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Next week’s special episode of 20/20, airing April 12 at 9 p.m. ET, is a two-hour documentary that shines new light on Schaeffer’s murder — and how the death of the up-and-coming actress ...
Jul 21, 2024 · photos. Biggest Unsolved Murder Mysteries. Shortly after 12 p.m., actor Tom Noonan —a friend of Rebecca's— left a message for her mother Danna Schaeffer, a writer and instructor at Portland ...
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- The Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
- Who Was Rising Star Rebecca Schaeffer?
- Schaeffer Moves to Los Angeles and Her Career Takes Off
- Robert John Bardo Begins Stalking Rebecca Schaeffer
- Bardo’s Obsession Turns Deadly
- Schaffer’s Killer Faces Justice
- Rebecca Schaeffer’s Tragic Legacy
Rebecca Schaeffer paced her West Hollywood apartment on the morning of July 18, 1989. She awaited the delivery of The Godfather IIIscript that she would be reading before Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola. Schaeffer was auditioning for the part of Mary Corleone, Michael Corleone’s daughter, a role that would surely change her care...
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was born November 6, 1967, in Eugene, Oregon, to Danna, a writer and teacher, and Benson Schaeffer, a psychologist. Schaeffer was the couple’s only child. The family was dedicated to their Jewish faith and Schaeffer even considered becoming a Rabbi at one point. The family was also close, and Schaeffer said of them once, “N...
Acting jobs were steady for Rebecca Schaeffer and it wasn’t long before the 18-year-old landed her biggest part yet, a leading role in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam. In the show, charming 16-year-old Patti Russell (Schaeffer) goes to live with her sophisticated older sister, 29-year-old Sam Russell (Pam Dawber), a successful photographer in San Fran...
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. Smith was known for writing a letter to Soviet leader Yuri ...
Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills was released June 3, 1989, and no one was more anxious to see it than Bardo. However, on finishing the movie, the usual warmth and affection he felt for Rebecca Schaeffer when watching My Sister Samhad vanished and were replaced with resentment and disgust. What changed Bardo’s attitude towards Schaef...
Finally, on July 18, 1989, Robert John Bardo arrived at Rebecca Schaeffer’s home in West Hollywood. When she tried to send him away, he pulled out a gun and shot her in the chest, leaving her dead. Bardo’s deadly story of obsession had reached its tragic end. The day after Bardo murdered Rebecca Schaeffer, he was located in Tucson attempting to kil...
In honor of Rebecca Schaeffer, the cast of My Sister Samgathered to make a PSA about preventing handgun violence. Pam Dawber even testified before Congress on the issue of implementing common-sense gun laws. If anything positive came out of Schaeffer’s death, it was the anti-stalking movement which led to several changes in the law. In 1990, Califo...
May 8, 2024 · On the tape, Robert Bardo was in a room at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, telling his defense-appointed psychiatrist how he had stalked and killed 21-year-old actress Rebecca ...
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Jun 19, 2020 · True Hollywood Story began its iconic run in October 1996 with a look at the life and shocking death of Schaeffer, an up-and-coming actress who was shot dead at her L.A. apartment's front door by ...
Dec 16, 2023 · In the 18 months leading up to Schaeffer’s murder, he was arrested three times for offenses including domestic violence and antisocial behavior but pleaded no contest in each instance. Steve Dykes/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Robert John Bardo stalked actress Rebecca Schaeffer for three years before brutally murdering her outside her Hollywood home on July 18, 1989.
Mar 28, 2017 · By People Staff. Published on March 28, 2017 12:36PM EDT. Danna Schaeffer can vividly recall the moment she learned her daughter, up-and-coming actress Rebecca Schaeffer, had been murdered. It was ...
