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Sherry Jackson (born 15 February 1942; age 82) is an actress who played Andrea in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". She filmed her scenes between Tuesday 2 August 1966 and Tuesday 9 August 1966 at Desilu Stage 10.

Jackson was born in Idaho and moved to California with her mother and three siblings after the death of her father, at the age of six. Her mother later married television writer, director, and actor Montgomery Pittman. Jackson received acting, singing, and dancing lessons and was discovered by a talent scout at the age of seven, leading to a successful career as a child actress.

She is most known for her role as Terry Williams on Make Room for Daddy from 1953 to 1958, which was also produced by Desilu. She also appeared in two episodes of the Batman television series, alongside Frank Gorshin and Theo Marcuse, and an episode of The Twilight Zone, which featured Jon Lormer and was directed by her step-father, Montgomery Pittman. In 1963, she appeared with Kathie Browne in an episode of Perry Mason. In 1964 she appeared in an episode of Gene Roddenberry's The Lieutenant, which starred Gary Lockwood. The episode also featured John Anderson, John Bellah, Victor Tayback, and Carey Foster, and was directed by James Goldstone, who also directed Jackson in Star Trek.

She played alongside William Shatner again in a 1975 episode of Barbary Coast, also guest starring Ian Wolfe. Her other credits include two episodes of The Wild Wild West, including "The Night of the Gruesome Games", which was directed by Marvin Chomsky and featured William Schallert, Robert Ellenstein, Reggie Nalder and Gregg Palmer, an episode of Lost in Space starring Bill Mumy, two episodes of Barnaby Jones starring Lee Meriwether and featuring Marj Dusay, an episode of Starsky & Hutch starring David Soul, an episode of The Incredible Hulk, for which the opening narration and the Hulk's vocal effects were provided by Ted Cassidy, and an episode of Fantasy Island starring Ricardo Montalban.

Jackson retired from acting in the early 1980s, her last screen credit was an episode of Strike Force (with Adam Roarke), albeit she briefly returned with a guest role on the soap opera The Guiding Light in 1992.

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