Cheryl Holdridge

More recently, she made a very brief appearance in the 2000 feature film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Has a son, Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock (born 1990). After the show's run ended, Cheryl returned to Van Nuys high school and made guest appearances on a variety of television shows, including My Three Sons, Bewitched and The Dick Van Dyke Show. She was also cast in the lead role of Betty in an unsold television series pilot based on the Archie line of comics. Since 2001, she has starred on the hit WB television show, Reba. Cheryl first performed professionally at the age of nine, when she landed a lead role in the New York City Ballet's version of The Nutcracker Suite in Los Angeles. Even without the major label support she had enjoyed in the 80s, McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 1990s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. A gifted all-around performer, her talents included acting and singing, as well as tap, ballet and toe dancing. Reba's entire band died in 1991 in a plane crash.

She joined during the second season and quickly gained a coveted seat on the club's "Red Team"--the most visible and popular of the Mouseketeers. After divorcing Battles in 1987 (see 1987 in music), McEntire married Narvel Blackstock, a noted steel guitarist and the couple took control over all aspects of her career. She was a member of the original Mickey Mouse Club from 1955. She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times, and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. Cheryl Holdridge (born June 20, 1944) is a United States actress. With more pop-oriented balladry, McEntire began to expand her audience during the early 1980s, signing to MCA Records in 1984 (see 1984 in music) and becoming one of the best-selling country artists of the time. "Three Sheets in the Wind"/"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" became her first charting single in 1978 (see 1978 in music), and was followed by the bigger hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" (1980, 1980 in music).

She soon married Charlie Battles and earned a teaching degree. With a contract to Mercury Records, McEntire began her professional career with a hard honky tonk sound, which didn't go over well at a time when country music was dominated by outlaw country artists like Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe. After singinig the "Star Spangled Banner" at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City in 1974, Red Steagall suggested that McEntire go to Nashville to pursue a solo career. She soon formed a band with her sisters, Alice and Susie, and her brother, Pake, and the quartet had a local hit with "The Ballad of John McEntire", a tribute to their grandfather.

Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, McEntire grew up learning to ride in rodeos as well as play music. Reba McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is one of the best-selling country music performers of the last half of the 20th century, best known for pop ballads that include eighteen American #1 hits.