Sherry Bain

Sherry Bain (born May 26, 1948), was an actress from Los Angeles, California. She started her career in some exploitation films. She co-starred with Robert Fuller in The Hard Ride in 1971, Wild Riders in 1971, The Ballad of Billie Blue in 1972, an episode of Bearcats!, Pipe Dreams in 1976, Poco... Little Dog Lost in 1977, and Wild and Wooly in 1978. By the early 1970s, her career was moving and she was on the verge of major stardom.

Early life

Bain was the daughter of restaurant owners. Her parents ran The Sportsman Restaurant.^[1] She grew up in the resort town of Lake Arrowhead, which is in the mountains above Los Angeles.^[2] She attended the Rim of the World High School and graduated from there.^[3]

Career

One day Bain's fate changed and a man came in to the supermarket where she was currently working. His name was John Cestare and she began studying acting with him. Her first few films were mainly biker films and she had the lead roles in them.^[4]

Biker genre

The first of the biker films was

Bain had the guest lead role in The Basic Moment which was an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D. split into two parts, playing the part of Evy Weckner. This was aired in 1972. Also that year she appeared in the TV movie, A Very Missing Person.^[14][15] Another film in 1972 was The Ballad of Billie Blue, a Christian themed film that starred Jason Ledger, Renny Roker, Ray Danton, and featured Erik Estrada in an early role.^[16][17][18] She appeared in the John Cassavetes directed film Opening Night which was released in 1977.^[19] She played the part of Jessica in the Philip Leacock directed western, Wild and Wooly which was released in 1978.^[20]

One of her last films was El Norte. By 1985 she had called it quits.

Later years

Since leaving the acting profession, Bain had become a Christian and had settled in Palm Springs and was working with children that had developmental issues.^[21] She also became the author and illustrator of children's books, one of which was Benjamin Gets Saved, a story about a rabbit.^[22]

Filmography

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