Wayne Crawford obit

 Producer, Director and Actor Wayne Crawford Has Died

He was not on the list.

Wayne Crawford was born on February 11, 1947 in Geneva, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Jake Speed (1986), Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993) and Snake Island (2002). He was married to Olena. He died on April 30, 2016 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Crawford appeared in nearly thirty films, produced fifteen, wrote nine, and directed seven.

Crawford received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and served at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts teaching directing for their School of Filmmaking.

He portrayed the title character in the film Jake Speed, which he also co-wrote and co-produced. Variety Movie Guide said his portrayal was "well played," and that he delivered his lines "as an old-fashioned paperback hero would – in clichés." He directed and starred in Crime Lords, which was called "predictable" by DVD & video guide 2005 while the Variety TV Review called it unpretentious and entertaining.

He co-wrote and co-produced the film Valley Girl with Andrew Lane. He fought against the studio to ensure that Martha Coolidge was maintained as the director

 

Filmography

 

As actor

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)

God's Bloody Acre (1975)

Tomcats (1977) (also known as Deadbeat and Avenged)

Cheering Section (1977)

Barracuda (1978) (also known as The Lucifer Project)

Trial by Terror (1983)

Valley Girl (1983)

Hill Street Blues (1 episode, 1985) (TV)

Cagney & Lacey (1 episode, 1985) (TV)

Showdown at Lincoln High (1986)

Jake Speed (1986)

Quiet Thunder (1988) (V)

White Ghost (1988)

Rising Storm (1989)

The Evil Below (1989)

Headhunter (1989)

Diary of a Hitman (1991)

Crime Lords (1991) (V)

Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993) (TV series)

Rising Storm (1993)

Amerikanskiy Blyuz (1994) (TV)

Stickfighter (1994)

U'bejani (1997)

L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)

Snake Island (2002)

The Company You Keep (2003)

Rock & Roll Eulogy (2004)

Forget About It (2006)

Dog Days of Summer (2007)

American Heart (5 episodes, 2009) (TV)

As producer

Sweet Bird of Aquarius (1970)

God's Bloody Acre (1975)

Deadbeat (1977)

Cheering Section (1977)

Barracuda (1978)

Valley Girl (1983)

Night of the Comet (1984)

Jake Speed (1986)

Mortal Passions (1989)

Peacemaker (1990)

Servants of Twilight (1991)

Amerikanskiy Blyuz (1994) (TV)

Trade-Off (1995) (TV)

Snake Island (2002)

South of Hell (2005)

Space Ninjas (2019)

As screenwriter

God's Bloody Acre (1975)

Deadbeat (1977)

Cheering Section (1977)

Barracuda (1978)

Trial by Terror (1983)

Valley Girl (1983)

Jake Speed (1986)

U'bejani (1997)

Snake Island (2002)

As director

Barracuda (1978)

The Evil Below (1989)

Crime Lords (1991) (V)

Amerikanskiy Blyuz (1994) (TV)

U'bejani (1997)

Snake Island (2002)

South of Hell (2005)

Harry Falk obit

Harry Falk, TV Director and First Husband of Patty Duke, Dies at 83

He met the actress on her 1960s sitcom and went on to helm such shows as 'Get Smart,' 'The Partridge Family' and 'The Colbys.'

 

He was not on the list.

Harry Falk, an Emmy-nominated director who helmed dozens of television shows and miniseries and was the first husband of the late actress Patty Duke, has died. He was 83.

Falk died April 29 in Santa Monica, his family recently announced.

Falk, then a 32-year-old assistant director on The Patty Duke Show, married the 18-year-old star of the popular ABC sitcom in 1965. But with Duke struggling with alcoholism and her then-undiagnosed bipolar disorder, they split after two years and divorced soon afterward.

A native of Brooklyn and the son of a former New York City cop-turned-gaffer, Falk began his show business career as a prop master, then served as an assistant director on TV commercials, on such series as The Defenders and on the Sidney Lumet film Fail-Safe (1964).

His first solo directing opportunity came in 1966 on Duke’s show, and he later worked on such series as The Doris Day Show; The Courtship of Eddie’s Father; Get Smart; The Flying Nun; The Partridge Family; Love, American Style; The Rookies; Magnum, P.I.; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law; McMillan & Wife; The Rockford Files; and The Colbys.

