Cheryl Ann Pontrelli: Where is Michael Landon’s daughter now?

Cheryl Ann Pontrelli is the daughter of the late American legendary actor and filmmaker Michael Landon and his ex-wife late actress Marjorie Lynn Noe. Cheryl Ann Pontrelli’s father Landon was known for his role as Little Joe Cartwright in the movie Bonanza from 1959 to 1973 and also as Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1983 and a lot of others.

Cheryl Ann Pontrelli: Bio Summary

Full Name	Cheryl Ann Pontrelli
famous as	daughter of Michael Landon.
Age	70 years old as of 2023
Date of Birth	1953
Place of Birth	United States of America
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Siblings	Shawna Landon, Josh Fraser Landon, Mark Fraser Landon, Sean Matthew Landon, Leslie Ann Landon, Michael Landon Jr, Christopher Beau Landon, Jennifer Rachel Landon
Parents	Michael Landon, Lynn Noe

Cheryl Ann Pontrelli was born in 1953 in the United States of America to her mother  Lynn Noe. She will be 70 years old as of 2023. Cheryl’s mother and her father, Landon, got married when was 9 years old. Cheryl is Lynn Noe’s daughter from her first marriage. She has always been regarded as the eldest daughter of the actor.

Shawna Landon, Josh Fraser Landon, Mark Fraser Landon, Sean Matthew Landon, Leslie Ann Landon, Michael Landon Jr, Christopher Beau Landon, and Jennifer Rachel Landon are the eight siblings of Cheryl.  

Cheryl Ann Pontrelli attended the University of Arizona where she got into a terrible car accident in Tucson, Arizona in 1973. She was the only survivor out of the four people who were involved too. She was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries and remained in a coma for several days. 

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Cheryl became popular due to her parents’ fame, however, she likes to keep a low profile. Her relationship status remains unknown and aside from that she is not on any social media sites. 

What happened to Cheryl Ann Pontrelli’s mother?

Cheryl’s mother was the late actress Lynn Noe. She is from Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Cheryl’s mother is best known for The Mike Douglas Show ( 1961). Lynn Noe was married to Michael Landon, Mannie Baier, and Michael Angelo Pontrelli (Cheryl’s biological father).

Cheryl Ann Pontrelli’s mother Noe died on 26 November 2015 according to IMDB. Not much information was disclosed to the public about the cause of her death.

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What happened to Michael Landon Cheryl’s father

As said earlier, Eugene Maurice Orowitz popularly known as Michael Landon was an American actor and filmmaker, known for his role as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza, Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, and others. 

Landon first appeared in the television series Telephone Time in the episode “The Mystery of Casper Hauser (1956).  After that, he starred in a lot of movies.  

Michael married three times. He first married Dodie Levy-Fraser in 1956 and then divorced in 1962. Michael adopted Dodie’s biological son, Mark Fraser Landon and they adopted another child, Josh Fraser Landon.

He then got married to Cheryl’s mother Lynn Noe in 1963 and got divorced in 1982. They had 7 children. His last wife was Cindy Clerico, a makeup artist on Little House on the Prairie set. They got married in 1983 and had two children together.

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Landon admitted to being a chain smoker and a heavy drinker. In an interview with The Associated Press in 1991, Michael  said “I believe in God, I believe in family, I believe in truth between people, I believe in the power of love, I believe that we really are created in God’s image, that there is God in all of us.”   

On 2 April 1991, Cheryl Ann Pontrelli’s father Michael suffered a severe headache while he was on a skiing vacation in Utah. It was diagnosed as an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer known as exocrine adenocarcinoma. He died on 1 July in Malibu, California at age 54.

He was buried in a private family mausoleum at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, in Culver City, California. On his headstone reads; “He seized life with joy. He gave life too generously. He leaves a legacy of love and laughter.”

A community building at Malibu’s Bluffs Park was named “The Michael Landon Center” to honor the actor. There have been a lot of shows in honor of Cheryl’s father and his family.