Amy Marie Yasbeck was born on the 12th September 1962, in Blue Ash, Ohio USA, and is an actress perhaps best known to the world as Casey Chapel Davenport in the TV series “Wings” (1994-1997), she for notable roles in “The Mask” (1994), and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (1993), among other differing films. Her career started in 1985.
Have you ever wondered how rich Amy Yasbeck is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Yasbeck’s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned through her successful career as an actress, during which she has appeared in more than 60 film and TV titles.
Amy Yasbeck Net Worth $5 Million
Amy is of mixed ancestry; her father John Anthony Yasbeck is of Lebanese descent, while her mother Dorothy Louise Mary is of Irish heritage. Amy went to Summit Country Day School, and Ursuline Academy, both of which are Catholic schools. Amy’s parents died two years part, her father in 1982 and her mother in 1984. After that, she moved to New York City in order to pursue an acting career.
While she was younger, Amy appeared on the package art for the Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven, however, her acting career started years later. In 1985 she portrayed Sonia Petrova in the film “Rockhopper”, and then two years later he was cast in “Dallas”, and the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” as Olivia Reed. The same year she featured as Lana in the horror “House II: The Second Story”. By the end of the ‘80s, Amy appeared in such films as “Splash, Too” (1988), and “White Lies” (1989), so her net worth was well established.
She started the next decade quite successfully, landing the role of Elizabeth Stuckey in the Oscar Award-nominated romantic comedy “Pretty Woman”, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and then appeared in the comedy “Problem Child” as Flo Healy; on the set she met her future husband John Ritter. Amy then repeated her role in the sequel “Problem Child 2” (1991), and in 1994 portrayed Peggy Brandt in Oscar Award-nominated comedy “The Mask”, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. The same year she had the role of Casey Chapel Davenport in the sitcom “Wings” (1994-1997), and appeared in 74 episodes of the show which only increased her net worth. In 1995 she appeared in the comedy “Home for the Holidays”, directed by Jodie Foster, and also featured in Mel Brooks’ comedy horror “Dracula: Dead and Loving it”, with Leslie Nielsen and Peter MacNicol. In 1998 she shared the screen again with John Ritter in the film “Dead Husbands”, and she had a small role in the comedy “The Odd Couple II” the same year. Her net worth rose steadily.
After that she became more devoted to her child and husband, and didn’t appear in notable roles until 2005 and the role of Michelle Lackerson in the TV series “Life on a Stick”. Seven years later she got the role of Meg in the film “Little Women, Big Cars”, and the same year appeared in the film “The 4-to-9ers”, with Ashton Moio and Galadriel Stineman. In recent years, Amy has had brief roles in such TV series as “Bones” (2013), “Modern Family” (2013), “Workaholics” (2015), and “Pretty Little Liars” (2016), which have also increased her net worth.
Regarding her personal life, Amy was married to actor John Ritter from 1999 until his death in 2003; they have a daughter born in 1998.
John felt nauseated while rehearsing for “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter”, and fell into a coma, thought to have suffered a heart attack, but died later that night due to aortic dissection, caused by an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.
Amy filed a lawsuit against the doctors, however, the judge and jury cleared the physicians of any wrongdoing.
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