Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair (April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica— December 20, 1995 in Los Angeles, California) was a Jamaican actress.

Sinclair received an Emmy Award nomination for her role as Belle in the miniseries Roots. She went on to a long-running stint in the 1980s as nurse Ernestine Shoop on the series Trapper John, M.D. opposite Pernell Roberts.

In 1988, Sinclair played Queen Aoleon opposite James Earl Jones' King Jaffe Joffer in the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America. Later, she would reteam with Jones as King and Queen for the role of Sarabi, Simba’s mother, in the blockbuster Disney animated film The Lion King (1994). The film became one of the best selling titles ever on home video.

Sinclair played the first female captain seen in Star Trek in her brief role as the captain of the USS Saratoga in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Years later, she played Geordi LaForge's mother, captain of the USS Hera, in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Interface".

Madge Sinclair died in 1995 of leukemia. She was buried in her native Jamaica.