


During this time, she attempted to further her modeling prospects. In late 1984, Schaeffer landed the role of Annie Barnes on ABC's One Life to Live for a stint that lasted six months. She also had a short-term role on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. While working in New York, Schaeffer attended Professional Children's School. In 1984, when she was 16, she worked a summer in New York City with Elite Model Management and with her parents' permission stayed in the city to pursue modeling. She appeared in department store catalogs and television commercials, and as an extra in a television film. She initially aspired to become a rabbi, but she began modeling during her junior year in high school. Schaeffer was raised in Portland, where she attended Lincoln High School. Schaeffer was born November 6, 1967, in Eugene, Oregon, the only child of Jewish parents Danna (née Wilner), a writer and instructor who taught at Willamette University and Portland Community College, and Dr. Schaeffer’s death helped lead to the passage in California of legislation aimed at preventing stalking. 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. The series was canceled in 1988, and she appeared in several films, including the black comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (Novem– July 18, 1989) was an American actress and model.
