Who is Stacey Weitzman?
Stacey Weitzman is an American actress, filmmaker, businesswoman, and activist, but perhaps best known as the wife of Hollywood’s famous veteran star – actor, producer, director, and comedian Henry Winkler. She became famous and well-known for her role in the drama film “Safe” in 1995. Before starring in the TV series “As Told by Ginger” and the drama film “The Touch”, Stacey owned a PR company. She is often seen attending various events with her husband and supporting his multiple projects.
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Along with her husband, Stacey has helped numerous children’s programs through their production company. In 1990, the couple, among six other couples, for example, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, co-founded “Children’s Action Network”. This charity has contributed to the free vaccination of 175,000 children worldwide and participated in a national adoption campaign.
Stacey Weitzman Age, education and youth
Stacey Cooper Furstman was born on November 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her father worked in private practice, while her mother was a nurse.
When she was young, she attended a dance school and wanted to study fashion design at university. Yet her father persuaded her to study economics and business at the University of Northern California. After graduating, she went to New York, where she met her first husband, entertainment attorney Howard Weitzman in 1968, and after a brief affair, the couple married on October 19, 1969. The couple welcomed a son, Jed Weitzman, in 1971, but their marriage did not last long and the couple divorced in 1976.
Relationship with Winkler
Stacey met her future second husband, Henry Winkler later that year, at Jerry Magnin’s clothing store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, which was her public relations client company.
By then, Henry was already the star of the series “Happy Days” – apparently, when they met, it was love at first sight. Stacey moved in with him five months later, moving into his Hollywood Hills home with her four-year-old son, Jed, and dogs Amanda and Percy, both Yorkies. On May 5, 1978, the couple were married in the Manhattan Synagogue where, years before, Henry had celebrated his bar mitzvah. Their first daughter Zoe Winkler was born in 1980, while their son Max Daniel was born on August 18, 1983. Although they grew up in Hollywood, these two famous kids had remarkably normal upbringings.
Zoe became a preschool teacher, Jed Weitzman grew up to be a musical talent manager, and Max followed his father into the entertainment industry as a film and television director and screenwriter.
Stacey Weitzman Career
When she graduated from college, Stacey opened her fashion PR practice. His company was very successful and quickly attracted clients like Jag and Van Cleef & Arpels. Stacey’s first engagement with the Hollywood world was working on the drama film “Safe” which she was casting, and appeared as a guest in a few scenes.
Her attempt at being an actress happened twice, first in 2001 in the action-comedy animation, “As Told by Ginger”, in which she lent her voice to a character named “Muffin”. Then in 2005, Stacey appeared in the drama “Touch,” starring Kristia Knowles, Brooke Morgan, Shauna Bartel, Cree Ivey and Julia Jarvis. She also appeared as herself in the television series “E! Live from the Red Carpet” in 2019, “Entertainment Tonight” and “Celebrity Page” in 2020.
cancer survivor
In 2001, shortly after her daughter Zoe went to college, Stacey Weitzman was diagnosed with breast cancer – after tests, she underwent intense chemotherapy and had a lumpectomy.
Unfortunately, after a few years the cancer returned, and this time she had a double mastectomy and has been cancer free ever since. This disease affected her family, and now she and her husband are involved in humanitarian work, educating women to get checked regularly.
Stacey Weitzman net worth
Stacey Weitzman has not mentioned her salary and income, so it is difficult to determine her net worth. Her husband Henry is much more transparent in this matter, and we know he is worth up to $30 million. A few years ago he made about $3.5 million from the sale of his book, and we know he drives a Lexus car worth just $15,000.
Stacey Weitzman husband Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945 in Manhattan, New York, United States. His parents are German Jews who escaped from Germany to the United States in 1939 before the war. Although as a child he was anxious and suffered from dyslexia, he earned his BA from Emerson College. Henry also studied in Lausanne, Switzerland, and worked part-time in a small German town. Upon his return to New York, he began doing commercials and supporting roles as an actor.
The first notable role, which also earned her her first two major Golden Globes, was on the sitcom “Happy Days,” in 1977 and 1978.
In 1982, Henry appeared in Ron Howard’s comedy “Night Shift”, and then in the 1980s he was also engaged in directing and producing.
He returned to acting in the 1990s and appeared in the film “One Christmas” with Katharine Hepburn and “The Waterboy” (1998) with Adam Sandler. In 2018, Henry won “Best Supporting Actor” in a Comedy Series for his role in the comedy “Barry”, and the following year for the same role he won “Best Actor in a supporting role in a comedy series. In his life, he played more than 100 characters, directed three films and produced three films. He acted in the theater in a pantomime and wrote 19 books.