During the first half of the , Sam and Rebecca try to conceive a child, but they realize they have no feelings for each other and then decide to stay friends.
When Shelley Long decided to leave the show in 1987, ending the five-year storyline, the creators wanted a new female lead and decided that she would not have blonde hair, would not resemble Long, and would be unknown to television viewers.
 Rebecca De Mornay was born on 29 th August in 1959 in California.