Trivia

Her husband, John Ritter, died on their daughter Stella Ritter's fifth birthday...which was also the day before Amy's 41st birthday.

She first met John Ritter at director Dennis Dugan's house during a read-through of Problem Child (1990) in 1989. She said he forced her to eat a bagel and cream cheese because he thought she was too thin. He also thought she was too young to play his wife.

The month of September is significant for all members of her family. Amy was born on the 12th. Her husband John Ritter was born on the 17th and died on the 11th. Their actress-daughter Stella Ritter was born on the 11th. Amy was married on the 18th.

As a child, Yasbeck was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven. She was recently presented with a new Easy Bake Oven on the show I've Got a Secret (2000) for which she is a regular panel member.

Release of her book, "With Love and Laughter, John Ritter". (September 2010)

Starred with her husband, John Ritter, in The Cosby Show (1984) episode, Total Control (1991), 8 years prior to their marriage.

Her father was of Lebanese descent and her mother was of Irish ancestry.

She moved to New York after losing both of her parents - her father from a heart attack and her mom from emphysema.

Married John Ritter at the Murphy Theater, Wilmington, Ohio, the same theater used for the movie-watching scene (and external scene outside the theater) in the movie, Lost in Yonkers (1993). On the date of their marriage, the marquee outside the Murphy Theater said simply, "Congratulations John and Amy".

Amy and John Ritter were seen as a married couple having a baby on the 1991 The Cosby Show (1984) episode, Total Control (1991).

Daughter Stella Ritter was born on the day before Amy's own 36th birthday.

In a deleted scene for Pretty Woman (1990), Amy's character, Elizabeth, tells her husband, Philip (played by Jason Alexander), that she is going to take a ride with a couple named the Ritters. Ironically, Amy would later marry actor John Ritter and have a daughter (Stella Ritter) with him.

Studied theater at the University of Detroit.

Friends with Steven Weber.

She spent her elementary (K-8th grade) and high school (9th-12th grade) years at two different Catholic schools: Summit Country Day School and Ursuline Academy.

She guest starred in two unrelated television series featuring a regular character named Sam Beckett: China Beach (1988) and Quantum Leap (1989).

Born on exactly the same date as Michel "Tong Po" Qissi (of "Kickboxer" fame).