Personal life

Eilbacher was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of an American oil company executive. She was raised in France. Her sister Cindy is also an actress, best known for portraying Jerry Van Dyke's long-suffering daughter on the short-lived TV series My Mother the Car.

Eilbacher is married to Brad May, whose work in photography and other behind-the-scenes areas of television and film has been considerable since the late 1970s. He directed her in the 1986 The Twilight Zone episode "Nightsong"; the recent DVD release of the series includes a commentary track featuring May.

Career

Eilbacher started acting as a child, appearing on such popular shows as My Three Sons and Gunsmoke. She later made a transition into adult roles. Eilbacher is best remembered for her roles in two popular films of the 1980s: An Officer and a Gentleman and Beverly Hills Cop. In An Officer and a Gentleman, she played a Navy Aviation Officer Candidate who could not complete the obstacle course. An avid body builder in real life, Eilbacher said the hardest aspect of this role was "pretending" to be out of shape. In Beverly Hills Cop, she played Jenny Summers, a childhood friend of Eddie Murphy's character who reunited with him to solve the murder of a mutual friend.

Eilbacher was also featured in the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War, playing Madeleine Henry. Eilbacher starred as Callie Shaw in The Hardy Boys Mysteries in 1977. The same year she appeared in the episode "The Innocent" of the short-lived Logan's Run TV series. She also appeared in the 1974 television movie Bad Ronald, 1981's This House Possessed, and several other theatrical and television films and episodes of television series. This House Possessed reunited her with Parker Stevenson, with whom she had worked on The Hardy Boys Mysteries.

Eilbacher worked steadily through the 1980s and 1990s, though in recent years her appearances have been few.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	War Between Men and Women, TheThe War Between Men and Women	Caroline Kozlenko
1977	Run for the Roses	Carol
1981	On the Right Track	Jill Klein
1982	Officer and a Gentleman, AnAn Officer and a Gentleman	Casey Seeger
1983	10 to Midnight	Laurie Kessler
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Jeannette 'Jenny' Summers
1988	Deadly Intent	Laura Keaton	Video
1988	Never Say Die	Melissa Jones
1989	Leviathan	Bridget Bowman
1991	Last Samurai, TheThe Last Samurai	Susan
1992	Live Wire	Terry O'Neill

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	My Three Sons	Bunny	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
1971	Alias Smith and Jones	Bridget Jordan	Episode: "The Posse That Wouldn't Quit"
1972	Bonanza	Eloise	Episode: "First Love"
1973	Waltons, TheThe Waltons	Jeanette	Episode: "The Fire"
1973	Brady Bunch, TheThe Brady Bunch	Vicki	Episode: "The Subject Was Noses"
1973	Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Jeannie Holden	Episode: "The Pool House"
1973	Gunsmoke	Melody	Episode: "Kimbro"
1974	Happy Days	Betty Wilkens	Episode: "The Lemon"
1974	The Texas Wheelers	Sally	Episode: "Wailin' Wheeler Is Dead"
1974	Apple's Way	Gloria	Episode: "The First Love"
1974	Bad Ronald	Ellen Wood	TV film
1974	Shazam!	Cathy Moore	Episode: "The Doom Buggy"
1975	Movin' On	Cathy	Episode: "Landslide"
1975	Gunsmoke	Lailee	Episode: "The Sharecroppers"
1975	Caribe	Cindee	Episode: "The Patriots"
1976	Panache	Lisa	TV film
1976	Streets of San Francisco, TheThe Streets of San Francisco	Gail Dobbs	Episode: "Dead or Alive"
1977	Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, TheThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Callie Shaw	Recurring role (7 episodes)
1977	Amazing Spider-Man, TheThe Amazing Spider-Man	Judy Tyler	Episode: "Pilot"
1977	Logan's Run	Lisa	Episode: "The Innocent"
1977	Man from Atlantis	Juliet	Episode: "The Naked Montague"
1978	Hawaii Five-O	Elaine Sebastian	Episode: "Tall on the Wave"
1978	Wheels	Jody Horton	TV miniseries
1979	Ordeal of Patty Hearst, TheThe Ordeal of Patty Hearst	Patty Hearst	TV film
1979	Love for Rent	Lynn Martin	TV film
1980	To Race the Wind	Kit	TV film
1981	This House Possessed	Sheila Moore	TV film
1982	Simon & Simon	Stacey Wheeler / Maggie & Sharon Dameron	Episodes: "Earth to Stacey", "Sometimes Dreams Come True"
1983	Winds of War, TheThe Winds of War	Madeline Henry	TV miniseries
1983	Ryan's Four	Sorenson	Episode; "Ryan's Four"
1985	Me and Mom	Kate Morgan	Main role (6 episodes)
1986	Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone	Andie Fields	Episode: "Nightsong"
1986	Monte Carlo	Maggie Egan	TV film
1987	Deadly Deception	Anne	TV film
1989	Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker	Anne Clark	TV film
1990	Joshua's Heart	Kit	TV film
1990-1991	Midnight Caller	Nicky Molloy	Regular role (19 episodes)
1992	Blind Man's Bluff	Carolyn	TV film
1992	Deadly Matrimony	Nina Sloane	TV film
1995	Return of Hunter, TheThe Return of Hunter	Sally Vogel	TV film
1995	Dazzle	Fernanda Kulkullen	TV film
2000	919 Fifth Avenue	Janet Van Degen	TV film

[ Source: Wikipedia ]