Cheryl Ladd was born in Huron, South Dakota on July 12^th 1951, to an engineering father, Marion Stoppelmoor and his waitress wife Delores. As the older sister to brother Seth, Cheryl grew up attending high school in Huron and becoming an integral part of the school’s cheerleading troupe and after school she waited on cars at the local car, The Barn.

Cheryl’s initial step into the world of entertainment was as a singer and her first professional role was as the voice of ‘Cherie Moor’ in Hanna-Barbera’s’ animated series ‘Josie and the Pussycats’. Ladd’s next big move was into acting where she landed roles in several made for television movies and made guest appearances on ‘Ironside’ starring Raymond Burr and on the ‘Partridge Family’ with David Cassidy and Shirley Jones.

During her time in Hollywood Cheryl met fellow actor, David Ladd, the son of Alan Ladd, and after marrying in 1974 they produced their only child, a daughter, Jordan, one year later. 

1980 saw Cheryl and David divorcing and one year later the end of the successful TV show that had made her a household name. Although Cheryl was divorced from David she kept his name even after remarrying in 1981, this time to music producer and actor Brian Russell. After ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Ladd made more than thirty five made-for-TV movies including, ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ with Michael Caine and ‘Eve’s Christmas’ in 2004 with Elisa Donovan. On of Ladd’s more recent roles has been as a recurring guest on the NBC series, ‘Las Vegas’ with James Caan and Josh Duhamel.

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