An actress who starred in Pretty Woman 35 years ago has been spotted out in Los Angeles looking completely ageless.
The 63-year-old performer was a busy star in the 1990s, with roles in the likes of Problem Child, The Mask and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as well as appearances on US TV stalwarts such as Matlock, Designing Woman, The Cosby Show and Murder, She Wrote.
Amy Yasbeck was photographed on Friday in a casual outfit of khaki cargo trousers and a black vest, with a green and navy checked shirt worn open over the top.
The mum-of-one accessorized with a practical bumbag and delicate chain necklace, with her thick red-brown hair tied neatly back in a short ponytail.
She also wore black-framed glasses with a hint of purple to them as she parked up by a meter on the side of the road.
Yasbeck played Elizabeth Stuckey in classic rom-com Pretty Woman, appearing in the polo scene opposite Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, as well as journalist Peggy Brandt in 1994’s The Mask.
Peggy is seen gaining the trust of Jim Carrey’s character Stanley Ipkiss while investigating the activities of his green-faced, yellow-suited alter ego for a scoop alongside Detective Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway (Peter Riegert).
She reluctantly ends up betraying his dual identity to mafia gangster Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) in exchange for a $50,000 bounty.
Yasbeck also played Casey in later seasons of sitcom Wings between 1994 and 1997, older sister to main character Helen (Crustal Bernard).
Her estranged husband on the show Stuart was played by John Ritter, who also became the actress’s real-life husband, after they had first met at a read-through for the 1990 black comedy Problem Child.
She also played Ritter’s character’s wife in this movie before a separate love interest in its sequel the following year.
The couple welcomed a child together in September 1998 before tying the knot the following year at the historic Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, Ohio.
Their son Noah, now 27, reportedly transitioned when he was 18 and lives a quieter, more private life than his older half-siblings courtesy of his father: brother Jason, 45, sister Carly, 43, and brother Tyler, 40.
All three of them followed their dad into showbusiness, with Carly a country singer like her grandfather Texas Ritter and the two brothers, actors. Jason, married to Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey, is best-known for slasher Freddy vs. Jason and Tyler for TV show The McCarthys.
John Ritter died suddenly at the age of 54 in 2003 after he experienced chest pain and extreme nausea while rehearsing for his popular sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
He was rushed to hospital from set and died there later that night from an aortic dissection in his heart due to an undiagnosed congenital defect.
Yasbeck later filed a $67million wrongful death lawsuit against Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and several doctors who treated her husband, alleging they misdiagnose his condition and therefore contributed to his death.
She and the hospital settled out of court for $9.4m, while the doctors were cleared of any wrongdoing in March 2018 in a jury trial.
The actress was last seen on screens earlier this year in short film Fireflies in the Dusk.
While she has taken a break from working much recently, she has also popped up in episodes of Modern Family, Workaholics and Pretty Little Liars over the past 12 years.
In 2022, Yasbeck revealed she still wasn’t looking to date anyone almost 20 years after her late husband’s death.
‘I miss John as a partner,’ the widow told People magazine, before sharing that she found it hard to be open to meeting someone else, and so therefore doesn’t date.
‘I mean, it could happen. I’m not in the mood. I think I would miss John more if I was dating, as weird as that sounds. But because I always feel like he’s with me, and that would be weird because in that case, three is not company.’
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