---
name: "Cheryl Klam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cheryl-klam"
fi1m_id: "cheryl-klam"
imdb_id: "nm0349762"
tmdb_id: 1116943
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:52:39.875707+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cheryl Klam

## Identity

Cheryl Klam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cheryl-klam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cheryl-klam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0349762
- **TMDB ID:** 1116943
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116943

Actor. Born in Michigan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Cheryl Guttridge
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116943

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Evil Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cheryl Klam, also credited as Cheryl Guttridge, is an American actress and novelist. She appeared in several early films associated with Sam Raimi, including as Jane Bradley in *It's Murder!* (1977) and as a Fake Shemp in *The Evil Dead* (1981). Other credits include *Stryker's War* (1980) and *Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except* (1985), in which she played Sally under the name Cheryl Hausen.

After working as an actress and model, Klam studied political science at the University of Michigan. She later became a staff writer at National Geographic Television and turned to novel writing. She has published young adult novels such as *Learning to Swim* (2007) and *The Pretty One* (2008), as well as romantic suspense fiction under the pen name Margaret Allison.

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopedia.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Evil Dead* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Fake Shemp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sappy Sap* (1985), Actor
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), as Fake Shemp — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)
- *Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter* (1982), as Sally
- *Stryker's War* (1980), as Sally

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