In the cult comedy she played Lynn, the Tanners’ teenage daughter, for four years.
ALF is a key series for most of those who grew up in the 80s and 90s many fans received with great sadness the death of Benji Gregory, one of the stars of the comedy about the famous extraterrestrial, when it was revealed that the past month. From 1986 to 1990 he played Brian Tanner, one of the sons of the leading family with Lynn.
With him, Andrea Elson is another teenager in the family and, while Gregory’s life is on everyone’s lips this year, what has he done? Elson played an important role in the series, but his time in front of the cameras has long passed.. Now he is dedicated to something very different.
Elson began her career early as a child model and actress in San Diego, initially in the world of advertising and in some theater productions. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1983, where he got his first television role. It’s in the series Whiz Kidswhere he participated in 18 episodes.
The series was canceled after one season, but it marked the perfect leap in Elson’s career. The NBC television network noticed him and cast him on ALF. This is his most popular role till date. After the legendary comedy, he appeared in other television productions, mainly in individual episodes. However, He soon decided to take a different path..
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‘ALF’ gave him fame and the love of his life
ALF Not only did it bring him fame, but it was the place where he met Scott Hooper, a production assistant. ALF and, now, her husband. They married in 1993 and have two children: Claire and Dean. His acting career ended in the early 2000s, but in 2016 he showed signs of life on Twitter. It was on the social network where he announced that She is the “owner and director of a very busy yoga studio”. His entire timeline is full of pictures of him practicing this discipline.
In his Twitter account we can also see that he is an absolute lover of his dogs and cats and that he seems to be perfectly happy away from the televisions.