Amy Yasbeck
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Basic Information
Date of Birth: 12 September 1962
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Birth Name: Amy Marie Yasbeck
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Biography
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American film and television actress.
Early life
Yasbeck was born in Blue Ash, Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Dorothy Murphy (1922–1984), a homemaker, and John Yasbeck (1921–1982), a butcher and grocery store owner. She is of half Irish and half Lebanese descent. As a child, Yasbeck was featured on the package art for the Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven. Years later, in 2000, she was presented with a new Easy-Bake Oven on the show I've Got a Secret, for which she was a regular panel member.
She spent her elementary, middle, and high school years at two different Catholic schools: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy. After losing both of her parents, her father from a heart attack and her mother from emphysema, Yasbeck moved to New York.
Career
Amy Yasbeck has had starring roles in the sitcoms Wings, Alright Already, and Life on a Stick and in movies such as The Mask, Pretty Woman, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights and also in the movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It. She also played the part of Madison the mermaid in the Disney TV movie Splash, Too in 1988. (The role Madison was originated by Daryl Hannah in the 1984 movie Splash.)
She played Olivia Reed for two years on the long-running daytime soap opera Days of our Lives. Yasbeck also appeared once on the hit DCOS That's So Raven as the mother of one of the main characters, Chelsea. The episode originally aired on September 22, 2006.
In late 2007, plans surfaced of a potential That's So Raven spinoff featuring Yasbeck and her TSR daughter Chelsea Daniels (Anneliese van der Pol) and their life, with occasional appearances by Raven-Symone. The show was scrapped due to van der Pol signing onto a new Broadway play, and Yasbeck wanting to take a break from acting to focus on her family.
Personal life
Yasbeck is the widow of actor John Ritter, with whom she had worked in several projects. She first met him at director Dennis Dugan's house during a read-through of their 1990 movie Problem Child. According to Yasbeck, Ritter forced her to eat a bagel and cream cheese because he thought she was too thin. He also thought she was too young to play his wife in the movie (Ritter was almost 14 years Yasbeck's senior).
Yasbeck and Ritter also starred together in Problem Child 2 (1991) and guest-starred together in an episode of The Cosby Show which aired in 1991. Ritter also guest-starred on Wings as Amy's estranged husband in the Season Seven episode "Love Overboard". The couple had a daughter, Stella Dorothy, in 1998, and married in 1999.
On September 11, 2003, Ritter died after collapsing on the set of his sitcom, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. The cause of death was an aortic dissection stemming from a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. The date of his death was their daughter's fifth birthday, the day before Yasbeck's forty-first birthday and six days before their wedding anniversary and his own birthday.
Yasbeck gave her blessing to the continuation of the sitcom, 8 Simple Rules, where it was ultimately decided that Katey Sagal's character would assume the lead role as a widow.
Yasbeck appeared on Larry King Live on June 16, 2008, to discuss heart disease in the wake of television personality Tim Russert's death.
Wrongful death lawsuit
After her husband died, Yasbeck filed a $67 million wrongful death lawsuit against Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and several doctors who treated him, alleging they misdiagnosed his condition and that contributed to his death. Several of the defendants have settled out of court for a total of $14 million, including Providence St. Joseph, which settled for $9.4 million. On March 14, 2008, a jury split 9-3 in favor of the doctors, clearing the physicians of any wrongdoing.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1987 | House II: The Second Story | Jana | |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Elizabeth Stuckey | |
| Problem Child | Florence "Flo" Healy | ||
| 1991 | Problem Child 2 | Annie Young | |
| 1992 | The Nutt House | Diane Nutt | |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Maid Marian | |
| 1994 | The Mask | Peggy Brandt | |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Ginny Johnson Drewer | |
| Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Mina Seward | ||
| 1998 | Denial | Claudia | |
| The Odd Couple II | Stewardess | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Rockhopper | Sonia Petrova | Unsold CBS TV-Pilot |
| 1986–1987 | Days of our Lives | Olivia Reed | |
| 1987 | Dallas | Mary Elizabeth | Episode: A Death in the FamilyEpisode: The Ten Percent Solution |
| Spies | Margo | Episode: Right or Wrong | |
| Werewolf | Deidra | Episode: Nothing Evil in These Woods | |
| J.J. Starbuck | Doreen | Episode: Pilot | |
| 1987–1988 | Magnum, P.I. | Diana | Episode: Pleasure PrincipleEpisode: Tigers FanEpisode: Resolutions (1)Episode: Resolutions (2) |
| 1988 | China Beach | Airplane Stewardess | Episode: Pilot |
| Splash, Too | Madison Bauer | ABC TV-Movie | |
| 1989 | Trenchcoat in Paradise | Nan Thompson | CBS TV-Movie |
| Murphy Brown | Young Lady in Bar | Episode: Why Do Fools Fall in Love? | |
| Little White Lies | Vicki | NBC TV-Movie | |
| Generations | Carla | ||
| 1990 | Midnight Caller | Mary Lou Harper | Episode: The Hostage Game |
| Poochinski | Frannie Reynolds | Unsold NBC TV-Pilot | |
| 1990, 1993 | Matlock | Model Lauren Chadwick
Cheryl Atkinson | Episode: The Cover GirlEpisode: The Debt |
| 1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Connie Canzinaro | Episode: Family Doctor |
| Dillinger | Elaine | ABC TV-Movie | |
| The Cosby Show | Alicia Evans | Episode: Total Control | |
| 1992 | Get a Life | Evelyn | Episode: Girlfriend 2000 |
| Designing Women | Tiffany | Episode: A Little Night Music | |
| Quantum Leap | Frankie Washarskie | Episode: Stand Up | |
| 1993 | Street Justice | Nancy | Episode: The Wall |
| 1994 | Diagnosis: Murder | Karen Davis | Episode: The Restless Remains |
| Dave's World | Julie | Episode: The Funeral | |
| 1994–1997 | Wings | Casey Chapel Davenport | |
| 1995 | Platypus Man | Wendy | Episode: Pilot |
| 1996 | Bloodhounds II | Sharon | TV-Movie |
| Sweet Dreams | Laura Renault | NBC TV-Movie | |
| 1997–1998 | Alright Already | Renee | |
| 1998 | Dead Husbands | Betty Lancing | TV-Movie |
| 1999 | It's Like, You Know... | Karen | Episode: The Sweet Smell of Success |
| 2002 | House Blend | Sally Harper | TV-Pilot |
| 2003 | Just Shoot Me! | Skyler | Episode: For the Last Time, I Do |
| 2005 | Life on a Stick | Michelle Lackerson | |
| 2006 | That's So Raven | Joni Daniels | Episode: The Ice Girl Cometh |
| 2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Danielle | Voice RoleEpisode: Flip-Flopped |
| 2008 | The Daniel Family Chronicles | Joni Daniels | Main role
Episode: (4 filmed) |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Hailey Nash | Episode: The Sex That Got Away |
Trivia
- Daughter, with John Ritter, Stella Ritter, was born. [11 September 1998]
- As a child, Yasbeck was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven. She was recently presented with a new Easy Bake Oven on the show "I've Got a Secret" (2000) for which she is a regular panel member.
- Starred with husband John Ritter in an episode of "The Cosby Show" (1984) 8 years prior to their marriage.
- She is half Irish, half Lebanese.
- She first met John Ritter at director Dennis Dugan's house during a read-through of Problem Child (1990) in 1989. She said he forced her to eat a bagel and cream cheese because he thought she was too thin. He also thought she was too young to play his wife.
- She spent her elementary, middle and high school years at two different Catholic schools: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy.
- She moved to New York after losing both of her parents - her father from a heart attack and her mom from Emphysema.
- Her late husband John died on their daughter Stella's fifth birthday, and a day before her 41st birthday.
- The month of September is related to all the members of her family. Amy was born on the 12. Her husband was born on the 17th and died on the 11th. Her daughter was born on the 11th. Amy was married on the 18th.
- Stepmother of Jason Ritter (born February 17, 1980), Carly Ritter (born March 1, 1982), Tyler Ritter (born 1984).
- Amy and John Ritter were seen as a married couple having a baby on a 1991 episode of The Cosby Show called Total Control.
- Married John Ritter at the Murphy Theater, Wilmington, Ohio, the same theater used for the movie watching scene (and external scene outside the theater) in the movie "Lost In Yonkers". On the date of their marriage, the marquee outside the Murphy Theater said simply, "Congratulations John and Amy".
- Studied theater at the University of Detroit.
- Daughter Stella Ritter was born one day before her 36th birthday.
