Sharon Acker
Biography
Sharon Acker was a Canadian actress and model who worked mainly in Canadian and American television between 1956 and 1992. Born in Toronto, she started out in 1956 with a made-for-television appearance in Anne of Green Gables, later joining the Stratford Theatre company and crossing to England with the troupe, where her film debut came with Lucky Jim (1957). Back in Canada in 1957, she took Canadian television work, among it a 1961 CBC Macbeth directed by Paul Almond and starring Sean Connery, and she also modeled during the 1960s. Her first American film was John Boorman's Point Blank (1967), with Lee Marvin and John Vernon. On television she played Della Street in The New Perry Mason, guest-starred in Star Trek, and was Helen Walling in the drama Executive Suite in 1976 and 1977.
87years old at death
- Born Toronto
- Died Toronto
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Sharon Eileen Acker
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 14 years1967 to 1981
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Early training
Acker became part of the Stratford Theatre cast and went with the troupe to England, where she remained to look for acting work.
A first
Acker made her first appearance in an American film in the John Boorman cult action movie Point Blank, released in 1967, which starred Lee Marvin and John Vernon.
Sharon Acker movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Sharon Acker shares two films with Michael Bell, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Bell's page
James Douglas's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Jeff Goldblum's page
Keenan Wynn's page
Kathleen Freeman's page
All films by John Boorman
All films by J. Lee Thompson
Barry CraneDirector, 1 film, 1980
All films by Barry Crane
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