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Amy Yasbeck made her television debut on Love, American Style, in 1986, before taking a villainous turn as "Olivia" in
Yasbeck was born on September 12, 1962, in Cincinnatti, OH, and, as a child was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven. She was later presented with a new Easy Bake Oven on the show I've Got A Secret on which she became a regular panel member.
In 1989, she starred with John Ritter in an episode of The Cosby Show, and a year later, they co-starred in the film Problem Child. They married in 1999, already parents of Stella, who had been born on September 11, 1998.
Her small-screen career began gaining momentum with roles in Dallas, and Magnum P.I., Wings, Life on a Stick, and That's So Raven and Yasbeck also appeared in such feature films as House II: The Second Story, Pretty Woman, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, in the role of "Maid Marian." Director Mel Brooks later cast Yasbeck opposite Wings co-star Steven Webber in Dracula: Dead and Loving It.Yasbeck's husband, John Ritter, died suddenly in 2003, of an aortic dissection, which was a result of a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect.
Last updated: December 14, 2008.
