s another pilot season,  she says.  I kept reading scripts. I almost got involved with one, then withdrew at the last minute. Then I read ALF. I said,  This is funny. It makes me laugh.' I met the people involved, I met ALF, and became more convinced I wanted to do it. That little alien made me laugh. 

However, Schedeen later revealed to People Magazine that working on the show was a  technical nightmare - extremely slow, hot and tedious. If you had a scene with ALF, it took centuries. A 30-minute show took 20 to 25 hours to shoot. Some of the actors in the cast had difficult personalities. The whole thing was a big, dysfunctional family. 

She is survived by her husband of 55 years Christopher Barrett, daughter Tay Barrett, daughter-in-law Hilary Flynn, sister Sarabeth Schedeen, niece Minnie Land, brother Roland  Tony  Schedeen and sister in-law Julieann Schedeen. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Habitat for Humanity.