Cheryl Miller (actress)

Cheryl Lynn Miller (born February 4, 1943, in Sherman Oaks, California) is an American actress of film and television. She is one of five children of an architect father, Howard and accountant mother, Elsie. She began acting as a young girl early in her life. Featuring in the film Casanova Brown (1944) marked her debut; she was destined for the big screen. In 1965 was a break-through year for the young actress. She was featured with an elephant and a chimp on the hit TV series Flipper. This caught the attention of the director (Ivan Tors) who later cast her on the feature film, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion with (Marshall Thompson). [1]

Probably her best known role is as Paula Tracy, the daughter of veterinarian Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson) in the CBS television series, Daktari, which ran from 1966 to 1969. She played the same role in the 1965 predecessor film, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion.

During the summer of 1965, Walt Disney chooses Cheryl Miller as his own contractee and dubs her "The Typical American Girl". In a press release by Screen Stories the editorial covers the story adding that "she is gorgeous and single and the fastest girl in Sherman Oaks." By early 1966, filming begins for Daktari in Africa, U.S.A., a 200-acre ranch about 40 miles north of the Los Angeles metro area. Later this year, Cheryl Miller along with 12 upcoming actresses are awarded with the title of Hollywood Deb Stars of 1966. By the summer, she awarded the Miss Golden Globe of 1966 and assists Andy Williams in the presentation of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards, which is telecast live from the Coconaut Grove in Los Angeles. By the end of 1966, she is voted as honorary councilwoman of Studio City, California. [2]

She has made many appearances in several other television series, some of which are now considered classics, including Flipper, Leave It to Beaver, Our Man Higgins, and The Donna Reed Show. She created the role of Samantha Pudding on the NBC soap opera, Bright Promise.

She also appeared in several other films, including The Monkey's Uncle, with Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk.

Cheryl Miller is mother to actor and youngest child magician ever accepted into the Magic Castle and Conceptual Artist Erik Seidenglanz, born Oct 7, 1980.

References

  1. ↑ Susan Bailey, "Cheryl Miller biographical information" Daktari Fan Site, March 27 2013
  2. ↑ "Cheryl Lynn Miller", Glamour Girls of The Silver Screen]


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