Pamela Bach

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Pamela Bach
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Bach in 2009
Born
Pamela Weissenbach

(1963-10-16) October 16, 1963 (age 60)
Alma mater Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present
Spouse
(m. 1989;div. 2006)
Children2, including Hayley Hasselhoff

Pamela Bach (born Pamela Weissenbach; [1] October 16, 1963 [2] ), also known as Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, [3] is an American actress.

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Early life

Bach is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second of three daughters. Her mother was a model, and she also modeled as a teenager. She attended Tulsa East Central High School and studied engineering/Theatre Arts at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985. [4] [5]

Career

Bach is one of the recipients of the annual Bravo Otto award as one of German teens' favourite actresses. [6] This is an award given by the German teen magazine Bravo . She worked together with her husband on the long-running series Baywatch and she had a recurring role as a psychologist in the series Sirens . [5] She participated in the 2011 UK reality TV show/competition Celebrity Big Brother 8 , which she placed 9th, and was in the house from August 18–31, 2011. She was the second celebrity to be evicted from the house, being evicted on Day 14. [7]

Personal life

Bach met David Hasselhoff on the set of the Knight Rider episode "Knight Racer" in 1985. [4] They married in December 1989, and in January 2006, Hasselhoff announced he was filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. [8] Their divorce was finalized in August 2006. [3] Bach was given custody of one daughter and Hasselhoff custody of the other. [9] [3] Both appeared on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless , though not at the same time: Pamela as Mari Jo Mason #1 in 1994 and David as Dr. Snapper Foster #2 between 1975 and 1982.

Filmography

Television work

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