Andrea Elson

Andrea Hope Elson is an American former actress. She began her career as a young actress as well as a model, Elson is perhaps best known for her television roles as Alice Tyler on the CBS science-fiction series . Andrea auditioned for and was awarded the part of Lynn Tanner on the hit series ALF (1986). She worked for several years in a variety of TV shows as well as Movies of the week before she decided to leave the world of entertainment. Andrea Elson was playing Lynn Tanner as the teenage daughter Kate and Willie in a period when she had been going through a difficult time. In the 2000 retrospective of People Elson said developing as an actress in the midst of an audience that viewed sitcoms was a challenge. The green-eyed New York City native grew as a traveler because of her father's job as an advertising executive. had. Prior to turning ten, old, she lived throughout New York Chicago San Diego and Los Angeles. While in San Diego Andrea got an agent, and was able to get the part she auditioned for. Fusco supported the idea by explaining, "ALF can drink beer because he is older than 285." NBC cautioned Fusco to stop ALF from drinking in the presence of children because it was an unsuitable model. Fusco was of the opinion that ALF could be a drinker even when he was an adult. In 1995, Fusco was diagnosed with lymphoma. The treatment was successful and the disease remained in remission until the year 2019. The disease was fatal on 26 June 2019, when he had been 75 years old. He died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, Englewood NJ.