Cheryl Holdridge
Cheryl Holdridge | |
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Born | Cheryl Lynn Phelps June 20, 1944 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | January 6, 2009 | (aged 64)
Other names | Cheryl Reventlow Post |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1955–2000 |
Spouses | Albert James Skarda
(m. 1974; div. 1988)Manning J. Post
(m. 1994; died 2000) |
Cheryl Lynn Holdridge (
Early life
Holdridge's mother, Julie, married
Career
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.[citation needed]
She auditioned for Walt Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club in the spring of 1956, and was hired for the show's second season.[4]
After the show's run ended, Holdridge returned to
From 1960, Holdridge made guest appearances on over twenty different shows, including
Holdridge was offered the role of Elly May on The Beverly Hillbillies but her studio would not release her from her contract to accept the role, and lost the lead role in Gidget Goes to Rome to Cindy Carol for looking too mature.[6] Holdridge was also screen tested for a role in Spencer's Mountain that would eventually go to Mimsy Farmer.[7]
Holdridge retired from acting in 1964 to marry race car driver Lance Reventlow, to whom she was wed until his death in 1972. Holdridge was offered a movie contract from Universal Studios but declined after Reventlow proposed. She stated “I had to choose between my career and my personal life. Lance doesn't want me to quit acting, but it wouldn't be right for me to be tied to a studio."[8] In 1967 Holdridge was reported to be planning on writing a book about Barbara Hutton and Reventlow. She watched an installment of Poor Little Rich Girl, based on Hutton, with its producer Lester Persky at his Bel Air home.[9] The book never materialized.
After the death of her third husband, Holdridge made a cameo appearance in the 2000 feature film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. In 2005, she appeared at Disneyland for 50th anniversary celebrations of both the opening of the park and The Mickey Mouse Club. She was cast in televised documentary specials about Cary Grant (2005) and Barbara Hutton (2006), and also appeared in a special feature interview for a Disney DVD.
Personal life
In May 1960, Holdridge went on a live tour to
Prior to her first marriage, Holdridge had dated Elvis Presley, Tony Dow, Ricky Nelson, Tim Considine, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Don Grady, Tommy Kirk,[12] and Michael Anderson Jr.[13]
Holdridge's first marriage, on November 8, 1964, was to sportsman and playboy Lance Reventlow,[14] only child of Barbara Hutton, heir to the Woolworth fortune. Holdridge decided to retire from acting after becoming engaged to Reventlow and would later explain “because that’s what you did then. You married and stayed home.”[15] It was reported that towards the end of their marriage the couple were estranged and only met occasionally,[16] with Holdridge contemplating divorce.[17] At an event in 1971, Holdridge refused to be addressed as Mrs. Lance Reventlow and stated "Lance and I are the best of friends. We just don't live together."[18] Reventlow died in 1972, in the crash of a small plane in which he was a passenger in Aspen, Colorado. The bulk of Reventlow's estate went to Holdridge, which was estimated around $50 million.[19]
Between her first two marriages it was reported Holdridge dated film producers Robert Cohn (son of Jack Cohn)[20] and Andrew Wald (son of Jerry Wald),[21] and author Michael Crichton.[22]
Her second husband was Albert James "Jim" Skarda, whom she married in 1974. He ran a car rental service in Aspen.[23] Skarda was indicted for being the ringleader in an international drug smuggling operation. According to a sealed indictment, Skarda put up $100,000 in 1983 to begin importing thousands of pounds of marijuana from Columbia to the United States. Holdridge pledged their Aspen home to pay for his $500,000 bond.[24] They divorced in 1988. She maintained a second home in Aspen and lived there for six months out of the year from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s.[25]
Her third husband, Manning J. Post (1918–2000), a prominent California Democratic Party fundraiser and controller, was 26 years her senior. Post had a used car business before becoming a TV and film producer.[26] Post was then treasurer for the California presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and headed the inaugural campaign committee for Jimmy Carter.[27] Post would then go on to be a fundraiser for the political campaigns of Jesse Unruh and Joel Wachs.[28] He died at the age of 82.[29]
Death
Holdridge died at her Santa Monica home[4] on January 6, 2009, from lung cancer, aged 64.[15]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956 | Carousel | Young Girl #2 | Uncredited |
1959 | A Summer Place | Girl in dormitory at Briarwood School for Girls | Uncredited |
2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Genevieve |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956–1958 | The Mickey Mouse Club | Mouseketeer Cheryl | |
