- Sherri Brewer was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is known for Shaft (1971), Brave New World (1980) and Unsung Hollywood (2014). She was previously married to Edgar Bronfman Jr..
- SpouseEdgar Bronfman Jr.(1979 - 1991) (divorced, 3 children)
- Met Edgar Bronfman Jr. through singer Dionne Warwick. When Edgar's father warned him that his and Sherri's children "would have problems being accepted by either black or white society", the two Edgars did not speak for a year and did not reconcile until 1982, when Senior shocked Junior by asking him to join the family's company, Seagram.
- Her son, Benjamin Bronfman, was married to the rapper and activist known as M.I.A., whose song, "Paper Planes" was an international hit.
- She appeared in the hit Broadway musical, "Hello Dolly," in an all-Black cast starring Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway and Emily Yancy. It opened in 1967 and had a very successful three year run. At the time she was known as Sherri "Peaches" Brewer.
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