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Sarah Danielle Madison

American actress (1974 - 2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ536686
Source-derived summary

Sarah Danielle Madison (September 6, 1974 – September 27, 2014), sometimes credited as Sarah Danielle Goldberg, was an American actress.

Early life

Madison was born Sarah Goldberg in Springfield, Illinois. She was a 1992 graduate of Latin School of Chicago. She graduated from Amherst College in 1996. When she moved west to pursue a career in acting, she landed a role in Jurassic Park III.

Career

Madison was well known for her recurring role as Dr. Sarah Glass, the wife of Dr. Matt Camden on The WB/CW family drama 7th Heaven. She also played Heather Labonte, a fellow medical resident and love interest to Kyle McCarty (played by Kevin Rahm), on Judging Amy. In 2009, she appeared on the medical drama House as the wife of a pain-ridden, suicidal patient in the episode "Painless". She played Colleen Sarkoissian, Liam's mother on The CW's 90210.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Sarah Danielle Madison” is american actress (1974 - 2014). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sarah, Danielle and Madison, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2014, 1992, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-09-06. For this dossier, Sarah, Danielle and Madison is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “american actress (1974 - 2014)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q536686. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2014, 1992 and 1996.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Sarah Danielle Madison” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.