Lisa Eilbacher

Lisa Marie Eilbacher born May 5 1956 is an American retired actress She is best known for her roles as Jenny Summers Axel Foleys friend in Beverly Hills Cop and as Casey Seeger the cadet who couldnt make it over the wall on the obstacle course in An Officer and a Gentleman 1982 She said the hardest part of playing that role was pretending she was out of shape because she was an avid body builder She spent her most formative years in Paris then moved to Beverly Hills California with her family when she was seven In true Hollywood fashion she was spotted by a talent agent while out walking with her mother It wasnt long before the little girl who spoke French began perfecting her English in television commercials and on such TV westerns as Wagon Train 1957 Gunsmoke 1955 Laredo 1965 and Bonanza 1959 Among her credits as a teenager and after graduating from high school she starred in The Hardy BoysNancy Drew Mysteries 1977 and since those early days has had prominent parts in countless series and television films including Deadly Intentions 1985 The Ordeal of Patty Hearst 1979 The War Between Men and Women 1972 a motion picture starring Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris Love for Rent 1979 To Race the Wind 1980 and This House Possessed 1981 Her roles in miniseries include The Winds of War 1983 opposite Robert Mitchum and Monte Carlo 1986 with Malcolm McDowell She auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope 1977