ACTOR

Rebecca Schaeffer

1967 - 1989

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rebecca Schaeffer has received more than 5,802,196 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rebecca Schaeffer is the 7,049th most popular actor (down from 6,751st in 2019), the 10,406th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,027th in 2019) and the 3,255th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.8M

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  • 43.11

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rebecca Schaeffer ranks 7,049 out of 13,578. Before her are Audrey Landers, Sean Murray, Glenn Plummer, Eduardo Santamarina, Steve Toussaint, and Leslie Hope. After her are Kim Yoo-jung, Marcia Strassman, Taylor Schilling, Alexander Ludwig, Liza Weil, and Jeong Da-bin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Rebecca Schaeffer ranks 362. Before her are Takuya Takagi, Philippe Albert, Dhafer Youssef, Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, Jason Everman, and Aurelio Vidmar. After her are Caroline van der Plas, Juan Carlos Unzué, Knez, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, Kristen Pfaff, and Byron Mann. Among people deceased in 1989, Rebecca Schaeffer ranks 273. Before her are Jimmy Murphy, Elaine de Kooning, Friederich Franzl, Ernesto Formenti, Woody Shaw, and Lawrence Stevens. After her are Imre Hódos, Lennox Berkeley, Amanda Blake, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, May Allison, and Pua Kealoha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rebecca Schaeffer ranks 10,406 out of 20,380. Before her are Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), John Logan (1961), William Glackens (1870), Alphonse Lacroix (1897), Charles Band (1951), and Chris Dodd (1944). After her are Marcia Strassman (1948), Taylor Schilling (1984), Liza Weil (1977), Alphonso Johnson (1951), Eric Esch (1966), and Charley Grapewin (1869).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rebecca Schaeffer ranks 3,255. Before her are Ryan Eggold (1984), James Van Der Beek (1977), Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980), Audrey Landers (1956), Sean Murray (1977), and Glenn Plummer (1961). After her are Marcia Strassman (1948), Taylor Schilling (1984), Liza Weil (1977), Charley Grapewin (1869), Patrice Wymore (1926), and Kathryn Crosby (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

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.
Jan 30th 19877.055 / 10
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Zandra
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.
Jun 3rd 19895.6 / 10
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.
6.2 / 10