Falk received his Emmy nom (as well as one from the DGA) for his work on a 1974 episode of The Streets of San Francisco. He also received an NAACP award for his 1981 telefilm The Sophisticated Gents and directed three episodes of the 1978-79, 12-part miniseries Centennial.

Survivors include Candace, his wife of 27 years; daughter Sena; nephews Kerac, Rick and Frank; and niece Linda.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on July 16 at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles.

Director (68 credits)

 1990 Christine Cromwell (TV Series) (1 episode)

- In Vino Veritas (1990)

 1989 High Desert Kill (TV Movie)

 1989 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly (1989)

 1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Life After Death (1989)

- Poison (1989)

 1987-1988 Hotel (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Power Play (1988)

- Desperate Moves (1987)

- And Baby Makes Two (1987)

- Hail and Farewell (1987)

 1987-1988 Dynasty (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Images (1988)

- The Setup (1987)

 1985-1987 The Colbys (TV Series) (15 episodes)

- Betrayals (1987)

- Return Engagement (1987)

- Fallon's Baby (1987)

- Power Plays (1987)

- Bid for Freedom (1986)

1985 North Beach and Rawhide (TV Movie)

 1985 Scene of the Crime (TV Series) (1 episode)

- A Vote for Murder/The Medium is the Murder (1985)

 1982-1984 T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Model for Murder (1984)

- God Bless the Child (1982)

 1984 Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1984)

 1983-1984 The Yellow Rose (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Sacred Ground (1984)

- Sport of Kings (1984)

- Only the Proud (1983)

 1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Look (1983)

- Squeeze Play (1983)

 1983 Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Pilot: Part 2 (1983)

- Pilot: Part 1 (1983)

 1982 Hear No Evil (TV Movie)

 1981 Advice to the Lovelorn (TV Movie)

 1981 The Sophisticated Gents (TV Mini Series) (3 episodes)

- Episode #1.3 (1981)

- Episode #1.2 (1981)

- Episode #1.1 (1981)

 1981 The Wonderful World of Phillip Malley (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1981)

 1980 The Night the City Screamed (TV Movie)

 1980 Beulah Land (TV Mini Series) (2 episodes)

- Part III (1980)

- Part II (1980)

 1980 The Contender (TV Mini Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1980)

 1979 Good Ol' Boys (TV Movie)

 1979 How the West Was Won (TV Series) (1 episode)

- L'Affaire Riel (1979)

 1979 Centennial (TV Mini Series) (3 episodes)

- The Winds of Fortune (1979)

- The Crime (1979)

- The Storm (1979)

 1979 Mandrake (TV Movie)

 1978 Vega$ (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Centerfold (1978)

 1978 The Rockford Files (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Competitive Edge (1978)

- The Gang at Don's Drive-In (1978)

 1977-1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Class Athlete (1978)

- Everybody's Girl (1977)

 1977 Hunter (TV Series) (1 episode)

- U.F.M. 13 (1977)

 1977 Lou Grant (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Scoop (1977)

 1977 Rosetti and Ryan (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Ms. Bluebeard (1977)

 1977 Big Hawaii (TV Series)

 1974-1977 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) (11 episodes)

- The Canine Collar (1977)

- Breakup (1977)

- Interlude (1977)

- A Good Cop... But (1977)

- The Drop (1976)

1977 Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Devil Pack (1977)

 1977 The Andros Targets (TV Series)

 1976 Barnaby Jones (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Renegade's Child (1976)

 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Chapter VII (1976)

- Chapter V (1976)

 1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Book of Fear (1976)

- The Brown Horse Connection (1976)

 1976 Jigsaw John (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Thicker Than Blood (1976)

- Promise to Kill (1976)

 1974-1975 McMillan & Wife (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Aftershock (1975)

- Guilt by Association (1974)

- The Game of Survival (1974)

 1975 Harry O (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Acolyte (1975)

- One for the Road (1975)

 1975 S.W.A.T. (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Hit Men (1975)

- Death Carrier (1975)

- The Killing Ground (1975)

 1975 Caribe (TV Series)

 1975 Cannon (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Killer on the Hill (1975)

 1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne (TV Movie)

 1973-1974 The Rookies (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- Death at 6 A.M. (1974)

- An Ugly Way to Die (1974)

- Cry Wolf (1973)

