Background
Pamela was born in Freehold Township, New Jersey, to Adele Ann (née Zerilli), a legal secretary of Italian ancestry, and Douglas Frederick "Dutch" Springsteen, who was of Dutch and Irish ancestry, and worked as a bus driver.
Pamela was born in Freehold Township, New Jersey, to Adele Ann (née Zerilli), a legal secretary of Italian ancestry, and Douglas Frederick "Dutch" Springsteen, who was of Dutch and Irish ancestry, and worked as a bus driver.
She had a short acting career, and is best known for playing the role of serial killer Angela Baker in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland. She had co-starring roles in Dixie Lanes, The Gumshoe Kid, and smaller roles in mainstream films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Reckless and Modern Girls. She is now a successful photographer in Los Los Angeles
Pamela is the younger sister of Bruce Springsteen.
She was raised a Roman Catholic. Acting career Pamela took up acting, and was cast in her first role as a young cheerleader in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
She also appeared as a cheerleader in the 1984 film Reckless. She also appeared in Modern Girls, and Scenes from the Goldmine.
Pamela"s first ever lead role came in 1988 when she accepted the role as psychotic serial killer "Angela Baker" in the low budget cult horror Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, and in 1989, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, which has earned her a cult following among horror fans.
Her final film appearance to date was in 1990"s The Gumshoe Kid. Pamela has also made guest appearances on television series" such as The Facts of Life, Cagney & Lacey, Hardcastle and McCormick, and Family Ties. Springsteen left acting in order to pursue her career as a still photographer.
Other work Pamela was briefly engaged to Sean Penn, her co-star in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.