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Amy Yasbeck made her television debut on Love, American Style, in 1986, before taking a villainous turn as "Olivia" in Days of Our Lives. She had numerous television guest roles, and won ongoing roles in the series Generations, Wings, and in the role of "Sally Harper" in the TV series House Blend.
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.
