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Amanda Peterson

1971 - 2015

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Phyllis Amanda Peterson (July 8, 1971 – July 3, 2015) was an American actress, most known for her roles as Cindy Mancini in the 1987 film Can't Buy Me Love and Sunny Sisk on the NBC drama series A Year in the Life (1987–1988). Peterson died at age 43 from an accidental drug overdose when she mixed a post-surgery drug prescribed to her with illegally obtained morphine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Amanda Peterson is the 8,030th most popular actor (up from 8,799th in 2024), the 12,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,955th in 2019) and the 3,731st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Amanda Peterson ranks 8,030 out of 13,578. Before her are Meaghan Martin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mel Smith, Jun Matsumoto, Stanislav Ianevski, and Jemma Redgrave. After her are Mackenzie Crook, Lisa Rinna, Freddie Prinze, Demet Akbağ, Lysette Anthony, and Victoria Justice.

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Among people born in 1971, Amanda Peterson ranks 416. Before her are Stefano Baldini, Kenneth Choi, Jeff Monson, Ana Ortiz, Ricardo, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. After her are Mackenzie Crook, Jay Harrington, Heiko Herrlich, Vladislav Galkin, Jenna Elfman, and Marc Andreessen. Among people deceased in 2015, Amanda Peterson ranks 493. Before her are Stanislav Gross, R. K. Laxman, Pavel Srníček, Brian Friel, and Harry Gallatin. After her are Frank Borghi, Holly Woodlawn, Peter Kern, Jonathan Crombie, Kim Fowley, Mal Whitfield, and Alan Hodgkinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amanda Peterson ranks 12,313 out of 20,380. Before her are Doug Yule (1947), and John McNaughton (1950). After her are John Wanamaker (1838), Danja (1982), Tom Dowd (1925), Len Wein (1948), Peter Ueberroth (1937), Gene Siskel (1946), Lisa Rinna (1963), Penelope Spheeris (1946), Freddie Prinze (1954), and Mary Wells (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Amanda Peterson ranks 3,732. Before her are Niecy Nash (1970), Lila Lee (1905), Enrique Murciano (1973), Meaghan Martin (1992), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (1971). After her are Lisa Rinna (1963), Freddie Prinze (1954), Victoria Justice (1993), Kathrine Narducci (1965), Jay Harrington (1971), James Van Der Beek (1977), and Trevor Moore (1980).

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