- Frozen Smoke (1973)

- Margin for Error (1973)

1971-1974 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) (8 episodes)

- The Desertion of Keith Ryder (1974)

- The Prowler (1973)

- Five Will Get You Six (1972)

- Words of Summer (1972)

- Shine a Light on Me (1972)

1974 Men of the Dragon (TV Movie)

 1974 Chopper One (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1974)

 1974 The Death Squad (TV Movie)

 1973 Mod Squad (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Don't Kill My Child (1973)

 1973 Room 222 (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Rights of Others (1973)

 1972 McCloud (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Barefoot Stewardess Caper (1972)

 1972 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Jinn Who Clears the Way (1972)

 1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) (1 episode)

- A Fragile Possession (1972)

 1971 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- The Blarney Stone (1971)

- Thy Neighbor Loves Thee (1971)

- A Very Different Drummer (1971)

- Getting Back on the Horse (1971)

- The Magic Mrs. Rickles (1971)

1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Posse That Wouldn't Quit (1971)

 1970-1971 The Partridge Family (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- A Partridge by Any Other Name (1971)

- Mom Drops Out (1971)

- Star Quality (1970)

 1970 The Young Rebels (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Infiltrator (1970)

- Dangerous Ally (1970)

- To Hang a Hero (1970)

 1970 Love, American Style (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Love and the Fly/Love and the Millionaires/Love and Double Trouble (1970) ... (segment "Love and Double Trouble")

- Love and Las Vegas/Love and the Good Samaritan/Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970) ... (segment "Love and Las Vegas")

- Love and the Coed Dorm/Love and the Optimist/Love and the Teacher (1970) ... (segment "Love and the Teacher")

- Love and the Nervous Executive/Love and the Hitchhiker/Love and the Great Catch (1970) ... (segments "Love and the Nervous Executive", "Love and the Hitchhiker")

 1969-1970 The Flying Nun (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Candid Commercial (1970)

- Bertrille and the Silent Flicks (1969)

- The Not So Great Impostor (1969)

- Guess Who's Coming to Picket (1969)

 1970 The Tim Conway Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

- All of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1970)

 1968-1969 Get Smart (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Age Before Duty (1969)

- One Nation Invisible (1968)

 1969 Three's a Crowd (TV Movie)

 1968-1969 The Doris Day Show (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- The Chocolate Bar War (1969)

- The Gift (1969)

- The Baby Sitter (1969)

- Love Thy Neighbor (1969)

- The Relatives (1968)

 1967 Heroic Mission (TV Series)

 1966 That Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)

- What's in a Name? (1966)

 1966 The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Fiancee for a Day (1966) ... (as Harry Falk Jr.)

- Three Little Kittens (1966) ... (as Harry Falk Jr.)

- Don't Bank on It (1966) ... (as Harry Falk Jr.)

Conrad Burns obit

Conrad Burns, impolitic Republican senator from Montana, dies at 81
He was not on the list.

Conrad Burns, a onetime cattle auctioneer who parlayed his down-home appeal into three terms as a Republican senator from Montana, reaping federal dollars for his state as well as criticism for his impolitic, at times offensive, off-the-cuff remarks, died April 28 at his home in Billings, Mont. He was 81.

The cause was complications from a stroke in 2009, said a daughter, Keely Godwin.

Mr. Burns served from 1989 to 2007 in the Senate, where he made “weighty speeches on foreign policy and the future of the Internet,” it was observed in the Almanac of American Politics, even while cutting “the figure of a stereotypical Westerner, picking his teeth with a pocketknife, chewing tobacco, telling deadpan jokes.”

He lost his seat in 2006 to a Democratic challenger, then-state Senate President Jon Tester, after revelations that Mr. Burns had received $150,000 in campaign contributions — among the highest amounts of any member of Congress — from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.

The son of Missouri ranchers, Mr. Burns had established himself in Billings, Mont., as a livestock auctioneer, then built a network of 29 radio and six television stations devoted to agricultural news. He was elected Yellowstone County commissioner in 1986 and two years later defeated an incumbent Democrat, John Melcher, for a seat in the Senate. Mr. Burns came to Washington promising never to “take a chew under the Capitol dome.”

