Madge Sinclair(1938-1995)

She played LeVar Burton's mother in four different productions: Almos' a Man (1977), One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978), Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) and the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode Interface (1993). She also played his character Kunta Kinte's wife Bell Reynolds in Roots (1977), though by that time the role of Kunta had been assumed by John Amos.