Background
Teefy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of eight sisters in a large Irish Catholic family. Her mother was a nurse and her father was an insurance salesman.
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Maureen Teefy
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In 1971, she graduated from Washburn High School.
Career
Her films include, and Her first film role was a small part as a United States.O. singer in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy 1941 and in the same year she appeared in two minor productions, Fyre and Scavenger Hunt. She was one of the principal performers in the 1980 Alan Parker musical drama Fame, portraying Doris, a naive young acting student.
In 1981, she starred in the Columbia Broadcasting System Afternoon Playhouse television film Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter.
Other films featuring Teefy include as Sharon Cooper,, and She provided the voice of the female robot "host" Chrome on the 1997 Home Box Office horror series Perversions of Science.
Other television roles include the made-for-television films Legs and Disaster at Silo 7. She also guest-starred on television series including Max Headroom and Mike Hammer, Private Eye.
Her acting career developed much more in the theater, singing and dancing in several Broadway musicals.
Her last film appearance to date was in the 1997 film Men Seeking Women.
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Catholic