Amy Yasbeck: biography, personal life. Films and TV shows

Amy Yasbeck is a talented actress, to whom fame came in the early nineties. The comedy “Difficult Child” helped her attract the attention of the audience. In this picture, Amy brilliantly played the red-hated child hater Flo, who, by the will of fate, becomes the adoptive mother. “Beauty”, “Mask”, “Quantum Leap”, “Pretty Little Liars”, “American Family”, “Worst Week of My Life” are popular film and television projects in which the actress appeared. What is the story of the star?

Amy Yasbeck: the beginning of the journey

The star of the comedy "Difficult Child" was born in Ohio, it happened in September 1962. Amy Yasbek was born into a family of a butcher and a housewife; there are no celebrities among her relatives.

Little information is available about the first years of the singer’s role as Floater. As a child, Amy began to represent herself as a famous actress, surrounded by fans. Is it any wonder that after leaving school she entered the theater institute in Detroit, which she successfully graduated from.

First roles

Amy Yasbek first appeared on the set in 1985. The beginning actress got a small role in the television movie "Rockhopper". Further, a graduate of the theater institute began to actively star in series.

TV projects with her participation came out one after another:

• "Private Detective Magnum."
• "Days of our life."
• "Dallas".
• "Wings".
• The Cosby Show.
• "She wrote a murder."
• "Matlock."
• "Werewolf".
• "Creating a woman."
• "Caller at midnight."
• "Quantum leap".
• "Network".

From obscurity to fame

In 1990, Amy Yasbeck embodied the image of Elizabeth Stakey in the movie Beauty. The drama, which tells the love story of a financial magnate and a nocturnal butterfly, was a great success with the audience. Thanks to this picture, Julia Roberts first made herself known, but Amy glorified another role. Yasbek’s first major achievement was his participation in the comedy Difficult Child.

The film tells the story of a boy who is brought up in an orphanage. The child has a terrible character, so he can not be attached to a foster family. Once, a childless couple nevertheless takes him to himself, with which the most interesting part begins. The adopted son turns the life of his mother and father into hell.

From the biography of Amy Yasbek it follows that it was thanks to the comedy "Difficult Child" that she acquired the status of a star. In this film, the actress brilliantly played Flo, the adoptive mother of an orphan. Her heroine is a child hater, who takes a child to her family just to increase her social status. Soon, Flo begins to regret the hasty decision and makes an attempt to get rid of his adopted son. However, it turns out that achieving this will not be so easy. The story pleased the audience, so it had a sequel, in which you can also see Yasbek.

Films and TV shows

Thanks to "Difficult Child" attracted the attention of directors Amy Yasbek. Films and series with her participation began to go out one after another:

• "Change of lifestyle."
• "The Dillinger Story."
• "Streets of Justice."
• "Insane".
• "Robin Hood: Men in Tights."
• "Dave's World."
• "Diagnosis: Murder."
• "Mask".
• The Platypus Man.
• "Home for the holidays."
• "Dracula: Dead and Contented."
• "Hounds-2."
• "Fashion Magazine."
• "The top of the world."
• "Strange couple-2."
• “Something about sex.”
• "Dead husbands."
• "The home commotion."
• "Such a Raven."
• "From 16 and older."
• "Bones".
• "The worst week of my life."
• "American family."
• "Pretty Little Liars".
• "Beauties in Cleveland."
• The Royal Reunion.
• "Workaholics."

The last time the actress appeared on the set in 2012. There is no information on further creative plans of Yasbek.

Personal life

What happens in Amy Yasbeck’s personal life? In 1990, her colleague John Ritter caught her attention . This actor played the wife of the heroine Amy in the comedy "Difficult Child." He is also known to the audience in the films “It”, “Bad Santa”, “Honed Blade”, “Crazy Scaffolds”, “Flight of Dragons”. Amy and John’s romance flared up while working on The Difficult Child. After several months of meeting, the lovers got married.

For more than a decade, Yasbeck and Ritter have enjoyed a happy family life. Amy gave birth to a baby husband. Also, the actress began to pay more attention to her diet. She leaned on high-calorie foods, as her husband wanted her to recover a little, taking care of her health. Unfortunately, John passed away in 2003. The tragedy happened when he was working on another comedy, Ritter died right on the set.

Films with Amy Yasbek for a long time did not come out. The actress was very worried about leaving the life of the second half, could not force herself to return to work. Some time after the death of John, the actress sued the doctors who were involved in his treatment. She was convinced that their negligence was guilty of his premature death. The lawsuit took not a single month, as a result, Yasbek was awarded monetary compensation. True, the amount turned out to be much smaller than the star of the "Difficult Child" expected to receive. The actress is not going to marry a second time, although from time to time there are rumors about her romantic hobbies.