Cheryl Walker

Cheryl Walker

1918-08-01 – 1971-10-24 (age 53) South Pasadena, California, USA
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

Cocoanut Grove
Cocoanut Grove

1938

as Girl

Christmas in July
Christmas in July

1940

as Secretary (uncredited)

You and Me
You and Me

1938

as Sales Clerk (uncredited)

If I Were King
If I Were King

1938

as Girl (uncredited)

Chasing Trouble
Chasing Trouble

1940

as Phyllis Benton

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Eileen Burke

Men with Wings
Men with Wings

1938

as Nurse

Reaching from Heaven
Reaching from Heaven

1948

as Madeline Bradley

Larceny in Her Heart
Larceny in Her Heart

1946

as Phyllis Hamilton

Identity Unknown
Identity Unknown

1945

as Sally MacGregor

How DOooo You Do
How DOooo You Do

1945

as Cheryl

Trial by Trigger
Trial by Trigger

1944

as Lee Roberts

Rhythm Round-Up
Rhythm Round-Up

1945

as Mary Parker

Three on a Ticket
Three on a Ticket

1947

as Phyllis Hamilton

A Song for Miss Julie
A Song for Miss Julie

1945

as Marcelle Conway

Waterfront at Midnight
Waterfront at Midnight

1948

as Helen Hanrohan

Shadows on the Sage
Shadows on the Sage

1942

as Doris Jackson

Murder Is My Business
Murder Is My Business

1946

as Phyllis Hamilton

$1,000 a Touchdown
$1,000 a Touchdown

1939

as Blondie (uncredited)

3 Is a Family
3 Is a Family

1944

as Marian Franklin