{"id":478056,"date":"2026-06-15T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/478056\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:50:10","slug":"alf-actress-anne-schedeen-dies-aged-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/478056\/","title":{"rendered":"ALF actress Anne Schedeen dies aged 77"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress<\/a> Anne Schedeen, best known for her portrayal of matriarch Kate Tanner on the hit<\/a> 1980s television show<\/a> ALF, has died<\/a>. She was 77. <\/p>\n

Her family confirmed the news in a statement on her official Facebook<\/a> page, writing: \u201cIt is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully. <\/p>\n

\"Anne<\/p>\n

ALF actress Anne Schedeen has died ‘peacefully’ aged 77.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cShe leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humour, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her.\u201d <\/p>\n

Schedeen leaves behind her husband of 55 years, Christopher Barrett, as well as her daughter Taylor. <\/p>\n

Her family described her as a \u201cforce\u201d, saying it is \u201cunimaginable\u201d to think about a life without her. <\/p>\n

The tribute continued: \u201cBut as she said, \u2018I\u2019m always with you.\u2019 And she\u2019s right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewellery, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and all around joie de vivre live on. Raise a margarita in her honour … we all love you, Annie.\u201d <\/p>\n

Her agent, Tom Markley, also confirmed the news. A cause of death was not revealed. <\/p>\n

The announcement of Shedeen\u2019s death with great sadness as well as much celebration for her life and career. <\/p>\n

\u201cThough I never met Anne, I reached out to let her know how much the fun she brought to her role as Kate Tanner on ALF meant to me and my family during a very sad few years \u2013 and she replied with empathy and sweetness,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n

Another said: \u201cThere goes part of our 80s childhood.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Andrea<\/p>\n

Schedeen played Kate Tanner the matriarch of 80’s hit ALF. \u00a0NBC Universal<\/p>\n

\"Anne<\/p>\n

Shedeen is survived by her husband Christopher Barrett and daughter Taylor. \u00a0Facebook\/Anne.Schedeen<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Oregon-born actress appeared on a 101 episodes on ALF while it aired from 1986 to1990. She is best known for her role as Kate Tanner in the hit sitcom, which follows a witty alien who crashes into a suburban Californian family\u2019s garage and ends up living with them.<\/p>\n

She starred opposite Andrea Elson and late actors\u00a0Max Wright, who died aged 75\u00a0in 2019 and Benji Gregory,\u00a0who died in 2024\u00a0at the age of 46.<\/p>\n

Before starring in ALF, Schedeen appeared in series such as Paper Dolls, Emergency!, and Simon & Simon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Anne Schedeen, best known for her portrayal of matriarch Kate Tanner on the hit 1980s television show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-478056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}