- Former Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer.
- In high school, she was nicknamed "Surfboard" until her feminine figure filled out.
- Retired from acting in 1964 after marrying Lance Reventlow, the playboy son of Woolworth heiress, Barbara Hutton, who became a racing driver and entrepreneur of sorts. He perished in a plane crash in 1972. She later married political fund-raiser and Democratic Party advisor, Manning J. Post, in 1994. She was widowed in 2000.
- Last name comes from Herbert Holdridge, who adopted Cheryl in 1953 after marrying her mother.
- Good friends with fellow ex-mouseketeers, Annette Funicello and Doreen Tracey.
- Took dancing lessons as a child and made her professional debut in a New York City Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" in 1953.
- Daughter of Broadway dancer Julie Phelps.
- 1962 Hollywood Deb Star.
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