the man's saintly demeanor, Father Joseph's curiosity is redoubled when a beautiful young woman enters his church to question the young priest about the deceased man. Father Joseph and the woman, whom he discovers to be the "Nim" in question, embark upon an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
Escola da Desordem
Grace
A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.
Will There Really Be a Morning?
2nd Doctor
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
The Electric Grandmother
Aunt Clara
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.
Resurrection
Ruth
The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.
A Troca
Mrs. Norman
Desde a trágica morte de sua família, o compositor John Russell abandonou Nova York e agora vive numa casa solitária na esperança de continuar compondo e encontrar a paz. Enquanto aprecia o silêncio e solidão de sua nova residência, começa a ver constantemente o corpo de um rapaz. Em suas andanças pela casa, descobre uma entrada secreta para um antigo quarto de criança que permanecia esquecido.
The Ottawa Valley
Mother, Old Beth
Based on the Alice Munro short story, in which the narrator tries in vain to write a portrait of her mother’s family.
Wicked, Wicked
Lenore Karadyne
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast hotel, Randolph Roberts wears a monster mask while he kills and dismembers women with blond hair. Tiffany Bolling is a singer, Scott Brady is a detective and Edd "Kookie" Burns is a lifeguard. The music is the original organ score for the silent film "Phantom of the Opera."
The Man Hunter
Ma Bocock
A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the suspect's wife.
Pendulum
Mrs. Eileen Sanderson
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. 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.
O Incerto Amanhã
Eula Purcell
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
In the Cool of the Day
Party Hostess (uncredited)
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
Doce Pássaro da Juventude
Miss Lucy
Drifter Chance Wayne retorna à sua cidade natal depois de muitos anos tentando fazer carreira no cinema. Chegando com ele está uma estrela de cinema decadente que ele pegou ao meio do caminho, Alexandra Del Lago. Enquanto tenta obter ajuda para fazer um teste de tela, ele também encontra tempo para reencontrar sua ex-namorada Heavenly, filha do político local Tom 'Boss' Finley, que mais ou menos o obrigou a deixar a cidade há muitos anos. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Jane
Self
Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadway.
No Vale das Grandes Batalhas
Addie
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
Gata em Telhado de Zinco Quente
Mae
Toda a família está reunida para comemorar o aniversário de Big Daddy. Todos, menos ele, sabem que será o último e que ele está a morrer. Convencido de que está bem de saúde, ele vai aproveitar a oportunidade para dizer todas as verdades que nunca disse a cada um deles, e de acertar as contas com Gooper, o seu filho interesseiro e ambicioso, e com Brick, o seu filho mais novo, alcoólico e com um casamento fracassado com Maggie, "a Gata".
Boneca de Carne
Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)
Uma adaptação de Tennessee Williams. A luta de dois homens e suas relações com duas mulheres infantis.