He did not come to the Senate “deeply steeped in politics and governance,” Norman J. Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said in an interview, adding that Mr. Burns had some “rough edges.” But “I liked him because he was very unpretentious,” Ornstein said. “He knew who he was.”

Mr. Burns obtained a seat on the Commerce Committee, chairing the subcommittee on communications, and on the powerful Appropriations Committee, where he led the Interior subcommittee.

On the former, he supported deregulation and the cultivation of online commerce. On the latter, he helped direct federal funds to Montana. Especially as his seniority increased, he became known as an effective advocate for his constituents.

When drought hit farmers, Mr. Burns lobbied for federal relief similar to the funds given to victims of floods and hurricanes. A family statement on his death emphasized his attention to Montana interests including farming and ranching, as well as rural telecommunications and health care.

But Mr. Burns also drew the ire of many in his state and elsewhere over his stream of gaffes insulting groups including but not limited to African Americans, Arabs and immigrants.

“I can self-destruct in one sentence,” Mr. Burns once said. “Sometimes in one word.”

In 1991, after the passage of a civil rights bill, Mr. Burns invited a mixed-race group of lobbyists to an auction. When the prospective guests inquired what goods were to be sold, he responded, “Slaves.”

Mr. Burns later clarified that his phrasing referred to volunteers who agreed to do chores or other jobs for a charitable cause.

During his reelection campaign in 1994, he relayed to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle a meeting with a Montana rancher who asked him how he managed to live in Washington with “all those [n-----s],” using a racial slur for African Americans. By his account, Mr. Burns replied that it was a “hell of a challenge.”

The senator later apologized, saying that the episode represented “views which I do not condone and do not share.” He also remarked that “it’s always a challenge when you bring different cultures and beliefs together.”

On another occasion, he referred to Arabs as “ragheads.”

During his final reelection campaign, Mr. Burns was widely rebuked for telling firefighters that they were doing a “piss-poor job” combating a wildfire in Montana. By that time, Mr. Burns faced withering scrutiny over his ties to Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January 2006 to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials.

As chairman of the Interior subcommittee, Mr. Burns oversaw legislation involving Indian affairs. Abramoff, who admitted to defrauding Indian tribes he represented, told Vanity Fair magazine that his clients received “every appropriation we wanted” from Mr. Burns’s subcommittee.

Mr. Burns said that he did not personally know Abramoff and that he had not realized the lobbyist’s relationship with tribes that donated to his campaign.

“I don’t know who Abramoff influenced,” Mr. Burns said in a campaign advertisement, “but he never influenced me.”

Mr. Burns had announced in 2005 that he would return the Abramoff funds, but the scandal took its toll. He lost to Tester by fewer than 3,600 votes.

In 2008, the Justice Department closed an investigation of Mr. Burns’s involvement in the Abramoff matter, without bringing criminal charges.

Conrad Rae Burns was born in Gallatin, Mo., on Jan. 25, 1935. After studying agriculture at the University of Missouri, he served in the Marine Corps for two years. He moved to Montana as a representative for a trade publication devoted to polled Hereford cattle. He sold his agricultural broadcast network as he launched a career in politics.

Mr. Burns easily won reelection in 1994 but faced greater difficulty in 2000 when he ran for a third term, despite a promise to stay in Washington for only two. He defeated Democrat Brian Schweitzer, later elected Montana governor, 51 percent to 47 percent.

After his loss in 2006, Mr. Burns worked for a Washington lobbying firm, Gage Business Consulting. He frequently offered his services as an auctioneer at charitable functions.

His daughter Kate Burns died in 1985. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, the former Phyllis Kuhlmann, of Billings; two children, Keely Godwin of Durham, N.C., and Garrett Burns of Alexandria, Va.; a sister; and three grandchildren.

Winston Hill obit

Winston Hill, New York Jets' Decorated Tackle, Dies at 74

 

He was not on the list.

Winston Hill, the affable Jets tackle who nevertheless "viciously" protected the flanks of Jets quarterbacks for 14 seasons in the Sixties and Seventies expertly enough to be inducted in the Jets' inaugural Ring of Honor class, died tonight in his adopted hometown of Denver. He was 74.

"I was very sad to hear of the passing of Winston Hill," Jets owner Woody Johnson said tonight. "He was our most decorated player with a franchise-record eight all-star game appearances. And as accomplished as he was on the field, he was an even better person whose profound impact on his teammates and those who came in contact with him left an impression for a lifetime. He was the type of man who if you were his friend, you thought you were his best friend. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and many friends of one of the Jets' all-time greats."

