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  Eric Schaeffer: Eric Schaeffer Skeeves Rebecca Traister in 'Salon'
He is every dick who's ever mistaken the fact that we were getting paid to serve him cocktails for "ooh, she wants me." He is every predatory asshole who has ever offered us a backrub when we were too young and dumb to understand how drunk we were.
Schaeffer (verb): To be swindled, duped or otherwise tricked into going out with a man who later reveals severe personality disorder and potentially homicidal tendencies.
I have been obsessed with Eric Schaeffer for years (though I screwed up his name in my user name--so I'm a spaced out obsessor) and I am just so happy to see all this coverage of him.
gawker.com /news/eric-schaeffer/eric-schaeffer-skeeves-rebecca-traister-in-salon-234971.php   (3627 words)

  
  CNN.com
Schaeffer, the parents of the late Rebecca Schaeffer.
Rebecca was not one of the most famous people in the world.
And it seemed to me that Rebecca had such a zest for acting and living and such a wonderful personality, and I'm sure she was that way in real life as well.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/30/lkl.00.html   (6481 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (November 6, 1967 – July 18, 1989) was a successful actress who was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.
Her career was on the rise at the time of her death: Schaeffer was scheduled to audition for The Godfather Part III the morning she was murdered at the age of 21.
Schaeffer answered her door and was shot to death at point-blank range to the heart.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer   (382 words)

  
 The Death of Rebecca Shaeffer - The Stalking Death That Changed the Law
Rebecca responded, writing that his letter was "the most beautiful" that she had ever received.
Rebecca's body was shipped back to her native Oregon, for burial.
Schaeffer's murder and the Teresa Saldana assault case provoked Governor George Deukmejian to sign a law that prohibited the DMV from releasing addresses and inspired the Los Angeles Police Department to create the first Threat Management Team.
www.franksreelreviews.com /shorttakes/shaeffer/shaeffer.htm   (2190 words)

  
 All about stalkers by Katherine Ramsland
Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, played a character on the popular 1980s television sitcom, My Sister Sam, and she had just starred in her first movie.
Period." When he saw Schaeffer in a movie scene in bed with someone, he decided she had to be punished for her immorality.
Schaeffer's murder and the Saldana case provoked Governor George Deukmejian to sign a law that prohibited the DMV from releasing addresses and inspired the Los Angeles Police Department to create the first Threat Management Team.
www.crimelibrary.com /criminal_mind/psychology/stalkers/1.html   (1136 words)

  
 The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
His 21-year-old girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer (TV’s "My Sister Sam") had been shot dead by a stalker in the foyer of her Sweetzer Avenue apartment building.
He was Schaeffer’s boyfriend, not her fiancé, though they’d just started talking about the possibility of marriage.
The Schaeffers were the first people Silberling allowed to read a draft of "Moonlight Mile." "I was nervous, but they liked it," said the director, who recently traveled to Oregon to show them the completed film.
www.jewishjournal.com /home/print.php?id=9161   (883 words)

  
 Articles of Interest
When Bardo arrived in Los Angeles, he called his sister and told her that he was going to fulfill his mission to “stop Schaeffer from forsaking her innocent childlike image for that of an adult fornicating screen whore.” He went to Schaefferr’s apartment and rang the bell.
When Schaeffer came to the door, she had what Bardo described as, “a cold look on her face.” Bardo grabbed the door as he reached for his gun.
Neither Saldana nor Schaeffer was aware of the threats being made against her by her stalker.
www.stalkingalert.com /articlesofinterest.htm   (5884 words)

  
 My Sister Sam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Some psycho was so in love with the youngest sister that he went to her apartment one night and killed her.
Rebecca Schaeffer was an up and coming actress who added personality, excellent acting to the show and worked well with Pam Dawber.
Schaeffer showed that she had good comic timing and a possible future in movies and television.
www.jumptheshark.com /m/mysistersam.htm   (574 words)

  
 APS - Stalker Protection
Actress Rebecca Schaeffer had a starring role in the TV situation comedy, My Sister Sam.
Bardo, who had also targeted other fresh-faced young entertainers, tracked Schaeffer to her apartment, rang her door and shot her to death.
Schaeffer reigned as his one and only goddess.
apsprotection.com /stalkerprotection.shtml   (401 words)

  
 L.A. Lawyer
Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family is guilty of the crime of stalking.
The seriousness of the crime of stalking is seen in the facts surrounding the Theresa Saldana and Rebecca Schaeffer cases.
Saldana and Schaeffer were not aware of the threats made against them by their stalkers.
www.stalkingalert.com /lalawyer.htm   (2998 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer: My Sister Sam
Schaeffer, 19, got her start in show business five years ago, when she began modeling in her hometown of Eugene, Ore. A representative from Elite modeling discovered her three years ago and took her to New York.
The only child of a psychologist and a writer, Schaeffer excelled at school and had plans to become a doctor or a lawyer.
Today, Schaeffer lives alone in Los Angeles and spends her spare time dancing in her kitchen and practicing yoga.
jaehakim.com /articles/tv/features/sam.htm   (715 words)

