Biography

Born 1948 in South Africa, Cheryl Grunwald began her career as a ballet dancer. She appeared as part of an ensemble cast in the play "Canterbury Tales" at Great Britain's West End Phoenix Theatre beginning in 1970 before landing acting roles in "A Clockwork Orange," "The Devils" and "The Boy Friend" the following year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom

Trained with the Royal Ballet School.

Worked as a choreographer for the Welsh National Opera.

Left show business at age 23 after missing a performance of Decameron '73 and watching the show from the audience, dismissing it as "just a dirty peepshow." She planned on becoming a teacher.

I went from ballet into films. I haven't been to drama school and I plan to study my performance before I can claim to be an actress.

[on Decameron '73] I realized it was just a dirty peepshow. I left the show the next day and told my agent I won't be going back to show business.

[on why she was slow to realize the nature of Decameron '73, a show she had performed in for months] Believe it or not, the impression one gets on stage of the way a show looks is sometimes very different from the way it looks in the seats. I now realize the show went beyond the bounds of decency. The whole entertainment business is becoming obsessed with sex.