Amy Yasbeck

Amy Yasbeck: Biography in Details

Who is Amy Yasbeck?

Amy Yasbeck is an American actress and she is best known for her role in the movie ‘The Mask’, ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

She is also known as the author of the book, ‘With Love and Laughter, John Ritter’.

Amy Yasbeck: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the U.S.A on September 12, 1962. She is given a birth name as Amy Marie Yasbeck and has Lebanese-Irish ethnicity.

Her father’s name is John Anthony Yasbeck and her mother’s name is Dorothy Louise Mary. Her mother was of Irish ancestry while her father was of Lebanese descent.

She was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven in her childhood. Her father died due to a heart attack and her mother died from emphysema. Then, she made her way to New York City.

She attended her elementary school at Summit Country Day School and later she joined Ursuline Academy. She studied theatre at the University of Detroit.

Amy Yasbeck: Professional Life and Career

Amy Yasbeck made her appearance in Rockhopper, an unsold CBS television pilot from 1985. She made her guest-starring roles in many television shows such as: ‘Dallas’, ‘Spies’,‘J.J. Starbuck, Magnum, P.I., China Beach, and Murphy Brown. She played the role of Olivia Reed for four months between 1986 and 1987 on the long-running daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives.

She portrayed the starring role of the mermaid Madison in the Disney television movie Splash, Too in 1988 where she fulfilled her childhood dream as she loved mermaids and she used to watch a Disney movie that featured mermaids.

Amy played in various movies such as ‘Wings’, ‘Alright Already’, ‘Life on a Stick’, ‘House II: The Second Story’, ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Problem Child’, ‘Problem Child 2’, ‘The Mask’, etc.

She made her appearance on the hit ‘DOCS That’s So Raven’, where she played the role of the main character, Chelsea. She took a break from her career and wanted to focus on her family in late 2007.

Achievement and Awards

She was awarded the British Soap Award in 2008. Apart from that, it seems she is not so successful in collecting more awards and nominations in her name.

Amy Yasbeck: Net Worth and Salary

It is estimated that she has a net worth of around $16 million as per 2022’s data. Apart from that, she got the payment of $14 million from the court and she sold her Beverly Hills which she shared with her late husband John Ritter, for $6.55 million.

Amy Yasbeck: Rumors and Controversies

There was a rumor that she has put her Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $6.495 M which her belated husband John Ritter bought three decades ago for $2.25 million.

After her husband’s death, she filed a $67 million wrongful deathful lawsuit but several of the defendants settled out of court for a total of $14 million. A jury split 9-3 in favor of the doctors, clearing the physician of any wrongdoing on March 14, 2008.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Amy Yasbeck has a height of 5 ft. 7 inches and she weighs 54 kg. She has got a body measurement of 34-25-35 inches. She has blue eyes and long red hair. Amy wears a shoe of size 9(US).

Social Media Profile

She has around 6.2k followers on Twitter, above 7.3k followers on Instagram, but his Facebook account is not available.

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