1957–1980 | The Wonderful World of Disney
|
Mouseketeer Cheryl | 2 episodes |
1958 | Walt Disney Presents: Annette | Madge Markham | 2 episodes |
1958 | The Eve Arden Show | Episode: "Safari" | |
1959–1963 | Leave It to Beaver | Gloria Cusick Julie Foster |
8 episodes |
1960–1961 | Bachelor Father
|
Lila Meredith | 4 episodes |
1960–1964 | My Three Sons | Judy Doucette Juliet Johnson |
3 episodes |
1961 | Westinghouse Playhouse | Mona Morgan | Episode: "A Date for Buddy" |
1961 | Bringing Up Buddy | Sharon | Episode: "Buddy and the Teenager" |
1962 | Life with Archie | Betty | Television pilot |
1961–1962 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Joyce Maynard Norma Lane |
4 episodes |
1962 | The Rifleman | Sally Walker | Episode: "Young Man's Fancy" |
1962 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Daphne Winsett | Episode: "The Big Blunder and Egg Man" |
1962 | King of Diamonds | Chick Hendricks | Episode: "Rain on Wednesday" |
1962 | Dennis the Menace | Helen Franklin | Episode: "Dennis' Lovesick Friend" |
1962 | The Donna Reed Show | Pat Walker | Episode: "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" |
1963 | Hawaiian Eye | Mary Anne Sayer | Episode: "Go Steady with Danger" |
1963 | Ripcord | Angie Carter | Episode: "The Inventor" |
1964 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Joan Delroy | Episode: "The Third One from the Left" |
1964 | Mr. Novak | Betty | Episode: "The Private Life of Douglas Morgan, Jr." |
1964 | Dr. Kildare | Nurse Reynolds | Episode: "Quid Pro Quo" |
1964 | The Eleventh Hour | Judy Gormley | 3 episodes |
1964 | Insight | Sally | Episode: "Boss Toad" |
1964 | Wagon Train | Annabelle | Episode: "The Race Town Story" |
1964 | Bewitched | Liza Randall | Episode: "The Girl Reporter" |
1964 | Archie | Betty | Second TV Pilot for Archie |
1964 | Take Me to Your Leader | Unaired TV Pilot | |
1984–1987 | The New Leave It to Beaver | Julie Foster | 2 episodes |
References
- ^ "Cheryl Holdridge, a Mouseketeer Known for Her Smile, Dies at 64". The New York Times. January 10, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
- ^ "Ex-Mouseketeer". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. June 22, 1962. p. 5.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wedding Plans". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 30, 1964. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ Cheryl Holdridge, by Johnny Jason, 'Teen Magazine, May 1963, pg 47
- ^ Bacon, James (June 21, 1962). "Cheryl Holdridge Is No Longer A Mouseketeer". The Evening Sun. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Beck, Marilyn (November 16, 1987). "Conner set to star in Boorman film". Daily News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ISBN 0-385-11622-5
- ^ Adair, Robin (May 22, 1963). "How Lucky Starr reached stardom". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Cheryl Holdridge, by Johnny Jason, 'Teen Magazine, May 1963, pg 47
- ^ Mike's Love Life, by Marilyn Beck, Teen Life magazine, April 1964
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; popular Mouseketeer". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 2009.
- ^ "Reventlow Will Probated". The Montreal Star. July 28, 1972. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Hayber, Joyce (September 27, 1972). "Disney Films for Misses Hayes, Rush". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
- ^ Manners, Dorothy (December 10, 1971). "Gilda Gray Coming Up". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ "Reventlow widow to get bulk of estate". The Honolulu Advertiser. July 27, 1972. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
- ^ Manners, Dorothy (October 18, 1972). "Hollywood Pairs Divide". The Bradenton Herald. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Manners, Dorothy (November 20, 1972). "In Hollywood". News-Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Manners, Dorothy (May 26, 1973). "The Bradenton Herald". The Bradenton Herald. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "Did You Know?". Star-News (Pasadena, California). July 3, 1977.
- ^ "Wire Check". The Daily Sentinel. January 30, 1987. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ "Cheryl Reventlow Post". Aspen Times. January 30, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ Vasquez, Carlos (October 28, 1987). "Oral History Interview with Manning J. Post" (PDF). Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ^ "Manning J. Post; Democratic Fund-Raiser Advised Party's Candidates for 40 Years". Los Angeles Times. March 15, 2000. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ Boyarsky, Bill (May 31, 1971). "2 Campaigns: One Well-Oiled, the Other Rusty". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ^ Manning J. Post; Democratic Fund-Raiser Advised Party's Candidates for 40 Years
External links
- Cheryl Holdridge at IMDb
- Cheryl Holdridge at the TCM Movie Database
- Images of Holdridge from her appearance on Bewitched
- Cheryl Holdridge, before and after the Mickey Mouse Club
- Cheryl Holdridge profile
- Cheryl Holdridge Graduation picture, 1961 Grant High School (login required)