Cheryl Kennedy

Cheryl Kennedy (born 29 April 1947) is an English actress.
She was born in Enfield, Middlesex, educated at a convent and first appeared at the age of 15 at Stratford East Theatre Workshop in What a Crazy World. She enjoyed success as a stage actress, notably in West End musicals such as the 1967 revival of The Boy Friend. Other West End theatre credits included 'Victoria' in Half a Sixpence where she starred alongside Tommy Steele at the Cambridge Theatre, 'Winnie' in The Matchgirls, 'Belinda' in Jorrocks at the New Theatre and Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends at the Garrick Theatre. In 1977 she appeared as Maggie in Teeth 'n' Smiles at the Oxford Playhouse.
She starred alongside Michael Crawford in a production of Flowers for Algernon at the Queen's Theatre and features on the original London cast recording of the show. She appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969. During the 1970s she appeared in several British films, including the Lust segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) and as Jo Mason in the Dick Emery film Ooh... You Are Awful (1972). Television credits include The Strauss Family, The Sweeney, Schalcken the Painter, Hari-Kari and Sally, When the Bough Breaks, It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow and Time and Time Again, both for ATV. For ITV she was in an episode of the series The Professionals. In 1973 she married actor Tom Courtenay, but they later divorced.
She continues to appear occasionally on television, but mainly works as a theatre director and drama teacher.
In October 2013, Kennedy, who appeared in an episode of The Sweeney called "Golden Fleece", joined fans of the show at a Sweeney Meet event, held twice yearly in Hammersmith, London. In recent years, these events have attracted other stars who appeared in The Sweeney such as John Lyons, Prunella Gee, Harry Fielder, Ray Barron & also television producer, screenwriter and director Ted Childs.