Person Biography:
Sherry Jackson, born on February 15, 1942, in Idaho, began her acting career as a child actress. Her father, Curtis Loys Jackson, Sr., died when she was six, and her family relocated to Los Angeles. Her mother, Maurita Kathleen Gilbert, married television writer/director/actor Montgomery Pittman, who died of cancer in 1962.
Sherry's early career consisted of small, un-billed bit parts in films such as You're My Everything (1949),For Heaven's Sake (1950),Lorna Doone (1951),The Great Caruso (1951),and the "Ma and Pa Kettle" films series. She gained more attention as her parts increased in size, holding her own among Hollywood's movie elite.
Sherry's most impressive role during this time was as a Portuguese youngster who witnesses a vision in the religious offering The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952). At age 11, she made appearances on both "The Roy Rogers Show" and "The Gene Autry Show". She grew up on the small screen as Danny Thomas' daughter Terry Williams on the comedy series The Danny Thomas Show (1953).
Sherry played a number of beguiling victims or bewitching vixens on 60's programs such as "77 Sunset Strip," "Mr. Novak," "The Twilight Zone," "Hawaiian Eye," "Gunsmoke," "Perry Mason," "Gomer Pyle," "The Virginian," "My Three Sons," "Batman" and "The Wild, Wild West." On film, she was relegated to minor cult worship in low-budgets or exploitation films.
Sherry's adult work remained a sexy standard throughout the 1970s as seen in the TV-movies Wild Women (1970),Hitchhike! (1974),The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974),Returning Home (1975),and Casino (1980). She also reprised her role as Terry Williams in the premiere episode (only) of the series Make Room for Granddaddy (1970) and appeared in the glamorous title role of Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979),an unsold TV pilot.
Sherry's career slowed down in the 1990s, and she was last seen onscreen in an episode of the soap opera "Guiding Light" in 1992.
