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
Elite Model Management (MM) refers to two independent chain modeling agency, modeling agencies that originated as one in Paris, France in 1972 with subsequent locations in New York City, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Toronto. In 2004, t ...
model, and during that time she posed for fashion layouts found in both ''
Vogue
Vogue may refer to:
Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
'' and ''
Mademoiselle'' magazines.
While attending college for two years in
Tampa
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and
Miami
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, she studied
criminal justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the Rehabilitation (penology), rehabilitation of o ...
.
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
North Highlands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento, California, Sacramento–Arden-Arcade, California, Arden-Arcade–Roseville, Ca ...
.
Her first marriage (1980–86) was to
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the List of airlines by foundation date, world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atla ...
pilot Jim Porter.
They had a daughter, Katherine, together in 1984.
Her second marriage (1994-2004) was to the much older television actor
Ken Kercheval
Kenneth Marine Kercheval (July 15, 1935 – April 21, 2019) was an American actor, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on the television series ''Dallas'' and its 2012 revival.
Early life
Kercheval was born on July 15, 1935, in Wolcottville ...
. She was Kercheval's fourth wife. The couple had one child together.
Filmography
;Television
;Film
References
External links
*
1959 births
American television actresses
Living people
People from Burley, Idaho
Actresses from Idaho
21st-century American women
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