Cheryl Ladd

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Cheryl Ladd

Born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor
July 12, 1951 (1951-07-12) (age 56)
Huron, South Dakota
Spouse(s) Brian Russell

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

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[edit] 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, and stayed until the end of the show 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, following it up in 2005 with 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.

[edit] Personal life

Cheryl married fellow actor David Ladd, son of the famous actor Alan Ladd, by 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 Brian Russell since 1981.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Television credits

[edit] As Cheryl Ladd

[edit] As Cheryl Stoppelmoor/Cherie Moor


[edit] Filmography

  • Walk Hard - 2007 Herself (cameo) Unrated version

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