Sherry Jackson (born February 15, 1942, in Wendell, Idaho) is an American actress and former child star. She made her film debut at seven years old in the musical, You're My Everything, starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey. During the course of appearing in several of the Ma and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the titular couple's numerous children, Jackson also appeared in The Breaking Point with John Garfield, the actor's penultimate role before his sudden death two years later. In 1952, Jackson portrayed the emotionally volatile visionary and ascetic Jacinta Marto in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, and the following year played John Wayne's daughter in the football-themed Trouble Along the Way.Jackson may be best remembered for her role as older daughter Terry Williams on The Danny Thomas Show (AKA Make Room for Daddy) from 1953–58. During the course of her five years on the show, she established a strong bond with her on-screen mother, Jean Hagen, but Hagen left the series after the third season in 1956. Worn out from the relentless pace of producing the show, Jackson left the program once her five-year contract ended two years later.Over the next few years, Jackson broadened her range of acting roles, appearing as a hit woman on 77 Sunset Strip, a freed Apache captive who yearns to return to the reservation on The Tall Man, an alcoholic on Mr. Novak, a woman accused of murder on Perry Mason, and an unstable mother-to-be on Wagon Train. After a 1965 appearance on Gomer Pyle, she then made guest appearances the following year on Lost in Space, My Three Sons, Batman and the original Star Trek series. On the latter program, she made one of her more memorable portrayals as the android "Andrea" in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".When Blake Edwards remade the Peter Gunn television series as a feature film entitled Gunn in 1967, Jackson was filmed in a nude scene that appeared only in the international version, not the U.S. release. Stills of the nude scene appeared in the August 1967 issue of Playboy magazine, in a pictorial entitled "Make Room For Sherry". The movie has not yet been released on VHS or DVD.That same year Jackson began a five-year relationship with business executive and horse breeder, Fletcher R. Jones, a union that ended on November 7, 1972, when Jones was killed in a plane crash eight miles east of Santa Ynez Airport in Santa Barbara County, California. Five months after Jones' death, Jackson filed suit against his estate, asking for more than $1 million, with her attorneys stating that Jones had promised to provide her with at least $25,000 a year for the rest of her life. The litigation proved to be unsuccessful.Jackson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960. It is located at 6324 Hollywood Blvd.
[on The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)] I hated that movie -- what a piece of junk. It took less than a month -- we shot it in one of Arizona's less than desirable locales... not a safe place to be. You couldn't go out at night because all the locals packed guns.
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[on why she left Make Room for Daddy (1953)] The major perk was Jean Hagen. I adored her. We had a great time. She and I were best buddies; she was my only friend from the Make Room for Daddy cast. What made me specifically want to leave the show? I had a five-year contract, Jean had a three-year contract. Jean was thoroughly fed up with the series and made it clear that she didn't want to come back. When she left, I was devastated. I didn't want to continue, either. I wanted to break my contract. They wouldn't let me leave, but gave me less to do; that's why I'm in fewer shows from ages 14-16.
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Her mother provided drama, singing and dancing lessons for Sherry and her two brothers, Curtis L. Jackson and Gary L. Jackson, "from the time they were very little".
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960 (one week before her 18th birthday).
- Love and the Particular Girl/Love and the Fountain of Youth/Love and the House Bachelor/Love and the Waitress 1971 ... segment 'Love and the Waitress'
Wild Women
1970
TV Movie
Nancy Belacourt
The Immortal
1970
TV Series
Sherry Hiller
Make Room for Granddaddy
1970
TV Series
Terry Williams
The Interns
1970
TV Series
Jeri Spencer
The Monitors
1969
Mona
The Wild Wild West
1967-1968
TV Series
Lola Cortez / Michele LeMaster
The Mini-Skirt Mob
1968
Connie
Gunn
1967
Samantha
Star Trek
1966
TV Series
Andrea
Death Valley Days
1966
TV Series
Katherine Turner
Batman
1966
TV Series
Pauline
My Three Sons
1966
TV Series
Linda June Mitchell
Lost in Space
1966
TV Series
Effra
Branded
1966
TV Series
Nell Beckwith
The Virginian
1965
TV Series
Lois Colter
Wild on the Beach
1965
Lee Sullivan
Gomer Pyle: USMC
1965
TV Series
Geraldine
Rawhide
1965
TV Series
Mar
Wagon Train
1964
TV Series
Geneva Balfour
The Lieutenant
1964
TV Series
Maggie Shea
Perry Mason
1963
TV Series
Madeline Randall
Mr. Novak
1963
TV Series
Cathy Ferguson
Vacation Playhouse
1963
TV Series
Alice Watson
Gunsmoke
1962
TV Series
Aggie / Lacey Parcher
Hawaiian Eye
1962
TV Series
Joan Carmichael
The Twilight Zone
1962
TV Series
Comfort Gatewood
The New Breed
1962
TV Series
Ellen Talltree
The Tall Man
1961
TV Series
Sally Bartlett
Bringing Up Buddy
1961
TV Series
Janie
Maverick
1957-1961
TV Series
Erma Curran / Annie Haines
77 Sunset Strip
1959-1960
TV Series
Ophir / Shirley Bent / Ella / ...
