Cheri Ruff (27 August 1935 – 9 July 2019; age 83) was a makeup artist and hair stylist who worked on several episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Enterprise. Her work earned her an Emmy Award in 2002 in the category Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series for the episode "Two Days and Two Nights", which she shared with Michael Moore, Gloria Pasqua Casny, Laura Connolly, and Roma Goddard.
Ruff previously received two Emmy Award nominations in the same category; in 2000 for her work on the television fantasy film Geppetto, shared with Shirley Dollé, Francine Shermaine, and Gloria Pasqua Casny, and in 2001 for The Lot episode "Daddy Dearest". In 2003, Ruff won her second Emmy Award for the American Dreams episode "I Want To Hold Your Hand" as well as a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award in the category Best Period Hair Styling - Television Series for her work on American Dreams, shared with Diane Pepper.
Ruff started to work as makeup artist in the mid-1970s on projects such as the crime drama Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), Cannonball! (1976, with Gerrit Graham and Dick Miller), and The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). As hair stylist, she worked on Rhoda (1975, with makeup artist Jim Kail) and as hair stylist for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman (1976-1979). Ruff continued to work as Carter's hair stylist on The Last Song (1980) and Hotline (1982, with James R. Scribner).
Further credits as hair stylist include Loving Couples (1980), Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982, with Mark Bussan), episodes of The Love Boat (1982), Gremlins (1984), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989), the television movie Stark (1985, with Denise Crosby and Nicolas Surovy, makeup by Monty Westmore), Stand by Me (1986, starring Wil Wheaton and Jerry O'Connell with makeup by Monty Westmore), The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), Ladykillers (1988, with Jim Kail), and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, with Rolf John Keppler). In addition, Ruff worked as hair stylist for Kate Jackson on Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986-1987).
In the 1990s, Ruff worked as hair stylist on Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Free Willy (1993), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (starring Teri Hatcher), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995), Dream On (1995), Down Periscope (1996, starring Kelsey Grammer, makeup by Michael Key), The Love Bug (1997), Letters from a Killer (1998, with Janice Alexander, Dione Taylor, and Paul Abascal), and American Beauty (1999, with Scott Bakula and hair stylist Carol A. O'Connell).
Beside her Emmy Award nominated and winning work, Ruff also contributed to The Million Dollar Hotel (2000, with Debbie Zoller), Once and Again (2000-2001), and The Time Machine (2002). Her last know work beside Enterprise was the drama series American Dreams on which she worked as hair department head between 2002 and 2003.
Ruff passed peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of July 9th, 2019. [1]
Star Trek episodes[]
- ENT:
- "Fight or Flight" (uncredited)
- "Strange New World" (uncredited)
- "Unexpected" (uncredited)
- "The Andorian Incident" (uncredited)
- "Breaking the Ice" (uncredited)
- "Civilization" (uncredited)
- "Fortunate Son" (uncredited)
- "Silent Enemy" (uncredited)
- "Sleeping Dogs" (uncredited)
- "Fusion" (uncredited)
- "Rogue Planet" (uncredited)
- "Oasis" (uncredited)
- "Vox Sola" (uncredited)
- "Fallen Hero" (uncredited)
- "Desert Crossing" (uncredited)
- "Two Days and Two Nights" (uncredited)
- "Shockwave" (uncredited)