26 Facts About Rebecca Schaeffer

Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress and model.

Rebecca Schaeffer began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting.

Rebecca Schaeffer was born November 6,1967, in Eugene, Oregon, the only child of Danna, a writer and instructor who taught at Willamette University and Portland Community College, and Dr Benson Rebecca Schaeffer, a child psychologist.

Rebecca Schaeffer was raised in Portland, where she attended Lincoln High School.

Rebecca Schaeffer was raised Jewish and initially aspired to become a rabbi, but she began modeling during her junior year in high school.

Rebecca Schaeffer appeared in department store catalogues and television commercials, and as an extra in a television film.

Rebecca Schaeffer had a short-term role on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light.

In late 1984, Rebecca Schaeffer landed the role of Annie Barnes on ABC's One Life to Live for a stint that lasted six months.

Rebecca Schaeffer returned to New York City and decided to focus on an acting career.

In 1986, Rebecca Schaeffer won a small role in Woody Allen's comedy Radio Days, but her character was edited out except for one brief scene.

Rebecca Schaeffer appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine, which caught the attention of television producers who were casting for the comedy My Sister Sam starring Pam Dawber.

Rebecca Schaeffer won the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell, a teenager who moves from Oregon to San Francisco to live with her 29-year-old sister Samantha after the death of their parents.

Rebecca Schaeffer lived with co-star Pam Dawber during her work on the series.

Rebecca Schaeffer served as a spokesperson for the children's charity Thursday's Child.

Rebecca Schaeffer had previously been obsessed with child peace activist Samantha Smith, who died in a plane crash in 1985.

Rebecca Schaeffer then wrote numerous letters to Schaeffer, one of which she answered.

Rebecca Schaeffer returned a month later armed with a knife, but security guards again prevented him from gaining access.

Rebecca Schaeffer returned to his native Tucson, Arizona, and lost focus on Schaeffer for a while as his obsession shifted towards pop singers Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, and Madonna.

Bardo traveled to Los Angeles a third time and roamed the neighborhood where Rebecca Schaeffer lived, asking people if she actually lived there.

Rebecca Schaeffer was preparing for an audition for The Godfather Part III and was expecting a script to be delivered, so she answered the door.

Rebecca Schaeffer went to a diner nearby and had breakfast, then returned to her apartment an hour later.

Rebecca Schaeffer answered the door with "a cold look on her face", Bardo later said.

Rebecca Schaeffer was buried at Ahavai Sholom Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

Rebecca Schaeffer's death helped prompt the 1990 passing of America's first anti-stalking laws, including California Penal Code 646.9.

At the time of her death, Rebecca Schaeffer was dating director Brad Silberling.

Rebecca Schaeffer's death influenced his film Moonlight Mile about a man's grief after his fiancee is murdered.