Full Name | Amy Yasbeck |
Net Worth | $1.4 Million |
Date Of Birth | September 12, 1962 |
Place Of Birth | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
Height | 1.7 m |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Actor |
Education | University of Detroit Mercy |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | John Ritter |
Children | Stella Ritter |
Parents | Dorothy Murphy, John Yasbeck |
Nicknames | Amy Yasbeck, Yasbeck, Amy |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001865 |
Movies | Problem Child, The Mask, Problem Child 2, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Pretty Woman, Splash, Too, House II: The Second Story, The Nutt House, Home for the Holidays, Denial, The Odd Couple II, Dead Husbands, Sweet Dreams, Trenchcoat in Paradise, House Blend, Poochinski, Dil... |
TV Shows | Life on a Stick, Alright Already, Wings, Generations |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | I've started the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health. The big focus is helping people get the correct diagnoses. |
2 | I certainly wouldn't want to be the man who was compared to John Ritter through my eyes. |
3 | I have a whole collection of angels and cherubs and dragonfly jewelry. Whenever somebody gives me a gift, it has wings. |
4 | On her part in the sitcom Wings (1990): I cried like Miss America when I got the part. |
5 | I have a, you know, a John Ritter-shaped hole in my heart. Nobody can replace that. |
6 | "After you play husband and wife on camera multiple times, it becomes easy to be husband and wife off camera as well." -About her relationship and marriage to the late John Ritter. |
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1 | Friends with Steven Weber. |
2 | Release of her book, "With Love and Laughter, John Ritter". [September 2010] |
3 | Daughter Stella Ritter was born one day before her 36th birthday. |
4 | Studied theater at the University of Detroit. |
5 | 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 (1993). On the date of their marriage, the marquee outside the Murphy Theater said simply, "Congratulations John and Amy". |
6 | Amy and John Ritter were seen as a married couple having a baby on the 1991 The Cosby Show (1984) episode, The Cosby Show: Total Control (1991). |
7 | Stepmother of Jason Ritter (born on February 17, 1980), Carly Ritter (born on March 1, 1982), Tyler Ritter (born in 1984). |
8 | 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. |
9 | Her late husband, John Ritter, died on their daughter Stella Ritter's fifth birthday, and a day before Amy's 41st birthday. |
10 | She moved to New York after losing both of her parents - her father from a heart attack and her mom from emphysema. |
11 | She spent her elementary, middle and high school years at two different Catholic schools: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy. |
12 | 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. |
13 | Her father was of Lebanese descent and her mother was of Irish ancestry. |
14 | Starred with her husband, John Ritter, in The Cosby Show (1984) episode, The Cosby Show: Total Control (1991), 8 years prior to their marriage. |
15 | 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. |
16 | Daughter, with John Ritter, Stella Ritter, was born. [September 1998] |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Good Day L.A. | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
Hollywood Today | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks | 2013 | TV Movie | Herself - In Attendance (uncredited) |
Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
The Talk | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
Rachael Ray | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
The View | 2005-2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2008-2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Larry King Live | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Access Hollywood | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Today | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Good Day Live | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Herself |
Only in LA | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
American Idol | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Audience Member |
The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
20/20 | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Hollywood Squares | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Herself |
Biography | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
I've Got a Secret | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
The Single Guy | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Quote Reader |
Lauren Hutton and... | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |