Cheryl Walker (actress)

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Cheryl Walker
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Walker in Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Born(1918-08-01)August 1, 1918
DiedOctober 24, 1971(1971-10-24) (aged 53)
Resting placeSan Gabriel Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1938–1948
Spouse(s)Dr. Jay Etzell Coumbe (1940-?) (divorced) (1 child)
Tway W. Andrews (?-1971) (her death)
Children5

Cheryl Walker (August 1, 1918 – October 24, 1971) was an American fashion model and actress.

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Early years

Katharine Hepburn and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen (1943) Stage Door Canteen (1943) 1.jpg
Katharine Hepburn and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Walker was born in South Pasadena, California, to Everett Dale and Pauline S. Walker. She attended Pasadena Junior College, where she was a champion swimmer. [1] Walker won the 1938 Tournament of Roses pageant leading to a film contract. [2]

Career

On January 4, 1938, Walker signed a contract with Paramount Pictures. [3] 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 [4] (1943) in which she played a hostess at the canteen who meets and falls in love with a serviceman. She continued appearing in films until her retirement in 1948.

Later years

In the late 1950s, Walker traveled throughout Southern California giving speeches to civic and church groups on "the menace of communism". She belonged to the San Marino Republican Women's Club and co-founded and was president of the Tuesday Morning Study Club which presented annual patriotism awards to anti-communist activists such as George Putnam, Baxter Ward, Matt Cvetic, Chief William Parker, Congressman Donald Jackson, and Jenkin Lloyd Jones. [5]

Personal life

On December 16, 1940, Walker married Dr. Jay Etzell Coumbe; they had one daughter, Dayle. They later divorced. She married, secondly, to Tway W. Andrews, who survived her.[ citation needed ]

Death

Walker died of cancer at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. She was buried in San Gabriel Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [6]

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References

  1. "Rose Tournament Queen Is Selecte". The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. United Press. December 16, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Rose Bowl Queen" . The Havre Daily News. December 22, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved September 25, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tournament's Queen Given Picture Role". The San Bernardino County Sun. California, San Bernardino. January 5, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved June 4, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Coons, Robbin (December 30, 1942). "Queen of the Roses (Back in '39), Cheryl Walker Took Up with Hollywood and Stuck to Job; Star Role Now Near". The Monitor. Texas, McAllen. p. 4. Retrieved June 13, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Cheryl Walker biography at Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen site
  6. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.