Our neighbors to the north have given us plenty of incredible exports from maple syrup and hockey to moose and Cheri Hilsabeck! That's right, one of Mr. Skin's favorite Canadian exports—or should we say sexports—is the lovely Cheri Hilsabeck, who has only one film credit to her name, but certainly knew how to make a huge skinpression in that one and only credit of hers! Canadian director David Cronenberg obviously liked what he saw from Cheri when he was casting his one and only non body horror related film of his early career, Fast Company (1979). While the director is best known for his shocking visuals and frankly sexual subject matter, this was something of a diversion into populist filmmaking for Cronenberg, what with racing movies being all the rage in Hollywood following the massive success of Smokey and the Bandit (1977). Cheri, along with fellow Canadian one-and-doner Sonya Ratke, played a hitchhiker in the film and groupie of the racing circuit. Cheri and Sonya get picked up by Nicholas Campbell's Billy "The Kid" Brooker, who beds both babes at the same time! Talk about the American—or in this case Canadian—dream! That's right, in Cheri's one and only on screen appearance, she goes topless alongside Sonya to flank the hot shot race car driver in bed! As to why Cheri never made another movie or appeared on any television shows, we're simply not sure. All we can do is thank Cheri Hilsabeck for the mammaries she gave us a great look at all those years ago!
