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Madolyn Smith Osborne

Acting Born Jan 1, 1957 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 23 credits

Biography

Madolyn Smith Osborne (born January 1, 1957, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American actress.

Madolyn Smith Osborne may be best-known for her roles in the TV miniseries If Tomorrow Comes and the feature film Funny Farm, which co-starred Chevy Chase. In 1984, she appeared in 2010, with Roy Scheider. She portrayed Jehan Al Sadat, wife of Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat, in the TV miniseries Sadat. She also starred in Urban Cowboy with John Travolta, The Super with Joe Pesci, and appeared in All of Me with Steve Martin.

She guest starred in an episode of the sitcom Cheers titled "What's Up Doc?" (episode 164, season 7, first aired on Thursday March 30, 1989) where she plays beautiful psychiatrist Dr. Sheila Rydell, whom Sam "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) actually fakes having impotence for, so he can be treated by her in hopes of sparking a romantic relationship.

Before her marriage to former NHL hockey player Mark Osborne she was known and credited as Madolyn Smith.

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Known for

Film

Donnie Darko

as Dr. Sheila Rydell

Due South

as Mackenzie King

Class of '96

as Dean Keller

Full filmography

  • Cheers (1982) as Dr. Sheila Rydell
  • Due South (1994) as Mackenzie King
  • Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
  • If Tomorrow Comes (1986) as Tracy Whitney
  • Class of '96 (1993) as Dean Keller
  • 2010 (1984) as Caroline Floyd
  • Urban Cowboy (1980) as Pam
  • The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) as Gloria Swanson
  • All of Me (1984) as Peggy Schuyler
  • Funny Farm (1988) as Elizabeth Farmer
  • Sadat (1983) as Jihan Sadat
  • Rehearsal for Murder (1982) as Karen Daniels
  • The Super (1991) as Naomi Bensinger
  • The Caller (1987) as The Girl (as Madolyn Smith)
  • Pray TV (1982) as Liz Oakes
  • Deadly Intentions (1985) as Katherine Raynor
  • The Other Woman (1983) as Cindy Barnes
  • Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) as Dorothy Kovacs
  • Final Approach (1991) as Casey Halsey
  • The Rose and the Jackal (1990) as Rose O'Neil Greenhow
  • The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
  • Dos vidas (1952)
  • Louis Sullivan: the Struggle for American Architecture (2010) as Louis Sullivan (voice)