Jordan Ladd at Days of the Dead Indianapolis 2015

I first saw Chery Ladd on an episode of Happy Days back in 1974.  It is possible that when that epidose aired, she was expecting a baby girl.  A few years later, I saw her young daughter on an episode of Charlie's Angels, when she played her mom's chjaracter as a youngster in flashbacks.  Forty years later, I met that second generation actress..

Jordan Ladd is just as beautiful as her mom.  I have never met Cheryl, but Jordan was as sweet as could be.  Despite having a lengthy line of fans waiting to talk to her, she made everyone feel special during their time together.

She has carved out a steady and successful career on television and the big screen.  Her most recent role was in Brentwood Strangler.

I talked to her a bit about growing up in the business.  Aside from her mother Cheryl, her father David and her grandfather Alan, were also actors and her grandmother Sue Carol was in the entertainment business.  Those connections surely helped her career, but they also add certain pressure.  Jordan handled it all well and seems to have avoided the potential pitfalls

I hope to see Jordan again in 2017.  I'll keep checking the convention schedule and I will follow Jordan Ladd on twitter.

Jordan Ladd and me in Indianapolis, IN-June 2015.

Jordan Ladd's Mom was an Angel

I was 12 when Cheryl Ladd joined the cast of Charlie's Angels.  Like most boys my age, I loved the story content, plot development and the educational value of the show.
I liked Cheryl from the moment she appeared.  I had seen her in other episodic television shows, but seeing her every week on Charlie's Angels gave me a whole new perspective.  I was becoming a big fan of her body of work.
Information on celebrities was not as available back then as it is now.  I could not look for Cheryl on imdb.com and learn that she had a baby girl named Jordan in 1975, two years before she became a weekly staple of my television watching.  I also could not learn that the little girl seen in Kris Munroe's flashbacks in a 1978 episode was Jordan (aged 3).
Jordan did not do any major acting after her debut until about 12 years later and she has been working steadily since then.  Her biggest role was probably as a teenager who tortures Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed.
Despite the fact that I felt very old, I had to meet Jordan at the recent Days of the Dead convention.  Jordan is beautiful.  She definitely looks like her mother.  She was also very nice.  We talked for a few minutes and I almost got an interview.  The timing just wasn't good.
That's okay.  I hope to see Jordan again at future conventions.  Maybe I'll even meet her mom and her together at some point.  Dare I dream?

Jordan Ladd and me in Schaumburg, IL-November 2012.