  
 How States Aid Murderers, Junk Mailers
Actress Rebecca Schaeffer, co-star of the television series "My Sister Sam," had a lot of admirers.
Schaeffer was a long-lost friend, and asked for help in tracking her down.
Schaeffer lived, waited outside, and on July 18, 1989, shot her dead.
www.davekopel.com /CJ/OpEds/States-Aid-Murderers.htm   (562 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer Biography, Filmography, News,
Born 1967 - Born in Portland, OR, Rebecca Schaeffer is known primarily for her role as teenager Patti Russell on the '80s sitcom My Sister Sam, and, sadly, for her brutal murder at 22 years old.
Schaeffer made a rather prestigious feature film debut at 20 years old, when she was cast as a communist's daughter in Woody Allen's domestic comedy Radio Days (1987)....
Discuss Rebecca Schaeffer with Starpulse members in the forums...
www.starpulse.com /Actresses/Schaeffer,_Rebecca   (126 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer at Hollywood.com
Rebecca Lucille Schaeffer was born Nov. 6, 1967 in Portland, OR, the only child of Benson Schaeffer, a psychologist, and his wife, Danna, a writer.
She was a good student and active member of her community synagogue, until she dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to move to New York on her own to pursue modeling and acting.
Schaeffer responded, writing that his letter was "the most beautiful" that she had ever received.
www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Rebecca_Schaeffer/197271   (2045 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer - TV.com
Rebecca was murdered by an obsessed fan in 1989.
Rebecca went to a girl's shelter to sign autographs because she had missed it earlier that year due to filming her show in 1989.
Rebecca left home to start her modeling career in New York at the age of 16.
www.tv.com /rebecca-schaeffer/person/8786/summary.html   (182 words)

  
 EXTRA: Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Being the target of a stalker is a role no one wants to play, and sadly ten years after the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer by a deranged fan, celebrities are still being targeted.
For three years he wrote her fan letters -- Rebecca even wrote back once, but when she spurned his advances he lashed out.
But prosecutors were able to show a pattern of conduct and a credible threat large enough to make a case.
extratv.warnerbros.com /cmp/spotlight/1999/07_16c.htm   (472 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Silberling, Brad: 'Shocking gifts' after Schaeffer murder
Rebecca Schaeffer's memory is embedded in writer-director Brad Silberling's semi-autobiographical movie Moonlight Mile.
Schaeffer was a beautiful 21-year-old promising actress on July 18, 1989, the day she was to audition for Francis Ford Coppola for a role in The Godfather: Part III.
To avoid a possible death penalty, the killer, a paranoid schizophrenic named Robert Bardo, plea-bargained with then assistant district attorney Maria Clark (later infamous for her mishandling of the O.J. Simpson murder case) for a life sentence.
jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/S/Silberling_Brad/2002/10/02/761702.html   (380 words)

  
 MAGAZINE | FEATURES | Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile | VOL 27-3 September 2002
In 1989, Silberling's girlfriend, Rebecca Schaeffer, was murdered in Los Angeles.
Because Schaeffer was an actress killed by a stalker, the case drew national attention and led to the implementation of anti-stalking laws.
"Rebecca was buried up in Oregon," Silberling recalled, "and I did go up to be with her family for a few weeks.
www.dga.org /news/v27_3/feat_silberling_mile.php3   (2714 words)

  
 Feature-Hollywood
In educating the “talent,” as the on-air and on-screen performers are called, about what to look out for, O’Donnell reminds them of the story of Rebecca Schaeffer, who starred opposite Pam Dawber in the Warner Brothers television show “My Sister Sam” in the 1980s.
Schaeffer received a routine request for an autographed photo from a fan named Robert Bardo.
However, he took the “Love, Rebecca Schaeffer” signature literally and became fixated on the young actress.
www.odu.edu /ao/alumni_magazine/fall02/oduhollywood.html   (987 words)

  
 Down Supremacy: Rebecca Schaeffer Tribute #1
This is the first in an ongoing series of tributes to the late actress Rebecca Schaeffer.
For those of you who don't know Rebecca was the star of the 80's sitcom "My Sister Sam".
A tragic news story came on over the car radio that 21-year-old Rebecca Schaeffer, the star of My Sister Sam, was shot dead in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.
downsupremacy.blogspot.com /2005/04/rebecca-schaeffer-tribute-1.html   (2366 words)

  
 Rebecca Schaeffer - Biography
Rebecca began modeling at the age of 16, going off to New York on her own to begin her career.
Unfortunately, after signing an autograph for him twenty minutes earlier, she abruptly told him she was busy, he, in a fit of irrational anger, took the gun from the brown bag where he had carried it and shot her once in the chest, the bullet directly hitting her heart.
He was subsequently arrested and plea-bargained for a life sentence without the possibility of parole with a then young assistant district attorney named Marcia Clark, who later became famous for her bungled attempt to convict O.J. Simpson of murder.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0769726/bio   (759 words)

  
 EPIC DPPA and Drivers License Privacy Page
The DPPA was passed in reaction to the a series of abuses of drivers' personal information held by government.
The 1989 death of actress Rebecca Schaeffer was a prominent example of such abuse.
In that case, a private investigator, hired by an obsessed fan, was able to obtain Rebecca Schaeffer's address through her California motor vehicle record.
www.epic.org /privacy/drivers   (2500 words)

  
 ACLU Reporter: Winter 1999
Rebecca Schaeffer was the lead actress on the TV series "My Sister Sam." On July 18, 1989, a fan who used a private investigator to track down where she went, where she shopped, and where she ate, murdered her.
The investigator had her social security number, which helped the stalker search various databases to track her movements.
Finally, the investigator went down to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, paid a $1 fee, and got Rebecca Schaeffer’s home address.
www.acluutah.org /99win.htm   (4112 words)

  
 Moviecrazed
The TV actress Rebecca Schaeffer, his girlfriend at the time, was killed in 1989 by a fan…‘Moonlight Mile’ gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things.
"The writer-director, Brad Silberling (‘City of Angels’), based the movie in part on the 1989 death of his own girlfriend, the actress Rebecca Schaeffer, and then built it around the studied elfin moroseness of Gyllenhaal's presence.
Silberling invites us to revel in the five stages of grief, but the film's real intent is to soothe rather than pierce, to make sadness look cozy and domesticated.
www.moviecrazed.com /video/moonlight.html   (641 words)

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