Riverboat
1960
TV Series
Inez Cox
Surfside 6
1960
TV Series
Jill Murray
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Mary Jane Wilkes
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1960
TV Series
Mignonne McCurdy
The Millionaire
1960
TV Series
Susan Johnson
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1960
TV Series
Melanie Culpin
The Rifleman
1958
TV Series
Rebecca Snipe
Make Room for Daddy
1953-1958
TV Series
Terry Williams
The Charles Farrell Show
1956
TV Series
Julie
Come Next Spring
1956
Annie
Cavalcade of America
1955
TV Series
Mystery Is My Business
1954
TV Series
Shower of Stars
1954
TV Series
Terry
Private Secretary
1953
TV Series
Lux Video Theatre
1953
TV Series
Ruthie Hammond
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1953
Susie Kettle (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Carol Williams
The Ford Television Theatre
1953
TV Series
Terry Pelham
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
Jacinta Marto
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Susie Kettle (uncredited)
The Lion and the Horse
1952
Jenny
The Roy Rogers Show
1952
TV Series
Lucy Collins
Something to Live For
1952
Child (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
Susan Halleck (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
1951-1952
TV Series
Bonnie Ford / Frankie Scott
The Range Rider
1951-1952
TV Series
Susan Harper / Virginia Lee
Hello God
1951
Little Italian Girl
Lorna Doone
1951
Annie Ridd as a Child (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
Susie Kettle (uncredited)
The Great Caruso
1951
Musetta as a Child (uncredited)
When I Grow Up
1951
Ruthie Reed
Fireside Theatre
1949-1951
TV Series
Little Girl
Apache Drums
1951
Child (uncredited)
M
1951
Little Girl (uncredited)
For Heaven's Sake
1950
Little Girl (uncredited)
The Breaking Point
1950
Amelia Morgan
A Modern Marriage
1950
Evelyn at 5 Years Old
Where Danger Lives
1950
Girl in Iron Lung (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
Susie Davis
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
Girl in Church (uncredited)
Louisa
1950
Little Girl in Park (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
Susie Kettle (uncredited)
You're My Everything
1949
Jane - Age 6 (uncredited)
Strike Force
1982
TV Series
Mimi
Casino
1980
TV Movie
Jennifer
CHiPs
1980
TV Series
Diane
Charlie's Angels
1980
TV Series
Tina Fuller
Alice
1980
TV Series
Toni Morelli
That's Life
1979
Vega$
1979
TV Series
Denise
Fantasy Island
1979
TV Series
Monica Jensen
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1979
TV Movie
Brenda Starr
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1978
TV Series
Joanna
Stingray
1978
Abigail Bratowski
The Incredible Hulk
1978
TV Series
Dr. Diane Joseph
Barnaby Jones
1978
TV Series
Erica Hughes
Bare Knuckles
1977
Jennifer Randall
Enigma
1977
TV Movie
Kate Valentine
The Streets of San Francisco
1977
TV Series
Joy Adams
Switch
1976
TV Series
Jennie Rosenthal
The Blue Knight
1976
TV Series
Mrs. Bonner
Starsky and Hutch
1976
TV Series
Denise Girard
Matt Helm
1975
TV Series
Elena Bosworth
The Rockford Files
1975
TV Series
Jennifer Sandstrom
Mobile One
1975
TV Series
Leslie Willis
Barbary Coast
1975
TV Series
Sherry
Returning Home
1975
TV Movie
Marie Derry
Get Christie Love!
1974
TV Series
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
TV Movie
Pat Clauson
Hitchhike!
1974
TV Movie
Stefanie
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Make Room for Daddy
1955-1956
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Gene Autry Show
1951
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Silent Treatment
1968
Documentary
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967-1968
TV Series
Herself - Guest
You Don't Say
1967
TV Series
Herself - Guest Panelist
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Herself
The Bob Hope Show
1959
TV Series
Herself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1958
TV Series
Herself
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1953
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pioneers of Television
2008-2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Terry Williams - Make Room for Daddy
Herself
Terry Williams