Anne Schedeen, the actress who starred as matriarch Kate Tanner on NBC’s ALF (1986-’90), has died. She was 77.
Deadline confirms the actress died after the family announced on Sunday that she “passed peacefully” with a heartfelt tribute posted on her Facebook. A cause of death was not immediately known.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully,” the family wrote in the post. “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.”
They continued, “She was a force. And it is unimaginable to think about life without her in it. But as she said, ‘I’m always with you.’ And she’s 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.”
The family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to “one of Annie’s favorite causes,” Habitat for Humanity. “We all love you, Annie,” they added.
Schedeen’s longtime agent Tom Markley also confirmed the news to Deadline. “Annie meant the world to her family and this agency,” he said.
Born Jan. 8, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, Luanne Ruth Schedeen began drama classes as a child, studying and performing at Portland Civic Theatre. After performing dinner theater in Hawaii, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, getting her start in summer stock theater. She eventually moved to Los Angeles and signed a contract with Universal Pictures.
Schedeen made her onscreen debut in a 1974 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, going on to appear in episodes of McCloud, The Bionic Woman, Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk, Three’s Company, Cheers, Magnum PI, Murder She Wrote and Judging Amy, as well as movies like Embryo (1976), Flight to Holocaust (1977), Exo-Man (1977), Champions: A Love Story (1979), Second Thoughts (1983), Slow Burn (1986) and Cast the First Stone (1989).
The actress was most know for her role as Kate Tanner, a mother who takes the titular alien into her home on the NBC sitcom ALF, which ran for four seasons from 1986 to 1990.
Schedeen is survived by her husband of 55 years, Christopher Barrett, daughter Tay Barrett, daughter-in-law Hilary Flynn, sister Sarabeth Schedeen, niece Minnie Land, brother Roland ‘Tony’ Schedeen, sister-in-law Julieanne Schedeen and her rescue dogs Roo and Red.

President Donald Trump’s birthday extravaganza was soundtracked by one of the music industry’s most disgraced figures.
Thousands of spectators on Sunday flocked to the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where giant screens have been set up to broadcast the UFC fights Trump is hosting for his 80th birthday in an arena built on the White House South Lawn.
As the spectators waited for the games, which were delayed an hour due to stormy weather, music from Sean “Diddy” Combs blasted from the speakers—an eyebrow-raising choice given the rapper’s dramatic fall from grace.
In a video posted by journalist Goad Gatsby, “Feel So Good” by rapper Mase could be heard booming across the venue. The 1997 track, Mase’s debut single, features backing vocals from Combs, who also produced it and appears in its music video. The hit was released by Combs’s record label Bad Boy Records.
“Do Ma$e got the ladies? Do Puff drive Mercedes?” Combs sings on the song’s bridge.
“Let me say this, playing Puff Daddy/Diddy at this UFC event at the White House is quite a decision,” Gatsby wrote.
The 56-year-old music mogul, whom Trump once called a “good friend,” is currently incarcerated at a low-security federal prison in New Jersey, where he is serving a 50-month sentence after being convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution last July.
The use of the Combs-produced track at Trump’s birthday bash is all the more notable given that Combs’ lawyers have previously gotten in touch with the White House about a potential pardon.
Combs was accused of manipulating women and leveraging his business empires to run drug-induced, humiliating sex performances known as “freak-offs” that lasted up to four days.
The rapper, who is 21 months into his 50-month sentence, was acquitted by the jury of his sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which could have resulted in a life-in-prison sentence.
In August last year, Combs’ lawyers said his team had held “conversations in reference to a pardon” with the White House, and it later emerged that Combs had written a letter to Trump seeking a pardon.
The president, who has granted a number of controversial pardons, told The New York Times in January that Combs had “asked me for a pardon,” but that he was not considering granting the request.
Trump told Newsmax in an interview last year that he had been “very friendly” with Combs. “I got along with him great, and seemed like a nice guy,” he said.

After 10 years, Dead by Daylight is getting the horror film treatment with director Thordur Palsson helming the adaptation of the video game for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive.
The Icelandic director (Netflix’s The Valhalla Murders, The Damned) was announced as the movie’s director on Sunday during the Dead by Daylight 10th anniversary celebration in Montreal, a sold-out, one-day event for fans of the hit horror multiplayer game.
The Dead by Daylight video game, which has featured crossovers with several horror franchises, allows one player to take on the persona of a Killer and the other four to play as Survivors. The Killer has to hunt down the Survivors and sacrifice them to a force known as the Entity, while the Survivors have to avoid being caught and power up the exit gates by fixing a series of generators.
“There is no better moment than the 10th anniversary to share this news,” said Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Atomic Monster. “Thordur is the filmmaker we trust to carry Dead by Daylight from the screen you play on to the big screen you watch in theaters.”
Blum’s co-founder and CEO James Wan said, “One million people step into Dead by Daylight daily, and this adaptation brings them the world they love most, from Greenville to The MacMillan Estate. Thordur understands that the terror only lands if you care about who’s running, and The Damned proved he can make you feel the walls closing in. That is exactly the instinct this film needs on screen.”
Stephen Mulrooney, chief product officer for Behaviour Interactive and producer of the Dead by Daylight movie, praised Palsson’s “distinct vision, atmospheric storytelling and ability to build tension,” which he said makes him “the perfect creative voice to bring our universe to life in a way that will resonate with both longtime fans and new audiences alike.”
Wan, Blum and Mulrooney are producers on the film. Behaviour Interactive’s Remi Racine;,Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott, Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek, and Striker Entertainment’s Russell Binder are executive producers.
A graduate of the UK’s National Film and Television School with an MA in Directing Fiction, Palsson created Iceland’s first Netflix Original series The Valhalla Murders in 2020. Last year, his debut feature film The Damned premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released in the US.
Palsson is repped by Sayle Screen, CAA, Sycamore Media and Jackoway Tyerman.

