Cheryl Paris

{{short description|American television and film actress (born 1959)}}

{{Notability|Bio|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Cheryl Paris

|birth_date = 1959

|birth_place = Burley, Idaho, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|birthname = Cheryl Annie Paris

|occupation = Model
Actress

|years_active = 1979-92

|spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Jim Porter|1980|1986|end=divorce}}
  • {{marriage|Ken Kercheval|1994|2004|end=divorce}}

}}

| children = 2

}}

Cheryl Annie Paris (born 1959) is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.

Career

In 1979, Paris worked as an Elite Agency model, and during that time she posed for fashion layouts found in both Vogue and Mademoiselle magazines.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kkBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6276,688511&dq=cheryl-paris&hl=en|title=Cheryl Paris ought to be in pictures|last=Weiss|first=Ray|date=September 18, 1980|work=The Lakeland Ledger|accessdate=March 29, 2012}} While attending college for two years in Tampa and Miami, she studied criminal justice.

Personal life

Paris and her five older brothers were raised in California by their mother, who divorced their father around 1963. She spent part of her early childhood in the town of North Highlands, California.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Her first marriage (1980–86) was to Delta Air Lines pilot Jim Porter.{{cite web|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m9s0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=TfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749,3484958&dq=cheryl-paris&hl=en|title=LHS graduate turns up on the tube again: Cheryl Paris appears in ABC show|last=Turner|first=Steve|date=August 11, 1982|work=The Lakeland Ledger|accessdate=March 29, 2012}} They had a daughter, Katherine, together in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20121317,00.html|title=Playing Sweet Bird of Youth 's Abandoned Lover, Cheryl Paris Draws on Her Own Unhappy Past|last=Park|first=Jeannie & Koffler, Kevin|date=October 2, 1989|work=People.com|accessdate=March 31, 2012}} Her second marriage (1994-2004) was to the television actor Ken Kercheval. She was Kercheval's third wife. The couple had one child together.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

Filmography

;Television

class="wikitable sortable"
YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Golden GateClaire McCartneyTV movie/pilot{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k05VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gD4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5954,3436677&dq=cheryl-paris&hl=en|title=About Women: Cheryl Paris - Anne Lockhart - Colleen McCullough|work=The News-Dispatch | location=Jeannette, Pennsylvania | date=February 25, 1981|accessdate=March 29, 2012}}
1982The RenegadesTracyTV movie/pilot
1983T. J. HookerCarol Ann Baker"The Hostages" (season 2, episode 20)
1989Sweet Bird of YouthHeavenly FinleyTV movie{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nlgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WMgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2641,273328&dq=cheryl-paris&hl=en|title=Perrine keeps a tight lip|work=Times Daily|last=Hull|first=Christopher|date=October 1, 1989|accessdate=March 29, 2012}}
1990MatlockSarah McClain"The Pro" (season 4, episode 19)
1990Nasty BoysJan Palmer"The Line" (season 1, episode 9)
1990Good Cops, Bad CopsKelly SherwoodTV movie
1991ColumboMarcy EdwardsColumbo and the Murder of a Rock Star{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=smtFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VrwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575,5525209&dq=cheryl-paris&hl=en|title=Columbo solves another mystery|last=Zuckerman|first=Faye B.|date=April 28, 1991|work= The Telegraph-Herald|accessdate=March 29, 2012}} (season 10, episode 3)
1992Dangerous CurvesCourtney Douglas"Daddy Dearest" (season 2, episode 2)
1992From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of OneRita MulickTV movie

;Film

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Liberty & BashMelissafilm debut
1992Me, Myself and IAunt Felicia
1992Sweet JusticeSuzanne
1992Rescue MeHannah

References

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