#Catherine bach series

I wore the same clothes the whole five months. And even the elite had nothing to eat there. 'They wanted to present a solid, contented front and that just wasn't the case: It was hostile, horrible, a very masculine environment with no amenities. It was right when things were breaking up. 'They just couldn't find anyone to go to the Soviet Union. 'The furthest I've ever fallen between the cracks was doing 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,'' she said. I'd been working since I was 18, and going to school.' Bach is now married to Peter Lopez, an entertainment attorney who specializes in the music industry.ДЄfter 'Dukes of Hazzard,' Bach went on to appear in stage versions of 'Extremities' and 'Fatal Attraction.' She's also co-executive producer of a film, 'Me, Myself and I,' starring JoBeth Williams and George Segal.Д«ut two years ago, she agreed to do a television assignment that she recalls with horror. I graduated from high school at 16 1/2 and had a tough go of it. I never had a continuous job within the industry. I really appreciated every single minute that I had on that show. 'These people are such a part of my life,' she said. 'Tom just calls in the middle of the night and then I don't hear from him for six months,' she said.

She spoke with Schneider, who had been doing summer theater in Connecticut, the week before she left for Africa.

Still, they were all great friends, she said, and still call one another. 'We did that to the best of our abilities,' she said, 'so I didn't think it would be to my benefit or the audience's benefit to do another one. Later, Bach turned down what she called 'carbon copies' of Daisy Duke.

#Catherine bach series

Earl Hamner is doing a show for Family Channel, and Burt Reynolds.'Д«ach is best known as Daisy Duke, cavorting cousin to Luke (Tom Wopat) and Bo (John Schneider) on CBS' old 'The Dukes of Hazzard.' The series last from January 1979 to August 1985 and ranked in the top 10 primetime shows for three seasons, from 1979 to 1982. It's a very unique, warm, sincere group of people. 'What I've seen of this company is so wonderful. 'Family Channel sort of reminds me of how CBS used to be,' said Bach. Pat Robertson's Virginia-based cable channel recently completed a $68.5 million deal with the British owners of MTM Productions, which created 'Hill Street Blues,' 'Lou Grant' and 'St. What else from the Family Channel, which is expanding. We really have to get back to family values.'ДЇamily values, the buzz-word of the season. We'll be able to deal with that within this show. It's deliberately a single-parent family. 'This show should be a reflection of what's going on right now. 'I've done a lot of work with the writers and spent a lot of time talking and getting our feelings out,' she said. Her 16-year-old son, Rory (Simon James), attends class via computer, works on the ranch and is caretaker for the household, Victoria Lodge.Д«ach said the series also addresses 'industry and technology against indigenous people and environmental concerns, and conflict between big business and the people who'll be kicked off the land and the elephants who'll be moved.'ДЄn on-location writer will be able to alter the scripts to reflect other issues that come up, she said. When she is in Africa, they communicate through satellite-linked computers. Trained as a structural engineer, she takes the reins of a multinational corporation, Canoco, for her father-in-law, Marcus Dutton (Mitchum). She thinks her co-star, Robert Mitchum, who replaced the late Glenn Ford, will do his acting bits stateside.Д«ach plays Margo Wells Dutton, 37, a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and now a widowed businesswoman.

So in mid-August, Bach flew off to Johannesburg to begin making the series, which premieres Sunday at 8 (repeating Saturday at 6:30). Then the easier place for us turned out to be South Africa. 'But Kenya is now in a bit of political hot water, so Zimbabwe was where we moved. Originally, the half-hour installments of 'African Skies' were to be shot in Kenya, she said. At least, that's where the producers of the Family Channel's 'African Skies' decided to settle in to make the series. According to Catherine Bach, South Africa is the most stable place on that continent.