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Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (November 6, 1967 – July 18, 1989) 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.
Jul 21, 2024 · Schaeffer lived with Dawber and her husband Mark Harmon for a few months when she first got to L.A. after booking My Sister Sam. "We just kind of fell into this sisterly thing," Dawber told...
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Oct 10, 2023 · Bardo's sister also testified that on the morning of Rebecca Schaeffer's murder, Bardo had called her to let her know that he was near the actresses' home. Bardo's history of mental illness was brought up by his defense attorney Stephen Galindo, but then-deputy district attorney Marcia Clark dismissed this, claiming that "Bardo was obsessed ...
- Marina Manoukian
Jul 19, 2024 · Schaeffer played Patricia “Patti” Russell, a teenager who moves from Oregon to San Francisco to live with her 29-year-old sister Samantha (“Sam”) after the death of their parents, in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam from 1986 -1988; prior to that, she was also a regular cast member of One Life to Live.
Apr 12, 2019 · Schaeffer played Patti, the kid sister of Dawber’s character, Sam, in the TV sitcom “My Sister Sam,” which ran from 1986 to 1988. In many ways, Schaeffer was like a real-life sister to Dawber, she said.
- Anthony Rivas
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May 8, 2024 · “I have an obsession with the unobtainable,” he wrote to his sister. Schaeffer was not the only young female celebrity he developed an interest in.
Dec 29, 2023 · Robert John Bardo fell hard for Rebecca Schaeffer the first time he saw her in My Sister Sam, but this wasn’t the first time Bardo had fallen in love with a fresh face on screen. Bardo had previously become obsessed with Samantha Smith , a 10-year-old American schoolgirl and peace activist.
