Who is Cheryl Howard?
Cheryl Gay Alley was born on December 23, 1953, in Glendale, California, USA; she is an American citizen and bears the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Although she is an actress, Ron Howard, a well-known American actor, director, and producer, is her husband.
Cheryl Howard should not be confused with Canadian rower Cheryl Howard, who was born on January 30, 1953.
Childhood And Education
Cheryl Howard (Pinterest)Cheryl was brought up with her two sisters by their parents, Vivian Schmid, a nurse at a nearby hospital, and Charles Alley, a chemical and aerospace engineer, amateur astronomer, and marksman.
Cheryl played soccer and badminton while in high school and kept herself physically active as she developed an interest in acting. At the age of 16, while still enrolled in high school, she accepted an offer to appear in the 1969 western short film “Old Paint,” which was also starring Bill Conklin and Clint Howard. The tale follows a cowboy who is replacing his old paint with new paint, but the short received mixed reviews. Cheryl made an appearance in Ron’s “Deed of Daring-Do” short movie that same year.
Cheryl graduated from high school in 1971 and then enrolled at California State University, Northridge, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in geriatric psychology in 1975. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting, which she earned in 1977. She and Ron decided that she would put her education first and put her acting career on hold.
Acting Profession
As The Reporter in Brown Hat in her husband’s full-length action comedy crime movie “Grand Theft Auto,” which starred Ron, Nancy Morgan, and Elizabeth Rogers, Cheryl returned to acting. The movie is about a girl who steals her father’s expensive car and flees to Las Vegas to marry the love of her life while being pursued by her parents and a jealous suitor.
Cheryl co-produced the drama film “Skyward,” which Ron directed in 1980, and also had an uncredited appearance. She made her film debut in 1982 in the comedy “Night Shift,” which was directed by Ron and starred Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, and Shelley Long. It was Ron’s first commercially successful film and earned Michael Keaton the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, while Henry Winkler was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.
Two years later, Cheryl starred with Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and Eugene Levy in Ron’s romantic comedy fantasy film “Splash,” which was a huge hit and nominated for nine more accolades, including an Oscar. Cheryl played the character of Nelwyn Villager in the action-adventure film “Willow” in 1988, and in the comedy “The Paper” with Michael Keaton and Glenn Close in 1994, she had the supporting role of Redheaded Barmaid.
She made an uncredited appearance in the 1995 historical adventure film “Apollo 13,” which was directed by Tom Hanks and starred Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton. The film is about NASA’s plans to safely return the space shuttle Apollo 13 to Earth when it sustains damage in space.
Cheryl starred as the Party Girl in the comedy film “EDtv” in 1999, and she later had an appearance in the “Biography” documentary series’ episode “Ron Howard: Hollywood’s Favorite Son.” She portrayed the Harvard Administrator in the critically acclaimed biographical film “A Beautiful Mind” in 2001. Russell Crowe played John Nash, a brilliant mathematician with schizophrenia, in the movie, which has won 33 Oscars and been nominated for 69 more.
The View and Charlie Rose, two documentary series, each featured Cheryl in a single episode in 2005. In the critically acclaimed mystery-thriller film “The Da Vinci Code,” she made an uncredited appearance in 2006.
Three of her most recent roles were in the 2009 action mystery thriller film “Angels & Demons,” a 2013 episode of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and the 2018 episode of the comedy series “Arrested Development” titled “Emotional Baggage.”
Relationship Status
Since they first connected while in high school and have been together ever since, many people feel that Cheryl and Ron are each other’s first (and last) loves. Cheryl gave birth to their daughter Bryce Dallas in 1981, followed by Cheryl and Ron’s twin daughters Jocelyn and Paige in 1985, and they eventually had a son called Reed Howard in 1987. They were married on June 7th, 1975, in a large wedding.
Cheryl became a grandma on February 16, 2007, when her son was born to her daughter Bryce.
As of September 2020, Cheryl is married to Ron (this is her first marriage), and they have four children and one grandson together. There haven’t been any difficulties surrounding the two’s union.
Activities And Other Passions
As a psychotherapist, Cheryl frequently suggests staying outside, away from crowded cities and noise, to relax. She enjoys spending her free time in nature with animals and trees.
She enjoys shooting a variety of firearms, and when she was five years old, her father started showing her how to operate a shotgun.
Since she was a youngster, Cheryl has owned numerous dogs and cats as pets. She has also donated money and donated her time to animal shelters. When she was still a teen, Cheryl also bred monkeys, anteaters, and skunks at her house.
She enjoys traveling, and she and her husband have visited many U.S. states as well as several European and Asian nations. Kyoto, Japan is Cheryl’s ideal travel location.
She enjoys watching movies in her free time, and some of her favorites include “The Terminal,” “The Last Samurai,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Her favorite actors and actresses are Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, and Angelina Jolie.
Body Structure And Net Worth
Cheryl Howard (Pinterest)Cheryl is 66 years old. She stands at 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 meters) tall and weighs about 135 pounds. She has long brown hair and blue eyes (61kgs). Her net worth is predicted to be over $1 million as of September 2020, while her husband’s net worth is estimated to be over $200 million.
Who is Ron Howard?
Ronald William Howard is an American citizen and was born on March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma, under the sign of the Pisces. When he appeared as a guest star in just one episode of the anthology series “The Twilight Zone,” he became well-known very young.
Ron and Clint Howard were reared in Hollywood, Los Angeles, by their mother Jean Speegle Howard, an actress who passed away in 2000, and their father Rance Howard, an actor, film director, and producer who passed away in 2017. Ron began his acting training at Desilu Studios but soon transferred to Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School. From there, he attended David Star Jordan Junior High School before transferring to John Burroughs High School, where he graduated in 1972. He next enrolled in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, but left before finishing.
At the age of five, he made his screen debut in the 1959 film “The Journey.” He later made cameo appearances in a few episodes of numerous television shows, including “The DuPont Show with June Allyson,” “Dennis the Menace,” and “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” In 1960, he began playing Opie Taylor in the comedy series “The Andy Griffith Show,” and he continued filming for it until 1968. Ron made numerous other television and film appearances over those eight years, including in “The Music Man” and “The Courtship of Eddi’s Father,” as well as “The Eleventh Hour” and “I Spy.” He was chosen to play Steve Bolander in the coming-of-age comedy film “American Graffiti” in 1973, and he was later asked to play Richie Cunningham in the well-liked and well-regarded sitcom “Happy Days,” which he did for more than 170 episodes over the course of the following ten years.
Ron began directing his first film, “Grand Theft Auto,” in 1977. Since then, he has worked on other blockbusters, including “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Cinderella Man,” and “Inferno,” and has established himself as one of the best directors of all time. The two directors of the film “Solo: A Star Wars Story” were announced to have been replaced by Ron on June 22, 2017, after they refused to reach an agreement with the production company Lucasfilm. Ron had only three and a half weeks to reshoot the majority of the movie.
The forthcoming drama film “Hillbilly Elegy,” the impending documentary film “Julia,” and the scientific documentary series “Breakthrough” are all being directed and produced by Ron at the moment. Since 2015, he has also been producing the drama series “Breakthrough.”