American actress
"Hursey" redirects here. For the Welsh table tennis player, see
Anna Hursey.
Sherry Hursey |
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Occupation | Actress |
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Years active | 1975–present |
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Sherry Hursey is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Ilene Markham on the sitcom Home Improvement and her 1988–1989 stint as Paula Carson on the soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Her other television credits include The Rookies, Happy Days, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
, Rhoda, Simon & Simon, Matlock, Step by Step, Major Dad, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, NYPD Blue and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She also appeared in a number of television films and the theatrical films Tom and Huck (1995) and Bring It On (2000), playing the mother of Kirsten Dunst's character. In 1996, she appeared in the television film Lying Eyes.
In 2010, Hursey starred and produced the television pilot Lilly's Light, starring in the title role.[1] The series was about Lilly (Hursey), a foster mother living in an enchanted lighthouse while raising three foster children. Actors Mindy Sterling and Fred Willard also co-starred.[2]
Filmography
Film
Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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1978
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Almost Summer
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Lori Ottinger
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1982
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The Avenging
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Cynthia Justin
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1991
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By the Sword
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Tanos
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1996
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Dead of Night
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Hillary
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1999
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California Myth
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Jill Klein
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2000
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Bring It On
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Christine Shipman
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????
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For the Actor
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Casting Director
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Short film, completed
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Television
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