Wendie Jo Sperber
by Andre Soares
Actress Wendie Jo Sperber, best known for her role in the Tom Hanks sitcom Bosom Buddies, died at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks on Nov. 30, following an eight-year battle with breast cancer.
Besides her TV work, which also included appearances in Murphy Brown and Will & Grace, Sperber (born in Los Angeles on Sep. 15, 1958) had roles in a number of films, including Robert Zemeckis’s box-office disappointment I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Steven Spielberg’s overblown comedy 1941 (1979), in which her wild jitterbugging is the film’s highlight; the 1984 teen comedy Bachelor Party, stealing the show from star Tom Hanks; and Zemeckis’ considerably more successful efforts Back to the Future (1985) and Back to the Future Part III (1990).
According to the IMDb, her last film was the 2003 release My Dinner with Jimi.
After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1997, Sperber dedicated herself to fighting the disease and to helping others cope with it, founding the weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Sherman Oaks in 2001.
Two years earlier, she had been named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women.
Wendie Jo Sperber was 47.
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