Catherine Bach

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Catherine Bach

Catherine Bach (* 1. March 1954 in Warren , Ohio as Catherine Bachman ) is an American actress .

Life

Catherine Bach was born in 1954 in Warren , Ohio , to a German father and a Mexican mother . After her parents separated, she grew up in South Dakota , where she also attended high school. At the age of 16 she went to California in order to attend the USC to study acting. Her teachers included Milton Katselas and Anna Strasberg .

The actress made her film debut in 1973 in The Midnight Man . In 1974, she stood alongside Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges in The Last Bite of the Dog in front of the camera. She then took part in some adult films from Troma Entertainment until she got the role of Daisy Duke in A Duke Seldom Comes Alone in 1979 . The success of the series also made Catherine Bach a sought-after star. The costumes of the series character, which Bach helped to design, were very popular with the younger generation in the 1970s and 1980s and found numerous imitators. The term daisy duke jeans is still used today to denote cropped and very short jeans.

Catherine Bach married producer David Shaw in 1976 and divorced in 1981. Since 1991 she was married to the actor and star lawyer Peter Lopez († 2010), with whom she has two daughters, Sophie and Laura.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1974: The Midnight Man
  • 1974: The Last Bite the Dogs (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot)
  • 1975: Streets of Night (Hustle)
  • 1978: The Widow (Nicole)
  • 1979–1985: A Duke rarely comes alone ( The Dukes of Hazzard , TV series, 145 episodes)
  • 1980: Love Boat - Doc and the Little Blondes (TV series)
  • 1984: All hell breaks loose on the highway (Cannonball Run II)
  • 1990: Trouble with Eduard (Masters of Menace)
  • 1992: Rage and Honor
  • 1992–1994: Sky over Africa ( African Skies, TV series, 52 episodes)
  • 1997: A Duke rarely comes alone - Reunion! (also known as the Chaotic Family Reunion , TV movie)
  • 2000: The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (TV movie)
  • 2008: Monk (TV series, episode 5x09 Mr. Monk Meets His Dad )
  • 2010: You Again
  • since 2012: The Young and the Restless (TV series)
  • 2013: Chapman
  • 2015: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 5x24 Luapo'i )
  • 2015: The Breakup Girl
  • 2015: Book of Fire
  • 2016: My Best Friend

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. Catherine Bach. In: TV.com. Retrieved March 1, 2010 : "Catherine Bach was born in 1954, in Warren, Ohio, to a German father and a Mexican mother."
  2. Catherine Bach. (No longer available online.) In: lycos.com. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 1, 2010 : "American actress" Catherine Bach "was born in Ohio, but spent most of her high school years in South Dakota with her father."
  3. Dragon * Con Biography: Catherine Bach. (No longer available online.) In: dragoncon.org. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009 ; accessed on March 1, 2010 : "Catherine Bach moved to California at 16 to study acting (at USC, with coaches Milton Katselas and Anna Strasberg)." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dragoncon.org
  4. "Relics" of 1979! In: cbsnews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2010 .