Mae Murray

Mae Murray is featured in the 1987 novel, Bootleg Skies(c) by Paul Berge (Performance Publications ISBN 0-9625859-0-4). Peterson's father is a doctor who specializes in otolaryngology. She has acted in about 16 different movies and television shows. Peterson went on to make other movies, none of which have achieved the box-office success of Can't Buy me Love. 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.

Prior to that, Peterson had a starring role in The Explorers, and she also acted with Robert De Niro. Peterson and co-star Patrick Dempsey obtained teen idol status after the release of the 1987 movie. 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.