Name: Amy Yasbeck
Date of Birth: 12 September 1962
Daughter, with John Ritter, Stella Ritter, was born. [11 September 1998]
As a child, Yasbeck was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven. She was recently presented with a new Easy Bake Oven on the show "I've Got a Secret" (2000) for which she is a regular panel member.
Starred with husband John Ritter in an episode of "The Cosby Show" (1984) 8 years prior to their marriage.
She is half Irish, half Lebanese.
She first met John Ritter at director Dennis Dugan's house during a read-through of Problem Child (1990) in 1989. She said he forced her to eat a bagel and cream cheese because he thought she was too thin. He also thought she was too young to play his wife.
... She spent her elementary, middle and high school years at two different Catholic schools: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy.
She moved to New York after losing both of her parents - her father from a heart attack and her mom from Emphysema.
Her late husband John died on their daughter Stella's fifth birthday, and a day before her 41st birthday.
The month of September is related to all the members of her family. Amy was born on the 12. Her husband was born on the 17th and died on the 11th. Her daughter was born on the 11th. Amy was married on the 18th.
Stepmother of Jason Ritter (born February 17, 1980), Carly Ritter (born March 1, 1982), Tyler Ritter (born 1984).
Amy and John Ritter were seen as a married couple having a baby on a 1991 episode of The Cosby Show called Total Control.
Married John Ritter at the Murphy Theater, Wilmington, Ohio, the same theater used for the movie watching scene (and external scene outside the theater) in the movie "Lost In Yonkers". On the date of their marriage, the marquee outside the Murphy Theater said simply, "Congratulations John and Amy".
Studied theater at the University of Detroit.
Daughter Stella Ritter was born one day before her 36th birthday.
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