Catherine Bach is an American actress who is best known for her role as Daisy Duke in the television series ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ and as Margo Dutton in ‘African Skies’.
She is well known for acting as Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. She joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson (2012).
She was born as Catherine Bachman on March 1, 1954, in Warren, Ohio, USA. Her parents are Norma Jean Kucera(mother), an acupuncturist, and Bernard Bachman(father), a rancher. Her mother was of Mexican descent and her father was of German ancestry. She is descended from the Verdugo family, one of California’s earliest landed families. She grew up in South Dakota and visited her grandparents in Faith, South Dakota. She has a brother named Philip Bachman. Catherine holds American citizenship and her ethnicity is a mix of German and Mexican. Her religion is Christianity and horoscope is Aries.
She graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1970. She briefly studied drama as a major at UCLA where she supplemented her income by making clothes for friends and theatre groups.
She debuted her career as one of the children in a production of ‘The Sound of Music’. She made her first screen appearances in the Burt Lancaster murder mystery, ‘The Midnight Man’. After that, she played the role of ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ in the 1994 film. She got the opportunity to play in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ after she gave an audition. Her pose as Daisy Duke for a poster was sold 5 million copies.
During her casting in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’, her legs were insured for $1,000,000.She portrayed the role of Margo Dutton in ‘African Skies’ from 1992 to 1994, and she has been portraying the role of Anita Lawson in ‘The Young and the Restless’ since 2012. She has also starred in various television series like The Love Boat, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Hawaii Five-0, My Best Friend, etc. She has launched her own line of jewelry and continued to act on occasion.
She started her career as one of the children in a production of ‘The Sound of Music’, followed by her first screen appearance in "The Midnight Man". After that, she played in various films and drama series like African Skies(1992 to 1994), You Again. Her film credits include Cannonball Run II, Masters of Menace, The Breakup Girl, Book of Fire, and so on.
Bach is a married woman and she was married to David Shaw on August 8, 1976. They divorced on August 5, 1981. Later She married entertainment lawyer Peter Lopez in August 1990. The couple had two daughters, named Sophia and Laura. Lopez was found dead in an apartment on April 30, 2010. She has dated Nels Van Patten, Rick James, Tony Danza, and Robert Shield in the past. As of 2018, Catherine Bach is not reported to have any recent relationship. Catherine has a straight sexual orientation.
It seems the talented actress has not been awarded and nominated for her work till date.
She has an estimated net worth of around $6 million and she has earned that sum of money from her professional career. It is expected that she makes around $2k per episode from ‘The Young And The Restless’.
It seems Catherine likes to keep her lips tight and she has maintained her celebrity status. Catherine has not been involved in any type of rumors and controversies in her career.
She has a height of 5 ft. 6 inches and weighs around 68 kg. Catherine has dark brown eyes and brunette hair. Her body measurement is 38-28-37 inches.
Catherine Bach has around 27.4k followers on Twitter, about 12.1k followers on Facebook, and around 6.3k followers on Instagram.