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Amanda Peterson is a Actor American born on 8 july 1971 at Greeley (USA)
Amanda Peterson (born Phyllis Amanda Peterson, July 8, 1971 – July 3, 2015) was an American actress known for her role as Cindy Mancini in the 1987 comedy film Can't Buy Me Love.
En 1985, Peterson obtient son premier rôle notable avec le film Explorers, aux côtés d'Ethan Hawke et River Phoenix.
Amanda Peterson mourut chez elle à Greeley (Colorado), cinq jours avant son 44e anniversaire. L'autopsie a révélé qu'elle est morte d'une overdose accidentelle due à un mélange mortel de médicaments. Mariée et divorcée deux fois, elle avait deux enfants.
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Birth name Phyllis Amanda Peterson
Nationality USA
Birth 8 july 1971 at Greeley (USA)
Death 3 july 2015 (at 43 years) at Greeley (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 july 1971 at Greeley (USA)
Death 3 july 2015 (at 43 years) at Greeley (USA)
Biography
Amanda Peterson est née à Greeley au Colorado. Elle est la cadette parmi les trois enfants de James Peterson, spécialiste ORL, et de son épouse Sylvia. Amanda Peterson commence sa carrière d'actrice dès l'enfance. Au début de sa carrière, elle a utilisé le nom Mandy Peterson, un diminutif habituellement utilisé par sa famille et ses amis.En 1985, Peterson obtient son premier rôle notable avec le film Explorers, aux côtés d'Ethan Hawke et River Phoenix.
Amanda Peterson mourut chez elle à Greeley (Colorado), cinq jours avant son 44e anniversaire. L'autopsie a révélé qu'elle est morte d'une overdose accidentelle due à un mélange mortel de médicaments. Mariée et divorcée deux fois, elle avait deux enfants.
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Listen to Me (1989)
, 1h47Directed by Douglas Day Stewart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, Roy Scheider, Amanda Peterson, George Wyner, Christopher Atkins
Roles Donna Lumis
Rating52%
Listen to Me centers around a group of college students who are members of the debate team at fictional Kenmont College. The two main characters, Tucker Muldowney (Cameron) and Monica Tomanski (Gertz), come from underprivileged backgrounds, having won scholarships to Kenmont for displaying exceptional talent for debating. Both students are taken under the wing of the debate team coach, Charlie Nichols (Scheider), who was a star debater in his youth.
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
, 1h34Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary, Seth Green, Max Perlich
Roles Cindy Mancini
Rating68%
Ronald Miller (Dempsey) is a typical high school nerd living in Arizona. He has spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope. However, at an opportune moment he makes a deal with popular cheerleader Cynthia "Cindy" Mancini (Peterson) to "rent" her for $1,000. Cindy borrows a suede outfit that belongs to her mother, without her permission, and needs to replace it quickly after Quint (Cort McGown) accidentally spills red wine on Cindy at a party. Having few options except telling her Mom the truth, she reluctantly agrees to help him look "cool" by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month, even though she already has a boyfriend named Bobby who is away at his freshman year at the University of Iowa. Both agree never to reveal their financial arrangement.
Explorers (1985)
, 1h49Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, James Cromwell, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite, Danny Nucci
Roles Lori Swenson
Rating63%
Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) experiences vivid dreams about flying through clouds and over a vast, city-like circuit board...usually after falling asleep watching old sci-fi movies (War of the Worlds is a favorite). Every night, upon waking from the dream, he draws the circuit board. Ben shows the sketches to his friend Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix), a child prodigy. At school, Ben develops a crush on Lori Swenson (Amanda Peterson) - but he isn't sure whether it's mutual. Both boys meet punkish-but-likeable Darren Woods (Jason Presson), with whom they share their circuit board-concepts. Wolfgang builds an actual microchip based on Ben's drawings. The chip enables the generation of an electromagnetic bubble which surrounds a pre-determined area. As the boys discover, said bubble is capable of moving at near-limitless distances and speeds without the usual ill-effects from inertia. They construct a rudimentary spacecraft out of an abandoned tilt-a-whirl seat; they name their ship the Thunder Road, after Bruce Springsteen's song of the same title. Their experiments with the Thunder Road draw attention from the US Government, which sends agents to scout the area for unidentified flying objects.
Annie (1982)
, 2h6Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder
Roles Dancer
Rating65%
In 1933, during The Great Depression, a young orphan named Annie is living in the Hudson Street Orphanage in New York City. One night, Annie comforts one of the youngest orphans by singing to her (“Maybe”). The orphanage's cruel and alcoholic supervisor Agatha Hannigan hears the singing, and punishes the orphans by making them clean up the orphanage ("It's the Hard Knock Life"). Later while trying to flee in a laundry truck, Annie rescues a dog being tormented by a group of boys. She names him Sandy after convincing a dogcatcher that he is hers (“Dumb Dog”), and the pair is escorted back to the orphanage. Soon after, Miss Hannigan discovers Sandy and threatens to send him to the sausage factory (“Sandy”). However, Grace Farrell, a secretary to billionaire Oliver Warbucks, arrives, saying that he wants an orphan to stay at his mansion for a week to help his image. Despite Hannigan's objections, Grace picks Annie and allows Sandy to accompany her.