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Amanda Wyss

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American actress

United StatesActorsBorn 1960 · age 65
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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).

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Amanda Wyss
said · Nov 10, 2016
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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)

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Amanda Wyss
said · Nov 10, 2016
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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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Filmography 40

A Nightmare on Elm Street1984 · ★ 7.3
Monster-in-Law2005 · ★ 6.2
Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982 · ★ 6.8
Silverado1985 · ★ 7.0
Better Off Dead...1985 · ★ 6.6
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010 · ★ 7.8
Badland2019 · ★ 6.2
Big Legend2018 · ★ 6.1
The Sandman2017 · ★ 5.6
The Hatred2017 · ★ 5.3
Shakma1990 · ★ 5.4
Hunter's Moon2020 · ★ 3.5
The Graves2010
Deadly Impact2010
The Capture2017
Powwow Highway1989
Strategic Command1997
The Resonator: Miskatonic U2021
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying1992
Force: Five1981
A Killer in the Family1983
This House Possessed1981
Son of Darkness: To Die For II1991
To Die For1988
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2022
Black Magic Woman1991
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man1992
The Final Days1989
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’2006
Beyond the Resonator2022
The Id2016
Firefighter1986
Triggered2019
It Happened Again Last Night2017
Deadly Innocents1989
Checkered Flag1990
Fallacy2004
Fantasm2013
Rest Stop2019
My Mother's Secret Life1984

85 credits on file

Television 24

The Rookie2018
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000
Dexter2006
ER1994
Murder, She Wrote1984
JAG1995
Diagnosis: Murder1993
Station 192018
Cheers1982
Cold Case2003
Quantum Leap1989
The Drew Carey Show1995
Highlander: The Series1992
Judging Amy1999
Walker, Texas Ranger1993
St. Elsewhere1982
Cagney & Lacey1982
The Division2001
All Rise2019
Silk Stalkings1991
Profiler1996
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century1979
The Movies That Made Us2019
The Agency2001

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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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 65
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17 languages

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