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


Early years

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


Career

On January 4, 1938, Walker signed a contract with
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. She appeared in small, uncredited roles in several films from 1938 until her first substantial role in '' Chasing Trouble'' (1940) with
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. 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 Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd durin ...
's double in the film '' Sullivan's Travels'' (1941), and was the female lead in '' Shadows on the Sage'' (1942). She also was
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's stand-in on '' No Time for Love''. Her most substantial role was in ''
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'' (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
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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.


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.


Death

Walker died of cancer at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. She was buried in San Gabriel Cemetery,
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External links

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''Allmovie''
1918 births 1971 deaths California Republicans Female models from California American film actresses Deaths from cancer in California Actors from Pasadena, California Actresses from California 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub