Catherine Bach facts for kids
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Catherine Bach
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Catherine Bach in 2013
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Catherine Bachman
March 1, 1954 Warren, Ohio, U.S.
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| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Known for | Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard |
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| Children | 2 |
Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman on March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the popular character Daisy Duke in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. She also starred as Margo Dutton in African Skies. Later, in 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing the role of Anita Lawson.
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Early Life
Catherine Bach was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, Norma Jean Kucera, was an acupuncturist, and her father, Bernard P. Bachman, was a rancher. Her family background includes German and Mexican roots. She grew up in Warren, Ohio.
Catherine also spent some of her childhood on a ranch in South Dakota. She visited her grandparents in Faith, South Dakota. In 1970, she finished high school at Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota. She then studied drama for a short time at UCLA. To earn money, she made clothes for her friends and for local theater groups.
Career
Catherine Bach's first acting job was in a play called The Sound of Music. Her first movie role was in the 1973 mystery film The Midnight Man. She then appeared in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as a character named Melody.
Catherine learned about auditions for The Dukes of Hazzard from her husband. When she went, the producers were looking for someone who looked like Dolly Parton. Even though she didn't look like that, she was hired right away! The producers first thought she should wear a tight white turtleneck and a poodle skirt. But Catherine asked if she could wear her own clothes. She brought a homemade T-shirt, cut-off denim shorts, and high heels.
She was worried about wearing the cut-off shorts in a restaurant scene. But when she visited a restaurant nearby, she saw the waitresses were wearing "little miniskirts!" This made her feel better. Today, this style of cut-off denim shorts is famously known as "Daisy Dukes" because of her character. In the show, she acted alongside Tom Wopat, John Schneider, and James Best.
The show's producers suggested Catherine pose for a poster as Daisy Duke. This poster became very popular, selling 5 million copies! Even Nancy Reagan, the First Lady at the time, liked the poster. Catherine had given one as a gift to a former teacher who worked at the White House.
While she was on The Dukes of Hazzard, her legs were insured for $1,000,000. In 1985, she was the model for the figurehead (a statue on the front) of a ship called the schooner Californian.
After The Dukes of Hazzard ended, Catherine acted in several other films. From 1992 to 1994, she starred in a Canadian TV show for families called African Skies. In 2006, she was a guest star on the show Monk. In 2010, she had a small part in the comedy movie You Again. In 2012, she joined the cast of the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson.
In 2002, Catherine Bach also started her own line of diamond jewelry.
Personal Life
Catherine Bach married David Shaw in 1976. They later separated in 1981. In August 1990, she married Peter Lopez. They had two daughters together. Catherine Bach is Catholic.
See also
In Spanish: Catherine Bach para niños
