Sherry Thorup was born, Sherril Lynne Yeager, in Port Arthur, Texas on December 2, 1942. She began her Film career as a Location Manager in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 1983 on the feature film, Where the Boys Are 84 (PA). Now retired, she is known for her work on Miami Vice (1983-84), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Miami Blues (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and a movie filmed in Houston and Galveston near her hometown, Night Game (1989).
Long before her career in Film and Television, Sherry attended Tyrrell Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School with classmate, Janis Joplin and worked for her mother at Port Arthur Business College after High School Graduation.
Son, Kai Thorup, is a Location Manager and Writer, working in Atlanta, GA. He is known for his work on Cape Fear (1991), Taken 3 (2014), I, Tonya (2017), Superfly (2018), Coming 2 America (2021) and more.