Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 1, 1918
Place of Birth:
South Pasadena, California, USA
From Wikipedia
Cheryl Walker (August 1, 1918 – October 24, 1971) was an American fashion model and actress. Born in South Pasadena, California to Everett Dale and Pauline S. Walker, Cheryl Walker won the 1938 Tournament of Roses pageant leading to a brief career as a model and the beginning of a brief film career.
She appeared in small, uncredited roles in several films from 1938 until her first substantial role in Chasing Trouble (1940) with Frankie Darro. She briefly took the name Sharon Lee for the film Secrets of a Model (1940) which provided her first starring role, before returning to minor roles. She was
Veronica Lake's "double" in the film Sullivan's Travels (1941), and was the female lead in Shadows on the Sage (1942). She also was Claudette Colbert's stand-in on No Time for Love. Her most substantial role was in Stage Door Canteen (1943) in which she played a hostess at the canteen who meets and
falls in love with a serviceman. She continued appearing in films for the next few years until her retirement in 1948.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1948 | Waterfront at Midnight | Helen Hanrohan |
1948 | Reaching from Heaven | Madeline Bradley |
1947 | Three on a Ticket | Phyllis Hamilton |
1946 | Larceny in Her Heart | Phyllis Hamilton |
1946 | Murder Is My Business | Phyllis Hamilton |
1945 | Identity Unknown | Sally MacGregor |
1945 | It's a Pleasure | Loni |
1945 | A Song for Miss Julie | Marcelle Conway |
1945 | Rhythm Round-Up | Mary Parker |
1945 | How DOooo You Do | Cheryl |
1944 | Three Little Sisters | Lily Scott |
1944 | 3 Is a Family | Marian Franklin |
1944 | Trial by Trigger | Lee Roberts |
1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Eileen Burke |
1942 | Shadows on the Sage | Doris Jackson |
1940 | Chasing Trouble | Phyllis Benton |
1940 | Secrets of a Model | Rita Wilson |
1940 | Christmas in July | Secretary (uncredited) |
1939 | $1,000 a Touchdown | Blondie (uncredited) |
1938 | Cocoanut Grove | Girl |
1938 | Men with Wings | Nurse |
1938 | If I Were King | Girl (uncredited) |
1938 | You and Me | Sales Clerk (uncredited) |
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