Catherine Bach is a Hollywood actress best known for portraying Daisy Duke in the television series. The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton on Canadian TV series, African Sky aired on The Family Channel from 1991 to 1994. Bach joined the cast of Anita Lawson’s The Young and the Restless (CBS Soap) in 2012. During her three decades in the industry, Bach starred in more than thirty television and star-studded films. In her youth, the beautiful actress insured her slender legs for a million dollars. Below is everything you need to know about Catherine Bach, including where she is and what she is currently doing.
Catherine Bach Bio & Age
Bach was born in Warren, Ohio on March 1, 1954 to Norma Jean Kucera and Bernard Bachman as Catherine Bachman. Her father is a breeder and her mother an acupuncturist. Although her father is of German descent and her mother is of Mexican descent, Catherine is descended from one of the oldest landed families in California, the Verdugo family.
She grew up on a ranch in South Dakota with her grandparents. She attended Stevens High School, Rapid City, South Dakota. She graduated in 1970 and then went to UCLA where she earned an arts degree. As a student, Bach earned extra income by making clothes for theater groups and friends.
Career
Catherine began her acting career playing one of the children in a production of The Sound of Music. Her first screen appearance was in Burt Lancaster’s 1973 mystery film The Midnight Man as Natalie Claiburn. Her next role came the next year in the crime film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, where she played Melody.
Bach first heard about the audition for The Dukes of Hazzard from her husband; Although not close to what the producers were looking for (a Dolly Parton look-alike), she was nevertheless hired and she delivered the character of Daisy Duke perfectly. James Best, John Schneider and Tom Wopat were on the show.
She posed as Daisy Duke for a poster suggested by the producers of The Dukes of Hazzard which sold five million copies earning extra revenue. She modeled for the California Schooner back in 1985. Before that, Catherine Bach insured her legs for a million dollars.
When the series ended, she starred in other feature films, including Canadian drama series. African skies like Margo Dutton. She starred in Monk in 2006 and made a cameo appearance in the comedy film. You Again in 2010. Bach joined the cast of Anita Lawson’s The Young and the Restless (CBS Soap) in 2012.
