Detailed Biography

Cheryl Ladd is an American singer, author and actress, perhaps best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the 1970s television series Charlie's Angels.

Career

Ladd was known as "Cherie Moor" when she was the singing voice of Melody on Hanna-Barbera's Josie and the Pussycats animated series.

In 1977, starting from the second season, Ladd replaced Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels in the coveted role of Kris Munroe, younger sister of Fawcett's character, Jill Munroe, and stayed until the show's cancellation in 1981.

In January 1980, Ladd performed the national anthem prior to Super Bowl XIV.

Following Charlie's Angels, Ladd remained a familiar face on television and has starred in more than 30 made for television movies. She starred in feature films such as Millennium, Poison Ivy and Permanent Midnight. She also starred in the 1994–1996 series One West Waikiki. Her guest starring roles include The Rookies, The Partridge Family, Happy Days and more recently Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place and Charmed. From 2003 to the show's cancellation in 2008, Ladd played the lead character's wife, Jillian Deline, in 28 episodes of the television drama Las Vegas.

In 1996, she published a children's book, The Adventures of Little Nettie Windship. Then, in 2005, she published Token Chick: A Woman’s Guide To Golfing With The Boys, an autobiographical book which focused on her love of golf.

In September 2000, Ladd took over the role of Annie Oakley from Bernadette Peters on Broadway in the revival of Irving Berlin's musical, Annie Get Your Gun. She played the role until January 2001, when Reba McEntire took over.

Personal life

Ladd was born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota, the daughter of Dolores , a waitress, and Marion Stoppelmoor, a railroad engineer. She married fellow actor David Ladd, son of the famous actor Alan Ladd, with whom she had a daughter, Jordan. She took his surname as her own, which she kept after their divorce. She has been married to music producer Bryan Russell since 1981, and has a stepdaughter, Lindsay Russell. Ladd is a celebrity ambassador for the child abuse prevention and treatment non-profit Childhelp.

Discography

Television credits

As Cheryl Ladd

As Cheryl Stoppelmoor/Cherie Moor