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{{short description|American actress (born 1954)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Catherine Bach 2013.jpg
|caption = Bach at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2013
|birth_name = Catherine Bachman
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|1}}<ref name=Ocala1988/>
|birth_place = [[Warren, Ohio]], U.S.<ref name="Ocala1988" />
|known_for = [[Daisy Duke]] in ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|alma_mater = [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|other_names =
|occupation = Actress
|years_active = 1973–present
|spouse = {{ubl
| {{marriage|David Shaw|1976|1981|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Peter Lopez (attorney)|Peter Lopez]]|1990|2010|reason=died}}
}}
|children = 2
}}
'''Catherine Bach''' (born '''Catherine Bachman'''; March 1, 1954)<ref name=Ocala1988/> 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]]''.<ref name="dukes">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/01/1091298561919.html?from=storylhs|title=Dukes Fest|publisher=The Age|access-date=November 15, 2007|location=Melbourne|date=August 1, 2004}}</ref> In 2012, she joined the cast of the [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' as [[List of The Young and the Restless characters (2012)#Anita Lawson|Anita Lawson]].<ref name="theyoungandtherestless.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.theyoungandtherestless.com/news_events/detail_6871.html |title=Catherine Bach joins Y&R;! [sic] |access-date=January 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115011938/http://www.theyoungandtherestless.com/news_events/detail_6871.html |archive-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bach was born in [[Warren, Ohio]],<ref name=Ocala1988>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=HdkTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5358,1227710 |title=Close Up: Catherine Bach|newspaper= [[Ocala Star-Banner]] |access-date=May 1, 2010| date=September 2, 1988}}</ref> the daughter of Norma Jean Kucera (née Verdugo), an acupuncturist, and Bernard P. Bachman, a rancher.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7CEC68B8BB1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Bach: TV easy next to rigors of motherhood|first=David|last=Walstad |work= [[San Antonio Express-News]] | date=April 25, 1997|access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> Her mother was a daughter of Antonio L. Verdugo, of [[Bisbee, Arizona]], a baker born in Mexico,<ref>[[1940 United States census]], Bisbee City, Arizona, Ward 2, Sheet 4A</ref> while her father was of German ancestry. She was raised in [[Warren, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-12-ca-1588-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times| title= Catherine Bach Goes to S. Africa for Some Non-'Hazzard'ous Duty| first= David|last=Walstad|date=December 12, 1992|access-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/400584334/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Bad Luck?|first= Betty|last=Goodwin|date=May 26, 1984 |access-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref> Her mother, born into the Verdugo family,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xo8iAAAAIBAJ&pg=3101,8075250 |title=Bach models for schooner| agency= Associated Press| newspaper= The Sumter Daily Item|access-date= May 1, 2010|date=August 25, 1983}}</ref> claimed to be descended from one of oldest [[Californio]] families.<ref name=Ocala/>

She spent some of her childhood on a ranch in [[South Dakota]],<ref name= Jewelry/> when she visited her grandparents in [[Faith, South Dakota]]. In 1970, Bach graduated from
[[Stevens High School (South Dakota)|Stevens High School]] in [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]. She briefly majored in drama at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], where she supplemented her income by making clothes for friends and [[theater]] groups.<ref name=Jewelry/>

==Career==
Bach's professional debut was as one of the children in a production of ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.<ref name=Reading/> Bach's first screen appearance was in the [[Burt Lancaster]] murder mystery, ''[[The Midnight Man (1974 film)|The Midnight Man]]'', shot in upstate [[South Carolina]] in 1973, in which she played murder victim Natalie Claiburn. Her next role was Melody in the 1974 film ''[[Thunderbolt and Lightfoot]]''.

