Introduction
This red-haired actress is best known for her roles in the films “Pretty Woman” and “Problem Child”. However, most people don’t know that Amy Yasbeck’s life hasn’t been easy. Where did she grow up and what happened to her husband?
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Early life and education
Amy Marie Yasbeck was born on September 12, 1962, in Blue Ash, Ohio, United States, and grew up in suburban Cincinnati with her parents, Dorothy Loise Mary and John Anthony Yasbeck, who was a butcher and owner of a grocery store. Through her father, she has Lebanese ancestry and through her mother, she is of Irish descent. Even as a child, she was in the spotlight, as she featured on the “Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven” package art.
She spent her early years in Catholic schools, Ursuline Academy and Summit Country Day School. After her bachelor’s degree, she enrolled at the University of Detroit, where she took acting classes. When she was around 20, she lost her father to a heart attack and soon after her mother died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. After their deaths, she moved to New York, so she could pursue an acting career.
Career
Yasbeck made her film debut in 1985, when she appeared in the TV movie “Rockhopper.” Two years later, she was cast in several television series, including guest starring with Margo on an episode of “Spies,” and landed a regular role in the drama series “Days of Our Lives,” in which she performed Olivia. Reed.
That same year, she was a guest character in many other television series, such as “Werewolf”, “JJ Starbuck”, and “Dallas”.
In 1988, she continued her roles in television series. -She was a recurring character on “Magnum, PI”, portraying Diana in four of the show’s episodes, and had a guest role on “Generations”. The following year, she was in two TV movies, “Little White Lies” and “Trenchcoat in Paradise”, and was also a guest in an episode of “Dragnet”, in which she played Allison Warner. In 1990, Yasback had a small role in an internationally popular romance film starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, “Pretty Woman”, portraying Elizabeth Stuckey, the snobbish and sarcastic wife of Phillip Stuckey, played by Jason Alexander.
That same year, Yasbeck had another big-screen role, this time in Dennis Dugan’s “Problem Child,” a role she reprized in 1991 in the film’s sequel, “Problem Child 2,” joined by John Ritter.
In the following years, Yasbeck had small roles in several television series, such as “Designing Women”, “Get a Life”, “Quantum Leap” and “Diagnosis Murder”. She played the title character’s love interest in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” which premiered in 1993, and in 1994 co-starred as Casey Chapel Davenport in a David Lee sitcom, “Wings.” – she first appeared in the third season and remained on the set until the show ended in 1997.
In 1994, she landed a role in the comedy film “The Mask”, alongside Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz and Peter Riegert.
This movie helped her become a bigger face in Hollywood, and so in the following years she appeared in big movies such as “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”, playing the reincarnation of Dracula’s love interest. , Mina, “Home for the Holidays,” “Up Above the World,” and “The Odd Couple II.” In 1997, she starred as Renee in Carol Leifer’s short-lived TV series “Alright Already.”
For several years, Yasbeck remained silent and could only be seen in supporting roles in several television shows and short films. However, she made her comeback in 2005, when she again landed a co-starring role, this time as Michelle Lackerson in the first season of “Life on a Stick,” a television series about two teenagers who trying to find their place. in life.
In 2006, she appeared in the episode “The Ice Girl Cometh” of Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven”, playing the character named Joni Daniels. In the mid-2000s, Yasbeck was part of “Shorty McShorts’ Shorts”, “Hot in Cleveland”, and “Worst Week”.
Yasbeck starred in the 2012 comedy “Little Women, Big Cars,” as a character named Meg. Later that year, she portrayed Sylvia in the TV movie “The 4 to 9ers”. She also had guest roles on three major TV sitcoms – “Modern Family”, “Bones” and “Pretty Little Liars”.
As of April 2020, Yasbeck had not been seen on television since 2016. It is unknown if she plans to return to acting or has followed a different career path.
Private life
Yasbeck first met actor John Ritter when they were together on an episode of “The Cosby Show” in 1990, but they connected while filming “Problem Child 2.” The actor is known for his roles in films such as ‘Sling Blade’, ‘Bad Santa’ and ‘Man of the Year’. Ritter was 14 years her senior, but that didn’t stop the two from starting a relationship. They welcomed their child, Stella Ritter, even years later and got married in 1999 at the Murphy Theater, located in Wilmington, Ohio US. On their wedding day, the marquee in front of the theater simply said, “Congratulations John and Amy.”
Her husband fell unconscious on September 11, during a rehearsal for his upcoming sitcom, “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.” He fell into a coma and, although he was immediately taken to hospital, he died the same night.
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The cause of death was initially thought to be a heart attack, but it was later confirmed to be an aortic dissection caused by an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. After her husband’s death, Yasbeck sued for wrongful death and demanded a $67 million payout from Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, claiming doctors and nurses who worked there misdiagnosed Ritter and misdiagnosed Ritter. thus led to his death. Ultimately, she and several of the defendants settled for a sum of $14 million, however, in March 2008 the jury cleared the doctors of any wrongdoing.
In 2010, Yasbeck wrote a book describing her life with her late husband, titled “With Love and Laughter, John Ritter.” She feels connected to September, as it is the month when almost all of her family members were born. She was born on the 12th, her daughter on the 11th and her late husband on the 17th.
Yasbeck’s daughter, Stella Ritter, came out of the closet at age 18 and says she was born in the wrong body. She had her mother’s support and changed her name to Noah Lee Ritter and her gender to male. The transition process has long been hidden from the public.
Net value
Yasbeck is a successful TV and film actress, and has earned a good income from her career, and her net worth as of early 2020 is estimated to be around $12 million! As for her assets, she owned a large mansion in Beverly Hills, California, USA which she shared with John Ritter which she eventually sold for $6.55 million.
Physical characteristics
Yasbeck’s most notable features are her red hair and bright blue eyes. She is 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs around 54 kg (120 lb), with body measurements of 35-25-36. She has an hourglass figure and usually wears elegant dresses.
