Cheryl Miller (actress)

Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller in 1964
Born	Cheryl Lynn Miller
Occupations	Actress musician
Years active	1943–2018
Known for	Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion Daktari Flipper
Spouse	Stan Shapiro ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1971)​

Cheryl Lynn Miller is an American actress and musician.

Early years

A California native, Miller is one of two children of an architect and film studio set designer, Howard Miller and accountant mother and travel agent, Elsie. She began acting as a young girl.

Career

The film Casanova Brown (1944) marked her screen debut at the age of 19 days. 1965 was a break-through year for Miller. She was featured with an elephant and a chimp on the hit TV series Flipper. This caught the attention of the director (Ivan Tors) who later cast her in the film, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. In this film she played Paula Tracy, the daughter of veterinarian Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson). The film led to her role again playing Paula Tracy alongside Thompson in the CBS television series, Daktari, (1966–69).

During the summer of 1965, Walt Disney chose Miller as his own contractee, dubbing her "The Typical American Girl". By early 1966, filming began for Daktari in Africa, U.S.A., a 200-acre ranch about 40 miles north of the Los Angeles metro area.

Later that year, Miller was one of 13 young actresses who were designated Hollywood Deb Stars of 1966. By the summer, she became Miss Golden Globe of 1966 and assisted Andy Williams in the presentation of the Golden Globe Awards. In 1966, she was voted as honorary mayor of Studio City, California.

Miller made many appearances in other television series, including Leave It to Beaver, Our Man Higgins, and The Donna Reed Show. She created the role of Samantha Pudding on the NBC soap opera, Bright Promise.

She also appeared in several other films, including The Monkey's Uncle, with Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk and Guardian of the Wilderness with Denver Pyle as Galen Clark, John Dehner as John Muir and Ford Rainey as Abraham Lincoln.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	The Monkey's Uncle	Lisa	Comedy film
	Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion	Paula Tracy	Adventure film
1973	Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls	Sandy	Horror film
1976	Guardian of the Wilderness	Kathleen Clark

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Bachelor Father	Nancy	S1 E3: "Uncle Bentley and the Lady Doctor"
1962	Perry Mason	First Girl	S6 E10: "The Case of the Lurid Letter"
	Leave It to Beaver	Helen	S6 E14: "The Party Spoiler"
1965	Flipper	Bonnie McCoy	4 episodes
1966-1969	Daktari	Paula Tracy	89 episodes
1973	Emergency!	Rochelle Kayner	S2 E17: "Honest"
1974	Barnaby Jones	Kathy Sayers	S3 E3: "The Challenge"
	The Streets of San Francisco	Kimberly Young	S3 E3: "Target: Red"
1977	The Six Million Dollar Man	Kim Durbin	S4 E18: "Carnival of Spies"
1978	Police Story	Judy Bivins	S5 E5: "The Broken Badge"
1980	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Jennifer	S1 E14: "Police Escort"

Personal life

Miller married Stan Shapiro, a stockbroker, in 1968.

External links

• Cheryl Miller at IMDb

• Los Angeles Times
• Los Angeles Times