Hill came to the Green & White a Texan born and bred. He grew up in Joaquin, TX, attended Weldon High in Gladewater (where his father, Garfield, was the principal), and played his college ball at Texas Southern. As an All-American two-way lineman, he attracted the attention of the Baltimore Colts, who selected him in the 11th round (145th overall) of the NFL draft held in December 1962.

The Colts released him the next August, the newly minted 1963 Jets signed him the next day, and he was on his way to an exceptional Green & White career in uniform No. 75, always 75, that merits him at least consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Settling in at left tackle, Hill as a rookie protected the blind sides of QBs Dick Wood and Galen Hall and opened holes for backs Mark Smolinski and Bill Mathis. Then in 1964, FB Matt Snell arrived. The next year the Jets positioned themselves to draft QB Joe Namath while WR George Sauer was signed to join Don Maynard. In 1966, RB Emerson Boozer arrived.

And the pillars of a Super Bowl offense rose up out of Shea Stadium.

"It was great to protect Joe all those years," Hill said back in 2010 when he was selected for the Ring of Honor. "You come across great people in a lifetime, and he's one of them. He was a very special ballplayer and elevated everyone else's play."

The same could be said of Hill as the anchor of the O-line. "His teammates revered him," said one follower of those Jets teams.

And why wouldn't they? "Winnie" earned his first AFL All-Star Game berth in his second season, 1964. Then beginning with '67 and '68 — arguably Namath's and the offense's two greatest seasons ― Hill was chosen for three straight AFL All-Star Games and, without missing a beat, four Pro Bowls in the Jets' first four seasons as members of the NFL from 1970-73.

Hill's eight all-star berths, the first five at left tackle and the last three on the right side, remain a franchise record.

"I lined up behind Winnie in the backfield," Boozer said tonight upon hearing of his longtime teammate's passing. "We worked so well together. We communicated without speaking.

"And you could not meet a nicer person off the field," Emerson said with a laugh. "But on the field? Winnie was vicious!"

"Winnie was like my brother," center John Schmitt reflected tonight. "He was a terrific football player. His heart was as big as his body. He did not have a bad thing to say about anyone. I am going to miss that turkey."

And another member of that O-line, Randy Rasmussen, recalled Hill as "a wonderful friend and teammate. He taught me a lot about how to play the game and more importantly how to be a man. I will miss him very much."

Besides his outstanding play, Winston was also known for incredible durability throughout his career. He still holds the franchise mark for offensive linemen with 195 consecutive games played and 174 consecutive starts that D'Brickashaw Ferguson was within hailing distance of at 160 straight games and starts before he retired earlier this month.

Hill assembled his streaks despite a broken leg in the 1965 preseason and his throat being stepped on in 1974. He wasn't sure exactly how he stayed healthy for all those years but believed in a few key factors.

"I guess DNA has a lot to do with it," he said, "along with a hard-work ethic."

Hill's bruising blocks for a ground attack headed up by Snell and Boozer were critical in the Jets' 16-7 Super Bowl III victory over the Colts in Miami's Orange Bowl on Jan. 12, 1969. He flattened the Baltimore defensive frontline as Snell rushed 30 times for 121 yards and the Jets totaled 142 rushing yards.

"We were looking forward to playing the game, but we didn't know how important it really was, or at least I didn't," said Hill. "We just knew we were in it."

Hill didn't finish as a Jet, playing three games for the Los Angeles Rams in 1977. Then the gentleman tackle technician became a restaurateur in his new home of Denver with Winston Hill's Ribs and Stuff barbecue restaurant, and there was a good chance if you came in for a bite that Hill would be working the kitchen.

But of course he was always and will always be a New Yorker, a Jet all the way. And perhaps posthumously there could be one more honor.

"Winston should be in the Hall of Fame," said Frank Ramos, the Jets' longtime public relations director. "Bill Parcells wasn't around him all that much, but Bill also said the guy should be in the Hall. He was a great pass protector at left tackle for Namath. Then when the Jets picked up Bob Svihus in 1971, Svihus could only play left tackle so they asked Winston if he could move to right tackle."

