Sherry Bain was an actress from Angeles, California. She started her career in some exploitation films. She co-starred with Robert Fuller in ''

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'' in 1971, '' Wild Riders'' in 1971, ''

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'' in 1972, an episode of ''

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'', '' Pipe Dreams'' in 1976, '' Poco... Little Dog Lost'' in 1977, and ''

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'' in 1978. By the early 1970s, her career was moving and she was on the verge of major stardom.

Early life

Bain was the daughter of restaurant owners. Her parents ran The Sportsman Restaurant. She grew up in the resort town of Lake Arrowhead, which is in the mountains above Los Angeles. She attended the

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and graduated from there.

Career

One day Bain's fate changed and a man came in to the supermarket where she was currently working. His name was John Cestare. She began studying acting with him and gradually the negative things she thought about herself went away. At the age of 29, she had gained confidence in herself that she needed. Then she began acting. Her first few films were mainly biker films and she had the lead roles in them.

Biker genre

The first of the biker films was ''

'' which starred Robert Fuller. She played the part of the girlfriend of a black soldier who was killed in Vietnam. His friend (Played by Fuller) brings his body home and locates the biker club he belonged to. After the funeral she tries to understand the biker life. The film which was also called ''Carry Me Home Brother'', premiered at

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. Bain was outside on the street with her mentor John Cestare and was signing autographs. She was aged 22 at the time and already had the Hollywood familiarity and a desire to stay in the business. She attracted the right kind of attention and had some very good reviews for her work in the film. A reviewer in ''

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'' said the film really belonged to her and she was convincingly tough with her characterization of a complex woman. ''

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'' remarked on her striking screen presence, dramatic range and an ability to handle a range of screen roles. And from ''

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'', the reviewer said her performance was the best part of the movie. Her next biker film was '' The Wild Riders'' which also starred

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, Elizabeth Knowles and Arell Blanton. Two bikers are kicked out of their club and they head to California. There they become a nightmare for two women, played by Bain and Knowles. Her next biker film was the Duke Kelly directed '' Ride the Hot Wind'' which starred

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, Cheryl Waters, Duke Kelly and Richard Ford Grayling.

1970s to 1980s

By the early 1970s, she was on the verge of achieving major stardom. Bain had the guest lead role in ''The Basic Moment'' which was an episode of ''

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'' split into two parts, playing the part of Evy Weckner. This was aired in 1972. Also that year she appeared in the TV movie, ''A Very Missing Person''. Another film in 1972 was ''

'', a Christian themed film that starred Jason Ledger,

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, and featured

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in an early role. She appeared in the

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directed film '' Opening Night'' which was released in 1977. She played the part of Jessica in the

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directed western, ''

'' which was released in 1978. One of her last films was '' El Norte''. By 1985 she had called it quits.

Later years

Since leaving the acting profession, Bain had become a Christian and had settled in Palm Springs and was working with children that had developmental issues. She also became the author and illustrator of children's books, one of which was ''Benjamin Gets Saved'', a story about a rabbit.''Mountain News'', Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Filmography

References

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