Amy Stoch is an American actress and academic, also known as Amy Stock-Poynton.
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.Merli, Melissa. "Studio Visit: Amy Stoch", The News-Gazette, February 10, 2013.
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 but divorced in 2004.
In 1987, she played a recurring role in a major story arc on Dallas as Lisa Alden, the biological aunt of Christopher Ewing. She played Missy, the sexy stepmother of Bill and later Ted, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyMaslin, Janet. Movie Review: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), The New York Times, July 19, 1991. and Bill & Ted Face the Music. Stoch also appeared in four television movies of the Gunsmoke series, as Marshal Matt Dillon's daughter Beth, 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.Faculty/Staff: Amy E. Stoch, PhD , Parkland.edu; accessed August 26, 2015.
In 2012, she completed a PhD in theatre History, theory, and criticism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.Wood, Paul. Actress takes aim at doctorate, The News-Gazette, April 28, 2008.
Filmography +YearTitleTypeCharacter 1986 Days of Our Lives TV series Britta Englund 1986Soul ManFilmas Girl in Bed 1987Summer SchoolFilmas Kim 1987–88DallasTV seriesas Lisa Alden (16 episodes) 1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureFilmas Missy 1989Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North TV movie as Fawn Hall 1990Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheTV movieas Beth Yarnder 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyFilmas Missy 1992Gunsmoke: To the Last ManTV movieas Beth Dillon 1993Gunsmoke: The Long RideTV movieas Beth Reardon 1993Kiss of a KillerTV movieas Young Mrs. Wilson 1994Gunsmoke: One Man's JusticeTV movieas Beth Reardon 1996The Little DeathFilmas Meredith Hannon 1996High IncidentTV series 1994BeanstalkFilm as Rebecca Taylor (Jack's mom) 1996Murder, She WroteTV seriesas Amy Ortega in episode "Death Goes Double Platinum" 1998The LakeTV movieas Saleswoman 2001The Perfect NannyTV movieas Beth O'Reilly 2010The StripFilmas Mrs. Davis 2020Bill & Ted Face the MusicFilmas Missy
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