Catherine Bach Fan Page

Birth: March 1st 1954

First Acting Job: The Midnight Man

Most Popular Acting Job: Dukes Of Hazzard

Family

Spouse: David Shaw, first marriage, 1976-1982. Peter Lopez, second marriage, 1990-

Kids: Sophia Isabelle, January 1996; Laura, October 22, 1998. (both with Peter)

Heritage: Mexican mother, German Father.

Other

Shoe size: 8 (seems to like pointy shoes)

Favorite Country Artist: Trisha Yearwood, Loretta Lynn

She has often said she likes to drive fast. She also says her husband wont let her touch his Porche.

She was born and raised in Ohio, and moved to Kansas to live with her father during her high school years. When she graduated, she moved to LA to pursue her acting career.

She sang in the choir and appeared in the music video of the smash hit Voices That Care.

She hates to perform singing.

She stayed with the Dukes Of Hazzard the whole time, even during the time John Schneider and Tom Wopat left.

She has a brother named Philip.

Catherine was a track star at Rapid City Central High in South Dakota

Catherine liked the yellow charger better than the Dixie jeep. She says "I liked that yellow charger cause I could spin it around! I went wild in that car! I always had it on two wheels. John and I would test the turning circumfrence, and see how fast we could go. We'd go out on our lunch break and wax our cars together. I had so much fun, they were afraid they'd have to replace it all the time, so they made a deal with Jeep."
Catherine liked the yellow charger better than the Dixie jeep. She says "I liked that yellow charger cause I could spin it around! I went wild in that car! I always had it on two wheels. John and I would test the turning circumfrence, and see how fast we could go. We'd go out on our lunch break and wax our cars together. I had so much fun, they were afraid they'd have to replace it all the time, so they made a deal with Jeep."

Catherine toured military bases around the world with the USO and spent many of her weekends signing autographs at car shows. "I was married to someone who didnt want me to work" she said of David Shaw, whom she divorced in 1981. "I loved doing the car shows. Because my marriage was crumbling, they kept me out of trouble. They kept me in a positive state"

Catherine was the only reason the show stayed alive in the 5th season. If she had left too, the producers would have canned the show.

The painting from Heiress Daisy Duke is hanging in Catherine's home.

In 1989, Gy Waldron pitched the idea for a made for tv reunion movie. He was always rejected. Each time there was an administrative change, he would try again, but the answer was always no. John Schneider tried to buy the rights to the Dukes without any sucess. In 1994, it was still a vague possibility. Then Sorrell Booke died. Cast members gathered at his funeral, and once again discussed the possibility of a reunion. It was Catherine who resolved to make Hazzard a reality. "Because of my husband [entertainment lawyer Peter Lopez], I knew all the people who were nice in the business. I said if everybody really wants to do it, then I'll set it up and we'll do it"
"She was the grain of sand that kept bugging them" said Schneider of Bach's attempts to sway the network. "She set up the first meeting with Les Moonves. By then, a lot of executives there were of an age where they looked back and thought the Dukes was pretty cool"

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