Cheryl Holdridge
| Cheryl Holdridge | |
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in The Mickey Mouse Club (1957)
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| Born |
Cheryl Lynn Phelps June 20, 1944 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2009 (aged 64) Santa Monica, California, U.S |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Other names | Cheryl Reventlow Post |
| Education |
Van Nuys High School Grant High School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Lance Reventlow (m. 1964; d. 1972) Albert James Skarda (m. 1974; div. 1988) Manning J. Post (m. 1994; d. 2000) |
Cheryl Lynn Holdridge (June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009) was an American actress, best known as an original cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club.
Holdridge was born Cheryl Lynn Phelps in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother, Julie A. Phelps (October 19, 1908 – October 24, 2003), was a dancer who performed on Broadway with her partner, Dick Mason; Cheryl's biological father is unidentified. Shortly after Cheryl was born, Julie moved with her new daughter to Burbank, California. In 1950, Julie married Herbert Charles Holdridge, a retired Brigadier General active in fringe political movements. He adopted Cheryl in 1953 and gave her his surname. Cheryl grew up in Sherman Oaks. She started dance lessons at an early age with Joyce Cole in North Hollywood, from whom she learned ballet and tap.
Holdridge first performed professionally at the age of nine in the New York City Ballet's version of The Nutcracker in Los Angeles. Her first screen appearance was as an uncredited extra in the 1956 film production of Carousel.
She auditioned for Walt Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club in the spring of 1956, was hired for the club's "Red Team"—the most visible and popular of the Mouseketeers. Though a good dancer, her weak singing voice kept her in the background of most musical numbers performed by the Mouseketeers. A competent actress with a pleasant speaking voice, she was employed for two of the show's episodic serials: Boys of the Western Sea and Annette. After the show's run ended, Holdridge returned to Van Nuys High School and graduated from Grant High School with the winter 1961 class. She was cast in two episodes of Leave It to Beaver in 1959 as 'Gloria Cusick'; she later played an occasional, recurring role as Wally Cleaver's girlfriend, Julie Foster.
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