Amanda Wyss
Biography
Amanda Wyss (born November 24, 1960) is an American film and television 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Tina Gray
1984
Silverado
as Phoebe
1985
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Lisa
1982
The Graves
as Darlene
2010
Better Off Dead...
as Beth Truss
1985
Deadly Impact
as Julie Mulligan
2010
Shakma
as Tracy
1990
Powwow Highway
as Rabbit Layton
1989
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
as Lizzie Tewksbury
1992
Beyond the Resonator
as Professor McMichaels
2022
Black Magic Woman
as Diane Abbott
1991
A Killer in the Family
as Dannelda Lyons
1983
She Drinks a Little
as Cindy Scott
1981
Checkered Flag
as Chris Baird Trehearn
1990
The Other Victim
as Kimi Langford
1981
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
as Self
2006
It Happened Again Last Night
as Eileen
2017
Independence
as Chastity
1987
Firefighter
as Marilyn
1986
The Id
as Meredith Lane
2016
TV Appearances
St. Elsewhere
as Pru Dowler
1982
Murder, She Wrote
as Laura Maples
1984
Cheers
as Beth Curtis
1982
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Donna Marks
2000
The Agency
as Jennifer Steward
2001
Otherworld
as Nova
1985
The Division
as Sharon
2001
Judging Amy
as Denise Wharton
1999
My Two Dads
as Dana
1987
Cold Case
as Sonya Witkowski (2004)
2003
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Alicia
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
as Maureen
1993