Nicollette Sheridan to her at age 16. When Sheridan was less than a year old her father left the family, and she has never seen him since. In 1969, her mother Sally (billed as Dani Sheridan) featured in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as one of Blofeld's "Angels of Death". There Sally met Blofeld actor Telly Savalas, who eventually became her de facto husband and Sheridan's stepfather. Sally became known as Sally Savalas. Nicollette emigrated to the United States from England in 1973, when she was ten years old. Sheridan began her career as a fashion model, appearing
Telly Savalas a radio show called The Coffeehouse in New York City. Savalas began as an executive director and then senior director of the news special events at ABC. He then became an executive producer for the "Gillette Cavalcade of Sports," where he gave Howard Cosell his first job in television. In the fall of 1959 Savalas directed Scott Vincent and Howard Cosell in "Report to New York," WABC-TV's first local TV news program. Savalas did not consider acting as a career until asked if he could recommend an actor who could do a European accent. He did but the friend could