Cheryl Miller (actress)

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Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller actress Daktari.jpg
Cheryl Miller in 1964
Born
Cheryl Lynn Miller

(1943-02-04) February 4, 1943 (age 78)
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
OccupationActress, musician
Years active1943–2018
Spouse(s)
Stan Shapiro
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(m. 1968; div. 1971)​

Robert Seidenglanz
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(m. 1977; div. 1983)​

Robert Kasselmann
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(m. 1989; died 2004)​
Children1

Cheryl Lynn Miller (born February 4, 1943) is an American actress and musician.

Early years[]

A California native,[1] Miller is one of two children of an architect and film studio set designer, Howard Miller and accountant mother and travel agent, Elsie. She began acting as a young girl.

Career[]

The film Casanova Brown (1944) marked her screen debut at the age of 19 days.[1] 1965 was a break-through year for Miller. 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 in the film, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion.[2] In this film she played Paula Tracy, the daughter of veterinarian Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson). The film led to her role again playing Paula Tracy alongside Thompson in the CBS television series, Daktari, (1966–69).[3]

During the summer of 1965, Walt Disney chose Miller as his own contractee, dubbing her "The Typical American Girl". By early 1966, filming began for Daktari in Africa, U.S.A., a 200-acre ranch about 40 miles north of the Los Angeles metro area.

Later that year, Miller was one of 13 young actresses who were designated Hollywood Deb Stars of 1966. By the summer, she became Miss Golden Globe of 1966 and assisted Andy Williams in the presentation of the Golden Globe Awards. In 1966, she was voted as honorary mayor of Studio City, California. [4]

Miller made many appearances in other television series, including 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.

Personal life[]

Miller married Stan Shapiro, a stockbroker, in 1968.[5] She married again in 1979 in Hawaii to the CEO of Compact Video Systems and RTS Systems, Robert E. Seidenglanz, the inventor of the single camera, live television truck, and high definition television.[citation needed] They had a son, Erik, a year later. He is a composer and conceptual artist, and was featured in Jean-Luc Godard's last film, Goodbye to Language.[citation needed] Cheryl also raised Seidenglanz's other two children, Ronn and Rob, both filmmakers. Rob Seidenglanz is the director behind the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, while Ronn is the founder of the film company Sidewayz, based in Idaho.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Powers, Forrest (October 23, 1967). "TV-Radio Chatter". The Minneapolis Star. Minnesota, Minneapolis. p. 17. Retrieved July 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ Susan Bailey, "Cheryl Miller biographical information" Daktari Fan Site, March 27 2013
  3. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  4. ^ "Cheryl Lynn Miller", Glamour Girls of The Silver Screen
  5. ^ "'Daktari' Star Weds". The Akron Beacon Journal. Ohio, Akron. Associated Press. December 15, 1968. p. 69. Retrieved July 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access

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