Elmo's Fire, Short Circuit, and Maid to Order. The 1980s were her most active period, with roles in popular films such as WarGames, The Breakfast Club, St. After appearing in several television films in 1981, as well as three episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues, she made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983), starring Sean Penn, wherein she played Penn's humiliated girlfriend. Sheedy started acting in local stage productions as a teenager. Sheedy concurrently began her acting career and intermittently completed three years' worth of courses toward a BFA degree in acting. On June 19, 1975, she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth.Īt age 18, Sheedy relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she enrolled in the drama department at the University of Southern California. The book was published by McGraw-Hill Education and became a best-seller. At age 12 she wrote a book, She Was Nice to Mice. She gave up dance in favor of acting full time, however, and then started studying acting with acting teacher Harold Guskin. She started dancing with the American Ballet Theatre at age six and was planning to make it a full-time career. She attended the Bank Street School for Children, followed by Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1980.
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