Cheryl Ladd

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Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor; July 12, 1951) is an American singer, author and actress, perhaps best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the 1970s television series Charlie's Angels.

Career

Ladd was known as "Cherie Moor" when she performed on the album based on Hanna-Barbera's Josie and the Pussycats animated series. In 1977 (starting from the second season), Ladd (as she was now known) replaced Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels in the coveted role of Kris Munroe, younger sister of Fawcett's then departing character, Jill Munroe, and stayed until the show's finale in 1981. She also starred in the 1994–1996 series One West Waikiki. In January 1980, Ladd sang the national anthem prior to Super Bowl XIV. In 1996, she released a children's book, The Adventures of Little Nettie Windship. Then in 2005 released Token Chick: A Woman’s Guide To Golfing With The Boys, an autobiographical book which focused on her love of golf.

In September 2000, Ladd took over the role of Annie Oakley from Bernadette Peters on Broadway in the revival of Irving Berlin's musical, Annie Get Your Gun. She played the role until January 2001, when Reba McEntire took over. From 2003 to the show's cancellation in 2008, Ladd played the lead character's wife, Jillian Deline, in the television drama Las Vegas.

Personal life

Ladd was born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota, the daughter of Dolores (née Katz), a waitress, and Marion Stoppelmoor, a railroad engineer.^[1] She married fellow actor David Ladd, son of the famous actor Alan Ladd, with whom she had a daughter, Jordan. She took his surname as her own, which she kept after their divorce. She has been married to record producer Bryan Russell since 1981. She has a stepdaughter Lindsay Russell. Ladd is a celebrity ambassador for the child abuse prevention and treatment non-profit Childhelp.

Discography

• Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
• Cheryl Ladd (1978) - The single "Think It Over" peaked at #38 on the Billboard music chart. The track "Walking In The Rain" was used as an ending song for Charlie's Angels in Japan and was released as a single, while the song "I'll Never Love This Way Again" was recorded by Dionne Warwick the following year.
• Dance Forever (1979) - The title track was also the closing theme of Charlie's Angels in Japan and was released as an EP, while the song "Where Is Someone To Love Me" was the theme of a Japanese whisky TV commercial featuring Ladd herself.
• Take a Chance (1981, in Japan)
• You Make It Beautiful (1982, mini album in Tokyo, Japan)

Television credits

As Cheryl Ladd

• Police Story
• Happy Days
  • Wish Upon A Star (1974)
• The Fantastic Journey
  • The Innocent Prey (1977)
• The San Pedro Beach Bums
• The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978)
• The Muppet Show (1978)
• Carol Burnett & Company
• When She Was Bad... (1979)
• Charlie's Angels (TV series) (1977–1981)
• "Super Bowl XIV" Performance of national anthem (1980)
• The Hasty Heart (1983)
• Kentucky Woman (1983)
• Grace Kelly (1983)
• Now and Forever (1983)
• Purple Hearts (1984)
• Romance on the Orient Express (1985)
• A Death in California (1985)
• The Twelfth Annual People's Choice Awards
• Crossings (1986)
• Deadly Care (1987)
• Bluegrass (1988)
• The Fulfillment of Mary Gray (1989)
• Lisa (1989)
• Millennium (1989)
• Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
• The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990)
• Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990)
• Changes (1991)
• Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (1991)
• Poison Ivy (1992)
• Dead Before Dawn (1993)
• Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back (1993)
• Dancing with Danger (1994)
• One West Waikiki (1994)
• Kiss and Tell (1996)
• The Haunting of Lisa (1996)
• Vows of Deception (1996)
• Ink (1997)
• Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998)
• Permanent Midnight (1998)
• Perfect Little Angels (1998)
• Jesse (1999)
• Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (1999)
• A Dog of Flanders (1999)
• Two Guys and a Girl (1999–2000)
• Her Best Friend's Husband (2002)
• Charmed (2003)
• The Yesterday Show with Johnny Kerwin (2004)
• Hope & Faith (2004)
• Eve's Christmas (2004)
• Though None Go with Me (2006)
• Las Vegas (2003–2008)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) DVD Directors Cut
• Holiday Baggage (2008)

As Cheryl Stoppelmoor/Cherie Moor

• Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
• The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1971)
• Double Identity (1971)
• The Rookies
  • The Good Die Young (1972)
• Harry O: Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On (1973)
• Ironside (1973)
• Search (1973)
• Satan's School for Girls (1973)
• The Partridge Family (1973)
• The Streets of San Francisco (1974)
• Harry O (1974)
• Switch (1975)
• Evil in the Deep (1976)
• Police Woman (1977)

Filmography

• Walk Hard - 2007 Herself (cameo) Unrated version

References

External links

• Official Site
• Cheryl Ladd Fansite
• Cheryl Ladd at the Internet Movie Database
• Cheryl Ladd at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cheryl Ladd at TV.com
• Charlie's Angels website