Sharon Acker(1935-2023)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Although she was presented in 1969 the first Film Star of Tomorrow by
The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Canada, the status of Sharon Acker as
a star never materialized. Not that she was inactive, quite the
opposite, but she worked almost only for TV and appeared only in a few
undistinguished movies. She will, nevertheless, remain remembered
for her role as Lee Marvin's ex-wife in
John Boorman's classic
Point Blank (1967). The victim of
Marvin's rough manners, Acker as Lynne left a deep impact on male brains.
Born in 1935, the Canadian-born actress started her film career in
England when the play she was in, "Lucky Jim",
Kingsley Amis' classic, was made into a
movie. But she was not seen in many movies, except during the sixties,
either in Canada or in the U.S. Meanwhile, she was very
active on TV, first in Canada from the age of 19, then in the U.S. in
made-for-TV movies or series like
Star Trek (1966),
Mission: Impossible (1966),
Gunsmoke (1955),
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969),
Barnaby Jones (1973), etc. She
was a regular in the series
The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)
for one year and played "Della Street" in the short-lived
The New Perry Mason (1973).
A talented actress seen too little in movie theaters.
