In 1989, model-turned-actress Rebecca Schaeffer was killed in cold blood by a man many described as an “deranged fan” named Robert John Bardo. On April 12, 20/20 is releasing a new two-hour ...

Rebecca Schaeffer was on the brink of landing the biggest role of her career when she was shot and killed by a fan. The My Sister Sam actress was just 21 years old when an obsessed fan murdered her at ...

Rebecca Schaeffer was on the brink of landing the biggest role of her career when she was shot and killed by a fan. The My Sister Sam actress was just 21 years old when an obsessed fan murdered her at ...

When Danna Schaeffer hears that one of her friends has welcomed a new grandchild, she’s happy for them. But she feels awkward, too. As the 74-year-old Portland playwright put it, “It does ring that ...

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 ...

Danna Schaeffer, a therapist based in Oregon, received the worst phone call of her life on July 18, 1989. Her daughter, 21-year-old actress Rebecca Schaeffer, was fatally shot in the heart by Robert ...

In the summer of 1989, Rebecca Schaeffer seemed to be on her way to Hollywood stardom. A deranged stalker would tragically derail that fairytale story and her shocking murder on the front step of her ...

Rebecca Schaeffer’s promising career ended in tragedy, leading to major changes in privacy laws. A respectful look at her ...

'Mork & Mindy's' Pam Dawber worked with Rebecca Schaeffer on 'My Sister Sam.' Pam Dawber, best known as Mindy from the hit TV show “Mork and Mindy,” is opening up about losing her former TV co-star ...

Actress Rebecca Schaeffer (center) and her parents, Benson and Danna Schaeffer of Portland, in Vienna, Austria, in 1986. (Handout photo) By Amy Wang | The Oregonian/OregonLive The new play “You in ...

When Danna Schaeffer hears that one of her friends has welcomed a new grandchild, she’s happy for them. But she feels awkward, too. Danna Schaeffer, mother of murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer, comes ...

Rebecca Schaeffer was an aspiring actress who starred in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam Robert John Bardo first noticed Schaeffer in a TV commercial in 1986 and followed her career closely for the next ...