Amanda Peterson was so beautiful in the 1987 film "Can't Buy Me Love". Evidently she was already dealing with the after effects of her rape then. She died in 2015, born 1971. Amanda Peterson was so beautiful in the 1987 film "Can't Buy Me Love". Evidently she was already dealing with the after effects of her rape then. She died in 2015, born 1971.She really was pretty.