Cheryl Arutt

Cheryl Arutt is an American actress who has appeared in commercials, print, soaps, TV movies and feature films. She was discovered when she accompanied her mother at age two to lunch with a friend who worked at Ted Bates Advertising Agency in New York City; the casting director convinced her mother to send her photo to an agent. She was signed on the spot by Rosemary Brian at Mary Ellen White, and first appeared at the age of three in a Sarah Lee cake commercial. Hundreds of commercials followed, as well as appearances in The Secret Storm (1954), Guiding Light (1952), All My Children (1970) and As the World Turns (1956). Modeling jobs included the cover of Seventeen Magazine. She appeared in numerous "After School Specials" as a teenager with actors like Tracey Gold, Martha Plimpton, Terry O'Quinn, Ricky Paull Goldin, Betty Buckley, Edward Albert and Cynthia Nixon. She was nominated for a Youth In Film Award for her title role as an Amish girl in the NBC Special Treat (1975) episode Bo