Sherry Jackson

 Sherry D. Jackson (born February 15 1942) is an American retired actress and former child star.Jackson was born in Wendell, Idaho, to Maurita (or Maurite) Kathleen Gilbert and Curtis Loys Jackson, Sr.[citation required] on February 15th, 1942, according to the LA Times. Her mother was a teacher of singing, drama, and dancing lessons to Sherry and her two brothers, Curtis L. Jackson, Jr., and Gary L. Jackson,beginning in their formative years. Following her husband's death in 1948, died in 1948, Maurita relocated the family from Wendell to Los Angeles, California.By one account Maurita was told while still in Idaho that her kids should be involved in film and was then directed to a theatre agent by a tour bus driver whom they came across in Los Angeles. Another source states that she was introduced to her by a person who saw Sherry eating ice-cream on Sunset Strip. It may be apocryphal, however, Sherry was referred by a friend of an agent who saw Sherry eating ice cream at the Sunset Strip within a year. Sherry also appeared in The Snake Pit with Olivia de Havilland at seven. Her first feature film, the 1949 musical You're My Everything starring Anne Baxter & Dan Dailey, was her debut.