But that wasn't important for the cerebral, selfless Winston Cordell Hill six years ago as he was preparing for induction into that first Ring of Honor along with Namath, Maynard, Joe Klecko, Curtis Martin and head coach Weeb Ewbank.

"Being in the first class that will go into MetLife Stadium with the character of the people that are going in with me, I'm not going to consider anything else an honor higher than this," he said. "Being put in the Hall  of Fame doesn't measure up right now."

Hill brought a smoker and his cooking talents to Centennial, Colorado in the early 1990s and opened a small restaurant - Winston Hill's BBQ or Winston Hill's Ribs & Stuff; now called Winston's Smoke BBQ

Madeleine Sherwood obit

Madeleine Sherwood, Star of Tennessee Williams Classics on Stage and Screen, Dies at 93

She was not on the list.

She appeared in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Sweet Bird of Youth' and later played the Mother Superior on 'The Flying Nun.'

Madeleine Sherwood, who starred in the stage and film versions of the Tennessee Williams classics Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth, has died. She was 93.

Sherwood, perhaps best known as the non-nonsense Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido on the 1967-70 ABC sitcom The Flying Nun starring Sally Field, died Saturday at her childhood home in Lac Cornu, Quebec, family spokesperson Melissa Fitch told The Hollywood Reporter.

A native of Montreal, Sherwood studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York. She made her Broadway debut in 1952 replacing Kim Stanley in Horton Foote's The Chase, and a year later, she played Abigail, who accuses many in the town of Salem of witchcraft, in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

Sherwood portrayed Mae Pollitt/Sister Woman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Elia Kazan, then reprised the role for Richard Brooks in the 1958 film adaptation. In Sweet Bird of Youth, she starred as Miss Lucy on Broadway in 1959-60 and in the 1962 movie.

Her other Broadway credits include Camelot (1961), Williams' The Night of the Iguana (1962) — where she stepped in for Bette Davis — Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), Inadmissible Evidence (1965) and Edward Albee's All Over (1971). Her final stage performance was in a play about Williams’ mother, Miss Edwina.

Sherwood also worked for Kazan in the 1956 film Baby Doll, playing a nurse. Her movie résumé includes Otto Preminger's Hurry, Sundown (1967), Pendulum (1969), The Changeling (1980), Resurrection (1980) and Teachers (1984).

She also appeared in the TV soap operas One Life to Live, The Guiding Light and As the World Turns.

In the 1980s, Sherwood, Cicely Tyson and Joanne Woodward were the first actresses to receive a grant from the American Film Institute to direct short films (she wrote, directed and acted in a film called Good Night Sweet Prince).

Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, Sherwood was an active participant in the civil rights movement (she was arrested during a Freedom Walk in Alabama) in the 1960s and in the women’s movement in the '70s. She twice was nominated for the Order of Canada.

Survivors include her daughter Chloe, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Selected film and television roles

    Baby Doll (1956) as Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) as Mae Flynn Pollitt

    Parrish (1961) as Addie

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961, Episode: "Make My Death Bed") as Jackie Darby

    Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) as Miss Lucy

    In the Cool of the Day (1963) as Party Hostess (uncredited)

    The Edge of Night (1964, TV Series) as Ann Kelly #1

    The Fugitive (1964, Season 2, Episode 14: "Devil's Carnival") as Mary Beth Thompson

    Hurry Sundown (1967) as Eula Purcell

    The Flying Nun (1967–1970, TV Series) as Reverend Mother Superior Placido

    Pendulum (1969) as Eileen Sanderson

    The Guiding Light (1970–1971, TV Series) as Betty Eiler

    The Manhunter (1972, TV Movie) as Ma Bocock

    The Secret Storm (1972–1973, TV Series) as Carmen

    Wicked, Wicked (1973) as Lenore Karadyne

    Columbo (1974, TV Series) as Miss Brady

    Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976, TV Series) as Mrs. Hunt

    The Changeling (1980) as Mrs. Norman

    One Life to Live (1980) as Bridget Leander

    Resurrection (1980) as Ruth

    The Electric Grandmother (1982, TV Movie) as Aunt Clara

    Teachers (1984) as Grace

    Nobody's Child (1986, TV Movie) as Nurse Rhonda

    The Morning Man (1986)

    Silence Like Glass (1989) as Grandmother

    An Unremarkable Life (1989) as Louise