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Gorgeous, brown-eyed, chestnut-maned Sherry Jackson began her promising career as a pig-tailed, pleasant-looking child actress. Born in Idaho on February 15, 1942, she was the only daughter of four children born to Maurita Kathleen Gilbert and Curtis Loys Jackson, Sr. Her father died when she was 6, and the family relocated to Los Angeles. Her mother married television writer/director/actor Montgomery Pittman, who died of cancer in 1962. Sherry's mother provided her daughter drama, singing and dancing lessons as a child. The story goes that the little girl was discovered by a talent agent while she and her mother were waiting for a bus. She began her career at age 7 with small, un-billed bit parts in You're My Everything (1949), For Heaven's Sake (1950), Lorna Doone (1951), The Great Caruso (1951), and two of the "Ma and Pa Kettle" films series, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) and Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951), as Susie Kettle, one of the couple's numerous children.
Sherry gained more attention as her parts increased in size, holding her own among the Hollywood's movie elite, including moppet star Bobby Driscoll in When I Grow Up (1951); John Garfield and Patricia Neal in The Breaking Point (1950); and rugged Steve Cochran in the "B" western The Lion and the Horse (1952). She earned good notices as John Wayne's daughter in Trouble Along the Way (1953), but her most impressive role during this time was as a Portuguese youngster who witnesses a vision in the religious offering The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952). At age 11, she made appearances on both "The Roy Rogers Show" and "The Gene Autry Show". She literally grew up on the small screen as Danny Thomas' daughter Terry Williams on the comedy series The Danny Thomas Show (1953) which co-starred Jean Hagen as her mother and Rusty Hamer as her pesky younger brother. A cast change occurred in 1956 when Hagen, who did not get along with Danny Thomas, opted to leave the show (Hagen's character was killed off between seasons) and a step-mother (played by Marjorie Lord) and step-sister (played by Angela Cartwright) helped increase the ratings. During the show's run, she was given a strong teen role in the film drama Come Next Spring (1956) as the daughter of Ann Sheridan and Steve Cochran.
Named a "Deb Star" in 1959, Sherry played a number of beguiling victims or bewitching vixens on such 60's programs as "77 Sunset Strip," "Mr. Novak," "The Twilight Zone," "Hawaiian Eye," "Gunsmoke," "Perry Mason," "Gomer Pyle," "The Virginian," "My Three Sons," "Batman" and "The Wild, Wild West." On film, the vivacious beauty was pretty much relegated to minor cult worship in low-budgets or exploitation films -- Wild on the Beach (1965), Gunn (1967), The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) and The Monitors (1969). One could usually spot Sherry somewhere as a biker babe, party chick, capricious rich girl or scantily-clad fem-fatale with character names such as "Comfort", "Shasta", "Lola" and "Mona" pretty much putting a stamp on her typecast.
Her adult work remained a sexy standard throughout the 1970's as seen in the TV-movies Wild Women (1970), Hitchhike! (1974), The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974), Returning Home (1975), and Casino (1980). She also reprised her role as Terry Williams in the premiere episode (only) of the series Make Room for Granddaddy (1970) and appeared in the glamorous title role of Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979), an unsold TV pilot. As a guest star, she participated in such well-established series as "Love, American Style", "Get Christie Love", "The Rockford Files", "Matt Helm", "Barnaby Jones", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Starsky & Hutch", "The Incredible Hulk", "Fantasy Island", "Charlie's Angels", and "CHiPs".
A few forgettable films came her way with Cotter (1973), Bare Knuckles (1977) and Stingray (1978), but she grew hard-pressed to find more challenging parts. By the early 1990s, a frustrated Sherry let her career slide away. She was last seen onscreen of an episode of the soap opera "Guiding Light" in 1992. Never married, she was involved in a fairly long-term relationship with business executive and horse breeder Fletcher R. Jones. That ended in 1972 when he died in a small plane crash.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Gregory Walcott grew up in North Carolina and went into the Army just after the end of World War II. After leaving the service, he grew restless on the East Coast and, with $100 in his pocket, thumbed his way west to pursue an acting career. An agent who spotted him in a little theater play helped Walcott land his debut movie role in Red Skies of Montana (1952). Two years later, on the strength of his performance as a drill instructor in the Marine Corps movie Battle Cry (1955), he was placed under contract at Warner Brothers. He co-starred (as a drill instructor again) in another Marine Corps story, The Outsider (1961), which earned him a Universal contract and his own TV series, 87th Precinct (1961) (1961-62) with Robert Lansing.- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Sound Department
Kyle Gilman was born on 17 February 1980 in Wendell, Massachusetts, USA. He is an editor, known for Girls5eva (2021), Dickinson (2019) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015).- Sound Department
John Thamm was born on 21 October 1937 in Wendell, Idaho, USA. He is known for Prelude (to Chadora) (2008), Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021) and The Joy of Painting (1983). He is married to Kathy Larsen. They have two children.- Maria Isabella Kirkitadse was born on 16 October 1971 in St Wendel, Saarland, Germany. She has been married to Sewarion Kirkitadse since 2008. She was previously married to Herr Schulien.
- Matthias Maurer was born on 18 March 1970 in St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany.
- Siegmund Nimsgern was born on 14 January 1940 in St Wendel, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1981), Nabucco (1977) and Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1971).
- Actor
- Producer
Greg Ellis was born on 14 August 1975 in Wendell, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Carter High (2015), Stolen Virginity (2016) and Jo & the Reaper (2021).- Werner Vielhaber was born on 5 June 1904 in St. Wendel, Germany. He was an actor, known for Stahlnetz (1958), Dem Täter auf der Spur (1967) and Per Saldo mortale (1953). He died in 1987.
- Georg Skalecki was born on 28 February 1959 in Marpingen, District of St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany.
- David L. Brenner was born on 11 September 1982 in St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany. David L. is a producer, known for Antarktika (2017).
- Emma Stern was born on 13 March 1878 in St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany. She died on 4 March 1969 in Paris, France.
- Richard Dewes was born on 12 July 1948 in Alsweiler, St. Wendel, French Saar Protectorate [now Saarland, Germany].
- Sascha Schwingel was born on 15 September 1971 in St. Wendel, Germany. Sascha is a producer, known for Gladbeck (2018), Julietta (2001) and Babylon Berlin (2017). Sascha is married to Gwendolin Szyszkowitz-Schwingel.
- Hans Walter Klein was born on 12 July 1942 in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. He was an actor, known for Liebling Kreuzberg (1986), Wedding (1989) and Reise ohne Wiederkehr (1991). He died on 4 December 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
- Aloys Prinz was born in 1956 in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany.
- Christoph Goetten was born on 17 June 1975 in St Wendel, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Kupetzky (2006) and Der Ermittler (2001).
- Klaus Bouillon was born on 19 November 1947 in St. Wendel, French Saar Protectorate [now Saarland, Germany].