Career
Piekarski got her first big break in show business as a Mouseketeer on The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977. After gaining popularity working for Disney, she was cast as Sue Ann Weaver in seventeen episodes of The Facts of Life from 1979–1986. She went on to appear in several television shows, mainly making guest appearances, most notably on Diff"rent Strokes, General Hospital, Quincy, Mechanical Engineering, and Three"s Company.
After a brief stint as an entertainment reporter on KPLR-television in Saint Louis, Piekarski married dentist John Probst in 1986.