Catherine Bach

Known For: Acting

Popularity: 1

Status: 71 years old

Date of Birth: 01/03/1954

Place of Birth: Warren, Ohio, USA

Biography

Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman; March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson. She has also appeared in films such as Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and You Again (2010).

Bach was born in Warren, Ohio, the daughter of Norma Jean Kucera (née Verdugo), an acupuncturist, and Bernard Bachman, a rancher. She grew up on a ranch in South Dakota. In 1970, Bach graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota and briefly studied drama as a major at UCLA. Her first husband was Angela Lansbury's stepson David Shaw (married on May 15, 1976 and divorced on August 5, 1981). Her second husband was Peter Lopez (married on August 8, 1990 until his death on April 30, 2010); they had two daughters: Sophia Isabella (born January 1996) and Laura Esmeralda (born October 1998).