Rebecca Parr, later billed as Rebecca Parr Cioffi, is an American television writer, story editor and producer best known for her work on '' Cheers'', '' Roseanne'', ''

Max Headroom Max Headroom is a fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character portrayed by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' amongst other shows. Parr initially worked in a writing partnership with

Martin Pasko Martin Joseph "Marty" Pasko (born Jean-Claude Rochefort; August 4, 1954– May 10, 2020) was a Canadian comic book writer and television screenwriter. Pasko worked for many comics publishers, but is best known for his superhero stories for DC Com ...

, and broke into the television industry by selling several scripts to the 1985 revival of ''

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''. She and Pasko then went on to story edit the animated series ''

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'', followed by work on an episode of ''

''. During the 1988/89 TV season, Parr and Pasko were the story editors on the final season of ''

Simon and Simon ''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who operate ...

'', and wrote the series finale "Simon Says 'Good-Bye'". This was followed by a stint as writers and story editors on the show '' Roseanne''. Parr and Pasko dissolved their writing partnership circa 1990, Pasko working thereafter in animation and comics. Meanwhile, now billed as Rebecca Parr Cioffi, Parr continued her work in live action situation comedy, signing on as an executive story consultant for the final season of '' Cheers'', for which she also wrote three episodes. She later served as a writer/co-producer on the sitcom ''

'', and writer/supervising producer of ''

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''. Most recently, Parr published the kindle-edition novel ''And She Was'' under the pseudonym of Arpy Beck.https://www.amazon.com/and-she-was-ebook/dp/B008CIEHLA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374106711&sr=8-1&keywords=arpy+beck she resided in Glendale, Arizona.

Novel

''...And She Was'' (2012) (as "Arpy Beck")

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