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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – AUGUST 7: Actress Anne Schedeen attends the NBC Television Affiliates Party on August 7, 1988 at the Registry Hotel in Universal City, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Anne Schedeen, who played ALF\u2019s mom, Kate Tanner, in the hit NBC sitcom ALF from 1986 to 1990, has died.<\/p>\n
Schedeen\u2019s death was announced by her family in a Facebook post<\/a> on Sunday. She was 77. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully,” the post reads. “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. We are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her. <\/p>\n ForbesOliver Tree, \u2018Life Goes On\u2019 And \u2018Miss You\u2019 Singer, Dies At 32By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cShe was a force. And it is unimaginable to think about life without her in it,\u201d the post continues. \u201cBut as she said, \u2018I\u2019m always with you.\u2019 And she\u2019s right. The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and all around joie de vivre live on. Raise a margarita in her honor.\u201d<\/p>\n Schedeen starred opposite Max Wright, who played her husband, Willie Tanner, in ALF, an acronym for Alien Life Form. Adopted by the Tanner family, ALF was a fuzzy character voiced and puppeteered by Paul Fusco, who co-created the sitcom with Tom Patchett. Mihaly \u2018Michu\u2019 Meszaros occasionally appeared as ALF in costume when full body shots were needed. The character\u2019s full name was Gordon \u201cALF\u201d Shumway.<\/p>\n Anne Schedeen Appeared In More Than 40 Screen Roles<\/p>\n Born Luanne Ruth Schedeen on Jan. 8, 1949, in Portland, Ore., Anne Schedeen made her screen debut in a guest role on Lee Majors\u2019 sci-fi action series The Six Million Dollar Man in 1974. <\/p>\n After that, Schedeen played guest roles on a half-dozen series, including Get Christie Love!, Ironside and McCloud. She also guest-starred in three different roles over 12 episodes in the hit medical series Marcus Welby, MD, from 1974 to 1976. During the same time period, Schedeen also appeared in guest roles in six episodes of the action drama Emergency! <\/p>\n ForbesPeabo Bryson, \u2018Beauty And The Beast\u2019 Singer, Dies At 75By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Throughout the rest of the 1970s, Schedeen also appeared in guest roles on such TV shows as Bionic Woman, Family, Baretta and The Incredible Hulk. From 1978 to 1982, the actress appeared in various guest roles on five episodes of the hit sitcom Three\u2019s Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n