Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; popular Mouseketeer

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Cheryl Holdridge, the beautiful blond actress who first gained fame as a Mouseketeer on TV's "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, has died. She was 64.

Holdridge died Tuesday at her home in Santa Monica after a two-year battle with lung cancer, said Doreen Tracey, another former Mouseketeer.

"What's amazing is that Cheryl and I have gone through so many things together, I'm glad I could have been there in the end too," Tracey said Thursday.

Holdridge was 11 years old in the spring of 1956 when she auditioned and was hired for "The Mickey Mouse Club," which had debuted on Oct. 3, 1955, with 24 talented youngsters who sang and danced and yet came across as the kids next door.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-cheryl-holdridge9-2009jan09,0,7949485.story

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Certainly not a big "star," but she was on TV everywhere in the early '60s. A very popular Mouseketeer, and another Boomer memory gone.

[monmouth]

1. Ahh, and Rick Nelson another fav....n/t

[Wednesdays]

2. Pic of Cheryl during her MMC days

She'll be greatly missed.

[CatWoman]

13. I remember her!!!!

[1776Forever]

3. Thanks - the MMC was one of my favorite things as a young teen.

Brings back nice memories.:hi:

[Cha]

4. Yeah, I remember her...after school,

MickeyMouse, I was there. Poor thing.

[acmavm]

5. I liked Darlene myself. As opposed to Annette and the others.

Darlene seemed real.

[gblady]

6. I liked her....

because we had the same name....

and Ricky...my first fan crush!
(carved his name in my window sill...
boy did I get into trouble for that!)

[Sequoia]

11. I thought Ricky was cute when I was in First Grade.

My mom said he had dreamy eyes. She was right. I still listen to his songs...Travlin' Man is my fav and Garden Party.

[madrchsod]

7. oh...i`m getting old.....

[connecticut yankee]

8. Aren't we all?

[Hardrada]

9. Me too. She was born just a few months before me.

Girls aren't named Cheryl anymore either. I say goodbye to my
generational War Child fellow travelers but it's tough.

C'est la Vie, C'est la Vie, C'est la &@#$! Guerre!

[Vinca]

10. OMG - don't buy green bananas if she was one of your favorite Mouseketeers.nt

[mac56]

12. What a beautiful woman.

I loved her smile.

Annette got all the publicity, for some obvious reasons and others not so obvious. But I was always more drawn to Cheryl and Darlene.

Add on edit: Can't forget Doreen!

[llmart]

14. Ah, the memories for us boomers....

M-I-C - See you real soon
K-E-Y - Why, because we like you
M-O-U-S-E

[mac56]

15. Mees-ka, Moos-ka, Mouse-ka-teer!

Mouse Cartoon Time now is here!

[superconnected]

16. Another pic of her from the article.

I first saw the mousekateers in the 70's but remember the old footage because they played it with the 70's "new mickey mouse club" show.

[annabanana]

17. Oh my...

I liked her

[unkachuck]

18. RIP Cheryl....

....you were beautiful, and a good actress too....I loved you....maybe it's me, but women today just don't look as good....I found you very exciting, I still do.

....I hope you find peace and didn't suffer too much....don't be lonely, it won't be long, we'll all meet in that big club house in the sky....