Cheryl Lynn Miller (born February 4, 1943) 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 ''

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'' (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 (

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) who later cast her in the film, ''

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''. In this film she played Paula Tracy, the daughter of

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Marsh Tracy (

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). The film led to her role again playing Paula Tracy alongside Thompson in the

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, ''

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'', (1966–69). During the summer of 1965,

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chose Miller as his own contractee, dubbing her "The Typical American Girl". By early 1966, filming began for ''

'' 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

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of 1966 and assisted

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in the presentation of the

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. 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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She created the role of Samantha Pudding on the

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, ''

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''. She also appeared in several other films, including ''

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'', with

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and

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Personal life

Miller married Stan Shapiro, a stockbroker, in 1968. She married again in 1979 in Hawaii to the CEO of Compact Video Systems and RTS Systems, Robert E. Seidenglanz, the inventor of the single camera, live television truck, and high definition television. They had a son, Erik, a year later. He is a composer and conceptual artist, and was featured in

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's last film, ''

Goodbye to Language ''Goodbye to Language'' (french: Adieu au Langage) is a 2014 French-Swiss 3D experimental narrative essay film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau, Jessica Erickson ...

''. Cheryl also raised Seidenglanz's other two children, Ronn and Rob, both filmmakers. Rob Seidenglanz is the director behind the ''

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'', while Ronn is the founder of the film company Sidewayz, based in Idaho.

References

External links

* * http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-16/local/me-24414_1_corona-del-mar/ * http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-17/news/ls-21096_1_corona-del-mar/ 1943 births Living people Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses American television actresses Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players People from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1940s-stub