Rebecca Schaeffer

Actress

November 6, 1967 (21 years)

† July 18, 1989

Eugene, Oregon, USA

Biography

Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress and model. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam. The series was canceled in 1988, and she appeared in several films, including the black comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. At the age of 21, she was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, a 19-year-old obsessed fan who had been stalking her. Schaeffer’s death helpe…

Filmography

7.5

Amazing Stories

Miss Crowningshield

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

6.8

Hollywood Demons

Self (archive footage)

Six documentaries about Hollywood's darkest scandals with accounts from insiders, project collaborators, and survivors who endured harrowing abuse and struggles

7.0

Radio Days

Communist's Daughter

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

6.7

My Sister Sam

Patti Russell

My Sister Sam is an American situation comedy series that aired on CBS from October 1986 to April 1988. The series stars Pam Dawber and Rebecca Schaeffer.

6.4

Out of Time

Pam Wallace

A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.

5.4

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Zandra Lipkin

A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two women deal with their upper-class woes, Clare's driver, Frank, and Lisabeth's servant, Juan, make a wager to see who can be the first to seduce the other's boss.

5.2

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

Cheryl

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians.

5.0

The End of Innocence

Stephanie (18-25 years old)

Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.

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