Amy Stoch

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Amy Stoch
Born
Amy Elizabeth Stoch

NationalityAmerican
Other namesAmy Stock
Amy Stock-Poynton
Alma mater Ashland University
California State University, Northridge
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
OccupationActress
Years active1986-
Spouse
Robert Poynton
(m. 1987;div. 2004)
Children1

Amy Elizabeth Stoch is an American actress and academic, also known as Amy Stock and Amy Stock-Poynton.

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Life and career

Stoch was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and wanted to be an actress from a young age. She had her break when she reached the semifinals in the spokesmodel category on the television show Star Search , and one of the show's judges, Sue Cameron, offered to represent her. [1]

In 1986, she played Britta Englund, a former KGB agent who was involved in a love triangle with Patch Johnson and Bo Brady, on Days of Our Lives . There, she met actor Robert Poynton, who played John Black. They married in 1987 and had a son, Robert Andrew Poynton V [2] but divorced in 2004. [3]

In 1987, she played a recurring role in a major story arc on Dallas as Lisa Alden, the biological aunt of Christopher Ewing. [4] She played Missy, the sexy stepmother of Bill and later Ted, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , [5] and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [6] and Bill & Ted Face the Music . [7] Stoch also appeared in four television movies of the Gunsmoke series, as Marshal Matt Dillon's daughter Beth, [8] and made guest appearances on Matlock , The Fall Guy , Hardcastle and McCormick , Dynasty , Knots Landing , and High Incident , among others. She also played Fawn Hall in the miniseries, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North .

Academia

Stoch holds a bachelor of arts in theatre from Ashland University, and a master's from California State University, Northridge. [9]

In 2012, she completed a PhD in theatre History, theory, and criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [10]

Filmography

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YearTitleTypeCharacter
1986 Soul Man Filmas Girl in Bed
1987 Summer School Filmas Kim
1987–88 Dallas TV seriesas Lisa Alden (16 episodes)
1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Filmas Missy
1989 Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North TV movieas Fawn Hall
1990 Gunsmoke: The Last Apache TV movieas Beth Yarnder
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Filmas Missy
1992 Gunsmoke: To the Last Man TV movieas Beth Dillon
1993 Gunsmoke: The Long Ride TV movieas Beth Reardon
1993Kiss of a KillerTV movieas Young Mrs. Wilson
1994 Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice TV movieas Beth Reardon
1996The Little DeathFilmas Meredith Hannon
1996 High Incident TV series
1994BeanstalkFilmas Rebecca Taylor (Jack's mom)
1996 Murder, She Wrote TV seriesas Amy Ortega in episode "Death Goes Double Platinum"
1998The LakeTV movieas Saleswoman
2001The Perfect NannyTV movieas Beth O'Reilly
2010The StripFilmas Mrs. Davis
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Filmas Missy

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