Sherry Jackson
Jackson on an episode ofMr. Novak in 1963
Born	Sherry D. Jackson (1942-02-15)February 15, 1942 (age 83) Wendell, Idaho, US
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–1982
Known for	The Danny Thomas Show The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima The Breaking Point Star Trek: What Are Little Girls Made Of? Perry Mason: The Case of the Festive Felon (Season 7, Episode 9)
Partner(s)	Fletcher R. Jones (1967 – died 1972)
Relatives	Montgomery Pittman (stepfather)
Awards	Hollywood Walk of Fame

Sherry D. Jackson (born February 15, 1942) is an American retired actor and former child star.

Jackson was born on February 15, 1942, inWendell, Idaho.^[1] Her mother, Maurita, provided drama, singing, and dancing lessons for Sherry and her two brothers, Curtis L. Jackson, Jr., and Gary L. Jackson,^[2] beginning in their formative years.^[3] Her father, Curtis L. Jackson, Sr., died when she was 6, and Maurita moved the family from Wendell toLos Angeles, California.^[4]

By one account Maurita, who had been told while still in Idaho that her children should be in films, was referred to a theatrical agent by a tour bus driver whom they met in Los Angeles.^[4] According to another, she was referred by the friend of an agent who saw Sherry eating ice cream on the Sunset Strip.^[5] Within the year Sherry had her first screen test, forThe Snake Pit withOlivia de Havilland, and by the age of seven appeared in her first feature film, the 1949 musicalYou're My Everything, which starredAnne Baxter andDan Dailey.^[4][6]

In 1950, young Sherry became friends with actorSteve Cochran while working with him onThe Lion and the Horse. Steve introduced his friend, writerMontgomery Pittman, to Sherry's widowed mother.^[7] A romance developed, and Pittman married Maurita Jackson in a small ceremony on June 4, 1952, inTorrance, California, with Sherry as flower girl and younger brother Gary as ring-bearer; Cochran himself was Pittman'sbest man.^[8] In 1955 Cochran hired Pittman to write his next film,Come Next Spring, the first that Cochran produced himself.^[9] Sherry played the part of Cochran's mute daughter Annie Ballot,^[10] a role Pittman wrote specifically for his step-daughter.^[11]

During the course of appearing in several of theMa and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the titular couple's numerous children, Jackson also appeared inThe Breaking Point, which starredJohn Garfield in his penultimate film role. In 1952 she portrayed the emotionally volatile visionary andasceticJacinta Marto inThe Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima^[5] and the following year playedJohn Wayne's daughter in the football-themedTrouble Along the Way.^[6]

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Jackson played the older daughter Terry Williams onThe Danny Thomas Show (known asMake Room for Daddy during the first three seasons) from 1953 to 1958. During the course of her five years on the series, 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 the production, Jackson left the program at the beginning of season six, once her five-year contract expired. To allow the writers to finish the character off, actress Penney Parker appeared in the role for fourteen episodes of season seven, in which the character gets married and moves away. Jackson's impact on theDanny Thomas viewing audience was such that, on February 8, 1960, she received a star for "Television" at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. on theHollywood Walk of Fame.^[12] Jackson did return as Terry for the premiere episode of the new seriesMake Room for Granddaddy in 1970.

Over the next few years, Jackson broadened her range of acting roles by guest starring in television series, appearing as a hit woman on77 Sunset Strip, a freedApache captive who yearns to return to the reservation onThe Tall Man, an alcoholic onMr. Novak, a woman accused of murder onPerry Mason, and an unstable mother-to-be onWagon Train. Sherry also appeared as a first season guest onThe Rifleman episode "The Sister" playing the part of a horse riding sibling of two doting brothers. She played a gunslinger's promiscuous young bride in the Western seriesMaverick episode entitled "Red Dog" withRoger Moore,Lee Van Cleef andJohn Carradine. After a 1965 appearance onGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., she then made guest appearances onLost in Space ("The Space Croppers", reuniting with herDanny Thomas co-star,Angela Cartwright),My Three Sons,Gunsmoke,Rawhide,The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Vicious Valentine" and "The Night of the Gruesome Games", as two different characters),Batman, and the originalStar Trek ("What Are Little Girls Made Of?").^[6][13]

WhenBlake Edwards remade the television seriesPeter Gunn as a feature film entitledGunn (1967), Jackson was filmed in a nude scene^[14] that appeared only in the international version, not the US release.^[15] Stills of the nude scene appeared in the August 1967 issue ofPlayboy magazine, in a pictorial entitled "Make Room For Sherry".^[16] The movie has not been released on VHS or DVD.^[17]

In 1968 Jackson co-starred inThe Mini-Skirt Mob as a member of an all-female motorcycle gang, and appeared in the 1973 filmCotter oppositeDon Murray andCarol Lynley. In subsequent years she appeared in TV movies such asWild Women (1970),Hitchhike! (1974),The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974),Returning Home (1975),Enigma (1977),The Curse of the Moon Child (1977) andCasino (1980).

In the 1970s through early 1980s she made guest appearances on TV showsLove, American Style,The Rockford Files,Starsky & Hutch,The Blue Knight,Switch,The Streets of San Francisco,Barnaby Jones,The Incredible Hulk,Fantasy Island,Vega$,Alice,Charlie's Angels andCHiPs.

Jackson datedLance Reventlow while he was estranged from his wifeJill St. John.^[18][19]

In 1967, she began a five-year relationship with business executive and horse breederFletcher R. Jones. On November 7, 1972, Jones was killed in a plane crash eight miles east ofSanta Ynez Airport inSanta Barbara County, California.^[20][21] Five months after Jones's death, Jackson filed apalimony suit against his estate, asking for more than $1 million (equivalent to $7.1 million in 2024), with her attorneys stating that Jones had promised to provide her with at least $25,000 a year for the rest of her life.^{[22][needs update]}

Jackson has a star forbroadcast television on theHollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Boulevard.^[1][12]

• Best, Marc.Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen, South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp. 122–127.

• Sherry Jackson atIMDb
• Neuhaus, Mel (May 21, 2011). "From Baby Sherry to Sherry, Baby: My Memorable Afternoon with Sherry Jackson".Examiner.com.
• Joy, Ron (August 1967)."Make Room For Sherry".Playboy Magazine (pictorial).14 (8). RetrievedFebruary 1, 2015.
• Bacon, James (October 6, 1963). Written at Hollywood."Has Anybody Seen Sherry Jackson".Sarasota Herald-Tribune.Sarasota, Florida.AP. p. 42. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2015.
• Bacon, James (September 22, 1963). Written at Hollywood."Little Sherry Not a Child Any Longer".The Victoria Advocate.Victoria, Texas.AP. p. 4. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2015.
• Written at Los Angeles."Horse Tumbles Into Ravine With Sherry Jackson".Lewiston Evening Journal.Lewiston-Auburn,Maine.AP. June 26, 1956. p. 9. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2015.

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