Amanda Peterson with Patrick Dempsey for the film "Cant Buy Me Love"

Amanda Peterson (born July 8, 1971 in Greeley, Colorado) is an actress who gained much fame during the late 1980s, when she portrayed Cindy Mancini, a Tucson, Arizona high-school student, in the movie Can't Buy Me Love. Image File history File links Amanda62. ... Image File history File links Amanda62. ... Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor who first became prominent in Hollywood during the late 1980s. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Greeley is a city in Weld County, Colorado, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Cant Buy Me Love is a 1987 teen comedy film directed by Steve Rash. ...

Peterson and co-star Patrick Dempsey obtained teen idol status after the release of the 1987 movie. Prior to that, Peterson had TV appearances in Father Murphy and Silver Spoons. She a small role in the 1982 movie version of Annie before getting a starring role in Explorers, and she also acted with Robert De Niro. Amanda Peterson and Patrick Dempsey subsequently appeared on covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others for a considerable amount of time. Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor who first became prominent in Hollywood during the late 1980s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Father Murphy was an American television drama series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981 to September 18, 1983. ... Silver Spoons was a sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. ... // This is the year of film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which will become the highest grossing movie for almost 15 years (until Titanic), earning double or triple against any major film of the 1980s. ... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. ... Explorers is a 1985 science fiction, fantasy film targeted at a family audience. ... Robert Mario De Niro Jr. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Tiger Beat is a longtime top selling American teen magazine. ... Teen Beat is an American magazine that is geared towards teenaged readers. ...

Peterson went on to make other movies, none of which have achieved the box-office success of Can't Buy Me Love. She has acted in about sixteen different movies and television shows. Today she is married and resides in Napa Valley, California, with her husband, David Hartley, son, Jonathan, and daughter, Katie. Napa County is in north-central California Napa Valley is most famous for its wine. ... There are several persons with the name David Hartley: David Hartley (1705-1757), English philosopher David Hartley (1731-1813), son of David Hartley the philosopher, and signatory to the Treaty of Paris David Hartley, musician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

In popular culture

Contemporary artist Martin Sastre has started a campaign in 2007 to find Amanda Peterson with a reward to anyone who can prove can bring him in contact with her. Martin Sastre (born February 13, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a contemporary Uruguayan media artist working with film, video, sculpture, photography and drawing. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

External links

• Amanda Peterson at the Internet Movie Database