---
name: "Wendie Jo Sperber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendie-jo-sperber"
fi1m_id: "wendie-jo-sperber"
imdb_id: "nm0818274"
tmdb_id: 1068
wikidata_id: "Q449324"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 September 1958"
died: "29 November 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T07:03:08.154741+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Wendie Jo Sperber

## Identity

Wendie Jo Sperber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendie-jo-sperber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendie-jo-sperber
- **IMDb ID:** nm0818274
- **TMDB ID:** 1068
- **Wikidata ID:** Q449324
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendie_Jo_Sperber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449324, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1068

Actor. Born 15 September 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA. Died 29 November 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 September 1958, Hollywood, California, USA
- **Died:** 29 November 2005
- **Also known as:** Wendy Jo Sperber
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendie_Jo_Sperber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449324, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818274/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1068

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Back to the Future*](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Wendie Jo Sperber (15 September 1958 – 29 November 2005) was an American actress. Born in Hollywood, California, she trained at the summer Teenage Drama Workshop at California State University, Northridge, and began her screen career in 1978 with small roles in *Corvette Summer* and *I Wanna Hold Your Hand*.

Sperber appeared as Linda McFly in *Back to the Future* (1985) and reprised the role in *Back to the Future Part III* (1990). She was a regular cast member on the television sitcom *Bosom Buddies* (1980–1982) and had supporting roles in films including *Bachelor Party* (1984) and *1941* (1979), as well as later television appearances in series such as *Married... with Children* and *Will & Grace*.

She worked repeatedly with director Robert Zemeckis on early films before her death from breast cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 47.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, backtothefuture.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Back to the Future* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Linda McFly — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Dancer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Old Lady / Wendie Jo (voice)
- *My Dinner with Jimi* (2003), as Louella
- *8 Simple Rules* (2002), series, as Rachel, Louise
- *Sorority Boys* (2002), as Professor Bendler
- *Desperate But Not Serious* (2000), as Landlady
- *Pissed* (2000), as Wendy
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as April
- *You Wish* (1997), series, as Margo
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Landlady
- *The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.* (1995), as Lucille
- *Unhappily Ever After* (1995), series, as Ms. Snaylops
- *Love Affair* (1994), as Helen
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Tricia
- *Mr. Write* (1994), as Roz
- *Hearts Afire* (1992), series, as Mavis Davis
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Sue
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, as Wendy Richfield (voice)
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Leslie Worth
- *Babes* (1990), series, Actor
- *Partners in Life* (1990), as Irene
- *Back to the Future Part III* (1990), as Linda McFly
- *The Image* (1990), as Anita Cox
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Ann — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Women in Prison* (1987), series, as Pam
- *Delta Fever* (1987), as Claire
- *Marblehead Manor* (1987), series, as Madame Von Mongo
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Sandy Jorgenson
- *Designing Women* (1986), series, Actor
- *Stewardess School* (1986), as Jolean Winters
- *Back to the Future* (1985), as Linda McFly — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Moving Violations* (1985), as Joan Pudillo
- *Brothers* (1984), series, Actor
- *Bachelor Party* (1984), as Dr. Tina Gassko
- *Imps** (1983), as Marquesse de Sade
- *The First Time* (1983), as Eileen
- *Private Benjamin* (1981), series, as Stacy Kouchalakas
- *Bosom Buddies* (1980), series, as Amy Cassidy
- *Used Cars* (1980), as Nervous Nona
- *The Stockard Channing Show* (1980), series, Actor
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Ellie
- *1941* (1979), as Maxine Dexheimer
- *Grease* (1978), as Dancer (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Corvette Summer* (1978), as Kuchinsky
- *I Wanna Hold Your Hand* (1978), as Rosie Petrofsky

## Gallery

- ![Wendie Jo Sperber](https://film.one/media/person/59887/gallery-8f7e9e64d6e4.jpg) Wendie Jo Sperber — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wendie_Jo_Sperber.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![WENDIE JO SPERBER ("Bosom Buddies," "Private Benjamin") stars as Pam Norwell, a wheeler-dealer computer, business, psychology genius who is locked up for embezz (1987)](https://film.one/media/person/59887/gallery-9f7ee9b6e471.jpg) WENDIE JO SPERBER ("Bosom Buddies," "Private Benjamin") stars as Pam Norwell, a wheeler-dealer computer, business, psychology genius who is locked up for embezz (1987) — Fox Broadcasting Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Wendie_Jo_Sperber_%22Women_in_Prison%22_%281987_Fox_press_photo%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Wendie Jo Sperber](https://film.one/media/person/59887/gallery-0e27351186fe.jpg) Wendie Jo Sperber — Image via TMDB

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