Cheryl Ladd Biography

Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor; July 12, 1951) is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its second season in 1977 to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Ladd remained with the show until its cancellation in 1981.

Personal life

Ladd was born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota to parents of German descent, the second daughter of Dolores (née Katz), a waitress, and Marion Stoppelmoor (1929"2001), a railroad engineer. She married fellow actor David Ladd, with whom she had a daughter, Jordan. She took his surname as her own, which she kept after their divorce. Her niece is Cowboys cheerleader Ashley Marie. She has been married to music producer Bryan Russell since 1981, and has a stepdaughter, Lindsay Russell. Ladd is a celebrity ambassador for the child abuse prevention and treatment non-profit Childhelp. She is a Republican.

Career

Ladd initially came to Hollywood in 1970 to begin a career in music (she was known as "Cherie Moor" when she was the singing voice of Melody on Hanna-Barbera's Josie and the Pussycats animated series). She soon began to land non-singing roles in commercials and episodic television - including guest appearances on shows such as The Rookies, The Partridge Family and Happy Days. The Charlie's Angels series made her an overnight star, and Ladd took the opportunity of her sudden popularity to further pursue her musical interests, guest-starring in musical-comedy variety series and specials, performing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl XIV in January 1980, and releasing three albums, enjoying a Top 40 Hot 100 single and a Gold record. In September 2000, Ladd starred on Broadway, taking over the title role from Bernadette Peters in a revival of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. She played the role until January 2001, when Reba McEntire took over.

Following Charlie's Angels, Ladd remained a familiar face on television and has starred in more than 30 made for television films, including a coveted role as Grace Kelly, the Philadelphia heiress who became a Hollywood glamour girl and then a European princess, in a biopic that was begun shortly before Kelly's death. She also starred in feature films such as Purple Hearts, Millennium, Poison Ivy (featuring Drew Barrymore, who later starred in the film adaptations of Charlie's Angels) and Permanent Midnight. Ladd had the lead role in the television series One West Waikiki (1994"96), and made guest appearances in other TV shows such as Charmed, Hope and Faith and CSI: Miami. From 2003 until the show's cancellation in 2008, Ladd played Jillian Deline, the wife of the lead character Ed Deline (James Caan), in 29 episodes of the television drama Las Vegas.

In 1996, Ladd published a children's book, The Adventures of Little Nettie Windship. In 2005, she published Token Chick: A Woman's Guide to Golfing With the Boys, an autobiographical book which focused on her love of golf. For several years, Ladd hosted a golf tournament sponsored by Buick.

On April 17, 2010, Ladd, along with her co-angel, Jaclyn Smith, accepted the "2010 TV Land Pop Culture Award" for Charlie's Angels.

In 2010, Ladd filmed a TV movie titled Love's Everlasting Courage for the Hallmark Channel, which aired on October 1, 2011. That same month, she guest starred on NCIS in the show's ninth season episode "Thirst" as the love interest of medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard. In December 2011, she guest starred in an episode of Chuck, playing Sarah Walker's mother.

Discography

All albums were released on Capitol Records.

• Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
• Cheryl Ladd (1978) - The single "Think It Over" peaked at #34 on the Billboard music chart in the United States. The track "Walking In The Rain" was used as an ending song for Charlie's Angels in Japan and was released as a single, while the song "I'll Never Love This Way Again" was recorded by Dionne Warwick the following year. The album reached #129.
• Dance Forever (1979) - The title track was also the closing theme of Charlie's Angels in Japan and was released as an EP, while the song "Where Is Someone To Love Me" was the theme of a Japanese whisky TV commercial featuring Ladd herself. The album reached #179 in the United States.
• Take a Chance (1981, in Japan)
• You Make It Beautiful (1982, mini album in Tokyo, Japan)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970-1971	Josie and the Pussycats	Melody Valentine	TV series (as Cherie Moor); 8 episodes (singing voice)
1971	Chrome and Hot Leather	Kathy	(as Cherie Moor)
1972	The Ken Berry 'WOW' Show
1972	The Rookies	Girl	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); "The Good Die Young" (season 1, ep.9)
1972	Alexander Zwo	Nelly	TV series; "Das gestohlene Ich" (season 1, ep.3)
1973	Harry O	Teenage girl	TV series (as Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor); "Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On" (season 1, ep.1)
1973	Ironside	Gwen	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); "A Game of Showdown" (season 6, ep.23)
1972-1973	Search	Amy Love	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); "Flight to Nowhere" (season 1, ep.10); "Let Us Pray" (season 1, ep.12); "Suffer My Child" (season 1, ep.22)
1973	Satan's School for Girls	Jody Keller	TV movie (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); co-starred with future "angel" colleague Kate Jackson
1973	The Partridge Family	Johanna	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); "Double Trouble" (season 4, ep.6)
1974	The Streets of San Francisco	Susan Ellen Morley	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor); "Blockade" (season 2, ep.17)
1974	Happy Days	Cindy Shea	TV series; "Wish Upon a Star" (season 2, ep.7)
1975	The Treasure of Jamaica Reef	Zappy	(as Cheryl Stoppelmoor)
1975	Switch	Jill Lorimer	TV series; "Death by Resurrection" (season 1, ep.11)
1977	Police Woman	Kate	TV series (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor Ladd); "Silky Chamberlain" (season 3, ep.22)
1977	Police Story	Buffy	TV series; "Prime Rib" (season 4, ep.22)
1977	Code R	Ruth Roberts	TV series; "The Aliens" (season 1, ep.12)
1977	The Fantastic Journey	Natica	TV series; "The Innocent Prey" (season 1, ep.10)
1977	The San Pedro Beach Bums	Kris Munroe	TV series; Pilot
1977-1981	Charlie's Angels	Kris Munroe	TV series; 87 episodes; replaced original "angel" Farrah Fawcett; second longest serving "angel" in the series (after Jaclyn Smith)
1979	Carol Burnett & Company		TV series; Pilot
1979	When She Was Bad...	Betina 'Teeny' Morgan	TV movie
1983	The Hasty Heart	Margaret	TV movie
1983	Kentucky Woman	Maggie Telford	TV movie
1983	Grace Kelly	Grace Kelly	TV movie
1983	Now and Forever	Jessie Clarke
1984	Purple Hearts	Deborah Solomon
1985	Romance on the Orient Express	Lily Parker	TV movie
1985	A Death in California	Hope Masters	TV mini-series
1986	Crossings	Liane DeVilliers	TV mini-series
1987	Deadly Care	Anne Halloran	TV movie
1988	Bluegrass	Maude Sage Breen	TV movie
1989	The Fulfilment of Mary Gray	Mary	TV movie
1989	Millennium	Louise Baltimore
1990	Jekyll & Hyde	Sara Crawford	TV movie
1990	The Girl Who Came Between Them	Laura	TV movie
1990	Lisa	Katherine
1990	Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501	Diane Halstead	TV movie
1991	Changes	Melanie Adams	TV movie
1991	Locked Up: A Mother's Rage	Annie Gallagher	TV movie
1992	Poison Ivy	Georgie Cooper	co-starred with Drew Barrymore
1993	Dead Before Dawn	Linda	TV movie
1993	Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back	Pam Cheney	TV movie
1994	Dancing with Danger	Mary Dannon	TV movie
1996	Kiss and Tell	Jean McAvoy	TV movie
1996	The Haunting of Lisa	Ellen Downey	TV movie
1994-1996	One West Waikiki	Dawn 'Holli' Holliday M.E	TV series; 20 episodes
1996	Vows of Deception	Lucinda/Lucy Ann Michaels	TV movie
1997	Ink	Mercedes	TV series; "The Black Book" (season 1, ep.8)
1998	Every Mother's Worst Fear	Connie Hoagland	TV movie; co-starred with her daughter Jordan Ladd
1998	Permanent Midnight	Pamela Verlaine
1998	Perfect Little Angels	Elaine Freedman	TV movie
1999	Jesse	Mary Anne Myers	TV series; "Crazy White Female" (season 1, ep.15)
1999	Michael Landon, the Father I Knew	Lynn Noe Landon	TV movie
1999	A Dog of Flanders	Anna
1999-2000	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Berg's mom	TV series; "Foul Play" (season 3, ep.8); "The Undercard" (season 3, ep.23)
2002	Her Best Friend's Husband	Jane Thornton	TV movie
2003	Charmed	Doris Bennett	TV series; "The Day the Magic Died" (season 5, ep.15)
2004	Hope & Faith	Mary Jo Johnson Fairfield	TV series; "9021-Uh-Oh" (season 2, ep.10)
2004	Eve's Christmas	Diane	TV movie
2006	Though None Go with Me	Elizabeth Bishop	TV movie
2003-2008	Las Vegas	Jillian Deline	TV series; 29 episodes
2008	Baggage	Sarah Murphy
2009	CSI: Miami	Amanda Collins	TV series; "Bolt Action" (season 8, ep.3)
2011	Love's Everlasting Courage	Irene	TV movie
2011	NCIS	Mary Courtney	TV series; "Thirst" (season 9, ep.6)
2011	Chuck	Emma	TV series; "Chuck Versus the Baby" (season 5, ep.8)
2012	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups	Mrs. Clause	Direct-to-DVD
2013	The Perfect Wave	Mrs. McCormack (mom)	TV movie