Amy Yasbeck facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Amy Yasbeck
Yasbeck in 2019
Born	Blue Ash, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	John Ritter ​ ​ (m. 1999; his death 2003)​
Children	1

Amy Yasbeck is an American actress. She is well-known for playing Casey Chappel Davenport on the TV show Wings from 1994 to 1997. She also played the mermaid Madison in the TV movie Splash, Too in 1988. This role was first played by Daryl Hannah in the movie Splash. Amy Yasbeck has appeared in many other TV shows and movies. Some of her films include Pretty Woman, Problem Child, The Mask, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Early Life

Amy Yasbeck was born in Blue Ash, Ohio, in the United States. Her mother, Dorothy, was a homemaker, and her father, John, owned a grocery store and was a butcher. Her father's family came from Lebanon, and her mother's family was from Ireland.

When she was a child, Amy Yasbeck's picture was on the box for the Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven. Years later, in 2000, she received a new Easy-Bake Oven on a TV show called I've Got a Secret. She was a regular guest on that show.

Yasbeck went to two different Catholic schools for her early education: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy. She then started studying theater at the University of Detroit. After some personal challenges, Yasbeck moved to New York City in 1983 to pursue her acting dreams.

Career

Amy Yasbeck started her acting career in 1985 with a TV pilot called Rockhopper. She appeared as a guest star in many popular TV shows. These include Dallas, Magnum, P.I., China Beach, and Murphy Brown. She also played Olivia Reed for several months on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives from 1986 to 1987.

In 1988, Yasbeck got a main role as the mermaid Madison in the Disney TV movie Splash, Too. This was a follow-up to the popular movie Splash. She also had main roles in TV shows like Wings and Alright Already.

Amy Yasbeck has also starred in several movies. Some of these are House II: The Second Story, Pretty Woman, Problem Child, Problem Child 2, and The Mask. She worked twice with the famous director and actor Mel Brooks. They made the movies Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and Dracula: Dead and Loving It in 1995.

She also appeared in an episode of the popular Disney Channel show That's So Raven in 2006. She played the mother of the character Chelsea.

In 2010, Amy Yasbeck was a contestant on the game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.

Personal Life

Amy Yasbeck was married to actor John Ritter. They worked together on several projects. They first met when they were reading lines for their movie Problem Child.

Yasbeck and Ritter also starred together in Problem Child 2 in 1991. They also appeared together in an episode of The Cosby Show in 1991. John Ritter even guest-starred on Wings as Yasbeck's character's husband.

Amy and John had a child together in 1998. They got married the next year, on September 18, 1999, in Wilmington, Ohio.

Sadly, John Ritter passed away in 2003. He was rehearsing for his TV show 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter when he became ill. After his passing, Amy Yasbeck supported the continuation of the show. The story was changed so that Katey Sagal's character became a widow.

On June 16, 2008, Yasbeck appeared on the TV show Larry King Live. She talked about heart health and raising awareness.

On an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1990, she shared an interesting family fact. She said that her "great-great-great uncle" Charles Webb Murphy used to own the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He owned the team when they won the World Series in 1907 and 1908.

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

In Spanish: Amy Yasbeck para niños