Amanda Wyss is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen roles including Lisa in the coming-of-age comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Tina Gray in the slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Beth in the film Better Off Dead (1985).
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It was a really interesting experience for me because, like I said, I had never seen a horror film. It was a very physical role.
INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA WYSS OF ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ & ‘THE ID’ (November 10, 2016)
I was actually really lucky to be a part of this iconic franchise and that my role is so iconic. By the way, these are things that never entered my consciousness.
INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA WYSS OF ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ & ‘THE ID’ (November 10, 2016)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Monster-in-Law
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Silverado
Better Off Dead...
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Badland
Big Legend
The Sandman
The Hatred
Shakma
Hunter's Moon
The Graves
Deadly Impact
The Capture
Powwow Highway
Strategic Command
The Resonator: Miskatonic U
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
Force: Five
A Killer in the Family
This House Possessed
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
To Die For
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Black Magic Woman
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
The Final Days
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Beyond the Resonator
The Id
Firefighter
Triggered
It Happened Again Last Night
Deadly Innocents
Checkered Flag
Fallacy
Fantasm
Rest Stop
My Mother's Secret Life85 credits on file
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The Rookie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dexter
ER
Murder, She Wrote
JAG
Diagnosis: Murder
Station 19
Cheers
Cold Case
Quantum Leap
The Drew Carey Show
Highlander: The Series
Judging Amy
Walker, Texas Ranger
St. Elsewhere
Cagney & Lacey
The Division
All Rise
Silk Stalkings
Profiler
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Movies That Made Us
The AgencyConnected to Amanda 6
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Amanda Wyss is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen roles including Lisa in the coming-of-age comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Tina Gray in the slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Beth in the film Better Off Dead (1985). She had a supporting role as investigative reporter Randi McFarland in the television series Highlander: The Series (1992-1993). She played Woody's ex-girlfriend, Beth, in two episodes of Cheers in the mid-1980s.
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