Bach heard about the audition for ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' through her husband.<ref name=BCT>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3VYuAAAAIBAJ&pg=4352,2540768 |title=Catherine Bach defends the Dukes|newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]] |access-date=May 1, 2010|date=October 11, 1981}}</ref> When she arrived there, she found the producers were looking for a [[Dolly Parton]]-lookalike; despite not looking like what they were searching for, she was hired on the spot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W4Y0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4385,2460685 |title=Catherine Bach Waits On A Special Dinner|newspaper=The Sumter Daily Item|access-date=May 1, 2010|date=July 18, 1980 }}</ref> One of the earliest costume ideas from the producers was that she wear a tight white [[turtleneck]], [[go-go boot]]s and a [[poodle skirt]], but Bach asked if she could bring her own outfit, which was a homemade [[T-shirt]], a pair of cut-off [[denim shorts]] and [[high heels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1497489/the-original-dukes-of-hazzard-stars-reminisce.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205092003/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1497489/the-original-dukes-of-hazzard-stars-reminisce.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2011 |title=The Original Dukes of Hazzard Stars Reminisce |publisher=[[Country Music Television|CMT]] |access-date=May 1, 2010|date=February 25, 2005|author=Craig Shelburne}}</ref> Bach had concerns about the appropriateness of the cut-off shorts at first, saying she could not wear them in a restaurant scene. When prompted by the producers to visit a restaurant across the street, Bach found the waitresses were wearing "little miniskirts that matched the tablecloths!"<ref name=BCT/> This style of cut-off denim shorts is now popularly known as "[[Daisy Dukes]]" in reference to Bach's [[Daisy Duke|character of that name]] from the show. She starred on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' opposite [[Tom Wopat]], [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]] and [[James Best]].

At the suggestion of the show's producers, Bach posed as Daisy Duke for a poster, which sold 5 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/x1898860323/Daisy-Duke-today-10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-Catherine-Bach|title=Daisy Duke today: 10 things you probably didn't know about Catherine Bach|work=[[The Repository]]|access-date=July 11, 2010|author=Dan Kane|date=January 22, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726154420/http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/x1898860323/Daisy-Duke-today-10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-Catherine-Bach|archive-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> The poster once caused a stir when [[Nancy Reagan]] took a liking to it after Bach visited the [[White House]] with one as a gift for one of her former schoolteachers then working there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 12, 1981 |title=Catherine Bach's Daisy poster causing quite a White House stir |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ao8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656,4456502&dq=catherine+bach+poster&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914133657/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ao8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656,4456502&dq=catherine+bach+poster&hl=en |archive-date=2024-09-14 |access-date=July 11, 2010 |work=Lakeland Ledger}}</ref>

While she was starring on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', her legs were insured for [[United States dollar|$]]1,000,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rizzo |first=Monica |title=Catherine Bach: Daisy Duke bounces back |url=https://people.com/archive/catherine-bach-daisy-duke-bounces-back-vol-77-no-12/ |access-date=July 30, 2012 |website=People.com |date=March 19, 2012}}</ref> In 1985, she served as the model for the figurehead for the schooner [[Californian (schooner)|''Californian'']].<ref name=Ocala>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MgckAAAAIBAJ&pg=1456,3148107|title="Dukes'" Catherine Bach Model for Tall Ship|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|access-date=May 1, 2010|date=January 7, 1985 }}</ref>

After the series ended, Bach had roles in a number of low-profile films. From 1992 to 1994, she starred in the Canadian family drama series, ''[[African Skies]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/07/31/with-daisy-duke-just-a-memory-catherine-bach-enjoys-africa/|title=With Daisy Duke Just A Memory, Catherine Bach Enjoys Africa|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=July 31, 1993}}</ref> In 2006, she guest-starred on ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', and in 2010 had a small cameo in the comedy film ''[[You Again]]''. In 2012, Bach joined the cast of CBS daytime soap opera, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' in the recurring role of [[List of The Young and the Restless characters (2012)#Anita Lawson|Anita Lawson]].<ref name="theyoungandtherestless.com"/>

In 2002, Bach launched a line of diamond jewelry at [[Debenhams]].<ref name="Jewelry">{{cite news |author=Julia Robson |date=April 4, 2002 |title=Daisy Duke's sparkling return |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GBIB&u=nysl_ro_rochstru&id=GALE%7CA84384294&v=2.1&it=r&aty=ip |url-status= |access-date=May 1, 2010 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |location=London |via=Gale Business Insights}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bach married David Shaw (stepson of [[Angela Lansbury]])<ref name=Reading>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ON4hAAAAIBAJ&pg=4718,5238150 |title=Discipline Keys Life|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|access-date=May 1, 2010|first1=Lydia | last1 = Lane|date=March 9, 1979 | via = Google News}}</ref> in 1976; the couple divorced in 1981. Bach married entertainment lawyer [[Peter Lopez (attorney)|Peter Lopez]] in August 1990. They had two daughters. On April 30, 2010, 60-year-old Lopez was found shot dead in an apparent [[suicide]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.foxnews.com/us/actress-catherine-bachs-husband-entertainment-attorney-peter-lopez-dies-in-apparent-suicide | title = Actress Catherine Bach's husband, entertainment attorney Peter Lopez dies in apparent suicide | date = November 20, 2014 | agency = [[Associated Press]] | website = [[Fox News]] | via = foxnews.com}}</ref>