It remains one of the most shocking deaths on TV and the most heartbreaking moment in “M*A*S*H” history: Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) wanders into a chaotic operating room, his voice trembling, to announce that Lt. Col. Henry Blake’s plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. There were no survivors.
While the “M*A*S*H” Season 3 finale — titled “Abyssinia, Henry” — sent shockwaves through the fan base, the decision to kill off Henry wasn’t because the show’s creators were done with the character; it was because the actor who played the character was done with the show.
McLean Stevenson — who would later regret quitting the TV show — made his exit due to a combination of reasons: ego and the promise of center-stage stardom. While “M*A*S*H” was initially conceived as an ensemble piece, Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce evolved to become the undeniable focal point of the series. Frustrated by his character fading to the sidelines, Stevenson became unhappy.
Per Women’s World, he reportedly told TV Guide, “I’m tired of being one of six. I want to be one of one.” As a result, Stevenson started eyeing other leading-man opportunities and told the show’s creators he wanted out.
According to “M*A*S*H” co-creator Larry Gelbart, he and executive producer Gene Reynolds decided to cook up a proper send-off for Henry Blake. To them, “M*A*S*H” wasn’t about “happy endings,” and they saw McLean Stevenson’s departure as an opportunity to explore the cold reality of war.
“We wanted it to essentially be a goodbye episode in which people shared their feelings, no big tension, no big storyline, and we said we wanted him to die at the end … and we swore them to secrecy,” Gelbart said during an interview with the Television Academy.
Following “M*A*S*H,” Stevenson went on to star in various unsuccessful projects, including “The McLean Stevenson Show” and “Hello, Larry.” The former lasted for one season, and while “Hello, Larry” was around for two seasons, TV Guide ranked it as No. 12 on their “50 Worst Shows of All Time” list in 2007.
During an interview with The Baltimore Sun, the actor reflected on those failures. “I did some terrible shows,” he told the outlet. “But nobody made me do it. I did everything by choice. I love working.”
In the documentary “Memories of M*A*S*H,” per Los Angeles Times, Stevenson candidly admitted that leaving “M*A*S*H” was one of his biggest regrets — and his departure is considered one of the worst TV character exits of all time. “The mistake was that I thought everybody in America loved McLean Stevenson,” he reflected. “That was not the case. Everybody loved Henry Blake. So if you go and do ‘The McLean Stevenson Show,’ nobody cares about McLean Stevenson.”

Five zodiac signs get to experience really good horoscopes on June 15, 2026. Shortly after the New Moon perfects in the sign of Gemini, the Moon then enters Cancer, the sign that it rules.
The New Moon sets the tone for a fresh start before it moves into sensitive Cancer, asking you how you feel about the changes you’re about to make. Feelings are super helpful because they show you what’s good about your future. They reveal to you areas you need to be careful about, and why it’s so important to know why you are doing what you need to do.
1. Aries
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Aries, when the New Moon happens in Gemini, you connect with your thoughts, making today perfect for journaling or meeting with a friend to talk about your feelings. By nightfall, when the Moon leaves Gemini to enter Cancer, you want to be comfortable with yourself. You prefer to avoid making big or sudden changes just yet.
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In fact, what makes this horoscope feel good to you is the security you reconnect with. No matter how excited you are about change, even when you’re the one who initiates it, a part of you still wants to be assured. You get that little bitty break just before you jump into your new adventure this month. For now, it’s time to feel, process and get to know your heart.
2. Libra
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Libra, the New Moon in your house of travel reminds you that life is an adventure. You love checking out new scenes and taking tons of photos for future reference. There’s something special about the open road. But, once the Moon leaves Gemini later today and enters Cancer, you’re reminded that there is still so much work to do.
You have to get through a few things first before you can take time off and fall off the radar. On June 15, the idea of planning a vacation really inspires you to work a little faster and harder because you want to have everything in place. You know that being a good person means handling business so that you have peace of mind to enjoy a distraction-free absence.
3. Sagittarius
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On June 15, the New Moon arrives in your relationship sector. But once it goes into Cancer, you are faced with decisions regarding intimacy and what you want to do with your partnership. Today’s horoscope puts you at a type of crossroads that could lead to a breakup or perhaps a recommitment to what you have.
You know that something has to change because some things can’t continue the way they are now. You need more connection and closeness. You want to share secrets and to know your person as well as you let them get to know you. You’re looking for signs that you’re in the right place with the right person. The energy you pick up on Monday tells you all you need to know.
4. Pisces
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You have always envisioned your home life as a place where you can find peace of mind, but at times, it feels a little boring. Once the Moon leaves Gemini and enters Cancer, you feel a call to try something that matches your passion. You like color and to feel like you are having fun. You want to feel like a child again, but just for a little while, not to avoid any responsibilities.
Monday is the perfect day to explore your ideas about what is fun and what makes you feel like a child at play. You put on old music that reminds you of your high school days. You look back at some of the activities you used to do and check them out online. You reminisce with friends from your era and perhaps buy something online that reminds you of your past. Today becomes one of the best horoscope days because you just feel really good about the outcome.
5. Cancer
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Cancer, the Moon enters your sign, while the Sun is preparing to enter your sign in just a few days. You are aware of what’s going on in an area of your life that needs to end after the New Moon takes place in Gemini on June 15. But when it enters your sign, you start to take a hard look at your life choices.
You realize many things you want to do that you should have done long ago. The problem is that your priorities were misplaced. Now, you want to work on yourself and improve. You want to feel good about the direction of your life starting now.
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