1. Catherine Bach is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies.
15 Facts About Catherine Bach
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Catherine Bach's mother was a daughter of Antonio L Verdugo, of Bisbee, Arizona, a baker born in Mexico, while her father was of German ancestry.
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Catherine Bach's mother, born into the Verdugo family, claimed to be descended from one of oldest Californio families.
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Catherine Bach spent some of her childhood on a ranch in South Dakota, and she visited her grandparents in Faith, South Dakota.
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In 1970, Bach graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Catherine Bach briefly majored in drama at UCLA, where she supplemented her income by making clothes for friends and theater groups.
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Catherine Bach heard about the audition for The Dukes of Hazzard through her husband.
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One of the earliest costume ideas from the producers was that she wear a tight white turtleneck, go-go boots and a poodle skirt, but Catherine 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.
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Catherine Bach had concerns about the appropriateness of the cut-off shorts at first, saying she could not wear them in a restaurant scene.
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Catherine Bach starred on The Dukes of Hazzard opposite Tom Wopat, John Schneider and James Best.
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At the suggestion of the show's producers, Catherine Bach posed as Daisy Duke for a poster, which sold 5 million copies.
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The poster once caused a stir when Nancy Reagan took a liking to it after Catherine Bach visited the White House with one as a gift for one of her former schoolteachers then working there.
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In 2012, Catherine Bach joined the cast of CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless in the recurring role of Anita Lawson.
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In 2002, Catherine Bach launched a line of diamond jewelry at Debenhams.
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Catherine Bach married David Shaw in 1976; the couple divorced in 1981.