Bach is Catholic.<ref>{{cite news |title='Dukes of Hazzard' star Catherine Bach says she relied on faith after her husband's death |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dukes-of-hazzard-catherine-bach-faith |access-date=December 18, 2019 |work=[[Fox News]] | via = foxnews.com |date=July 24, 2019 | last1 = Nolasco | first1 = Stephanie}}</ref>

On October 30, 2025, Bach's ''Dukes of Hazzard'' co-star [[Ben Jones (American actor and politician)|Ben Jones]] announced on social media that Bach was forced to cancel an appearance at [[Cooter's Place]] as she had been hospitalized in [[Los Angeles]] due to an [[embolism]] that developed as a result of a recent surgery. Bach's other ''Dukes of Hazzard'' co-stars [[Tom Wopat]] and [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]] posted on social media offering their thoughts and prayers as she recovered.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/entertainment/dukes-of-hazzard-stars-reacts-to-catherine-bachs-health-scare/ | title = ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ stars react to Catherine Bach’s sudden health scare, hospitalization | date = November 6, 2025 | agency = [[NY Post]] | website = [[NY Post]] | via = nypost.com}}</ref> Bach was released from the hospital a few days later and was spotted out walking her dog on November 5, 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/865970/dukes-of-hazzard-star-makes-first-public-appearance-following-hospitalization/ | title = Dukes of Hazzard star makes first public appearance following hospitalization | date = November 6, 2025 | agency = Hello! | website = Hello! | via = hellomagazine.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''[[The Midnight Man (1974 film)|The Midnight Man]]''
| Natalie Clayborne
|
|-
| ''[[Thunderbolt and Lightfoot]]''
| Melody
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Hustle (1975 film)|Hustle]]''
| Peggy Summers
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Nicole (1978 film)|Crazed]]''
| Sue
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Cannonball Run II]]''
| Marcie Thatcher
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Street Justice (film)|Street Justice]]''
| Tamarra
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''Criminal Act''
| Pam Weiss
|
|-
| ''[[Driving Force (1989 film)|Driving Force]]''
| Harry
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Masters of Menace]]''
| Kitty Wheeler
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''[[The Nutt House (film)|The Nutt House]]''
| Benefit Reporter
|
|-
| ''Rage and Honor''
| Captain Murdock
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]]''
| Biologist
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[You Again]]''
| Daisy
|
|-
| 2013
| ''Chapman''
| Mother
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[The Breakup Girl]]''
| Ellen
|
|-
| ''Book of Fire''
| Bibiana
|
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[Matt Helm (TV series)|Matt Helm]]''
| Alice
| Episode: "Matt Helm"
|-
| ''[[Strange New World (film)|Strange New World]]''
| Lara
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Murder in Peyton Place]]''
| Linda
| Television film
|-
| 1977–1978
| ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]''
|
| Episodes: "Screams" and "A Shadow on the Sea"
|-
| 1979–1985
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| [[Daisy Duke]]
| Series regular, 145 episodes
|-
| 1980-1983
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Pamela Hodgekins / Pat Bigelow
| Episodes: "No Girls for Doc/Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/The Witness" and "Going to the Dogs/Putting on the Dog/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway"
|-
| 1980
|rowspan=2|''[[Enos (TV series)|Enos]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Daisy Duke]]
| Episode 1: "Enos"
|-
| 1981
| Episode 8: "One Daisy Per Summer"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''White Water Rebels''
| Trisha Parker
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Dukes (TV series)|The Dukes]]''
| [[Daisy Duke]]
| Voice, 20 episodes
|-
| 1992–1994
| ''[[African Skies]]''
| Margo Dutton
| Series regular, 52 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Urges"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Daisy Duke]]
|rowspan=2|Television film
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood]]''
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| Sara Jo
| Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"
|-
| 2012-2019
| ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
| Anita Lawson
| Recurring role
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Almost Royal]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Nashville"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Amy Harlan
| Episode: "Luapo'i"
|-
| 2016
| ''My Best Friend''
| Pearl
| Television film
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|280}}

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