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  2. Jun 15, 2020 · Now, she is returning to the screen to reprise her role as Missy in the beloved “Bill & Ted” series’ upcoming third installment, “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”. On June 9, Orion Pictures dropped the first official trailer for the film, scheduled for release in August. Amy Stoch with co-stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves at the “Bill ...

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    Stoch’s journey began in Euclid, Ohio, an east side ring suburb of Cleveland, where she grew up. Her childhood was a lot like that of her friends, except for her singular pursuit of a dream she didn’t even know she had - until career day in Mrs. Jackson’s second grade class at Wells Elementary. “Mrs. Jackson had all these jobs written on the board,...

    Stoch characterizes herself as shy and quiet in high school - a practical person - but admits at least one friend described her singular pursuit as both brave and bold. She was charting a course toward her dream. The captain of her own destiny. After graduation, she left Cleveland for New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Students weren't a...

    In the mid-80s, the Cleveland talent agency gathered up model portfolios - a select few - and Stoch was among them. Stoch’s agent was retiring, and didn’t want to leave until she introduced Stoch to Shirley Hamilton Talentin Chicago, a well known and respected agency still going strong today. The flow continued. Commercial work gave Stoch her SAG c...

    Stoch signed with Cameron and soon found herself in front of the camera. “There was so much going on in the mid-80s,” Stoch says. “I went on auditions all the time, for film, television and commercials. Everything. I made so many friends just at auditions. It was an amazing time to be there.” Stoch was cast as Missy, Bill’s stepmom, in the original...

    As the world edged closer to the 21st century, the film industry was undergoing monumental change. As independent films became more popular, studios were not only rethinking their production slate, but exploring new distribution models. The industry tide was retreating, and that made it difficult for many working actors to find regular roles. “I wa...

    Coursework was a breeze, says Stoch, but her dissertation in Theatre History, Theory and Criticism threw her for a loop. “It was real work, hard work,” she says. “It knocked me on my butt.” The work was exacerbated by the stress of putting food on the table for both her and her son. She taught part-time and made ends meet, but says it was low time ...

    The AMDA College and Conservatory for the Performing Artsin Los Angeles hired Stoch to teach acting for the camera and theater history. She also teaches at the New York Film Academy and, on occasion, Loyola. Her life wasn’t quite settled, but teaching helped her build a new foundation from which to work. “I’ve been lucky enough to dip my toes back ...

    One role she was made to play would help Stoch get back in the game. Stoch joined the third Bill & Ted installment in June 2019. And while a lot has changed in Hollywood, what hasn’t is the dynamic between Stoch and her Bill & Tedco-stars. “When we shot the first one, we were all just starting out, and that was a good way to be on that film. No one...

  3. Jul 12, 2020 · Stoch is reprising her role as Missy, for the third time as the stepmother of bumbling Bill Preston (played by Alex Winter) in Bill and Ted Face the

  4. Aug 28, 2020 · Amy Stoch, who plays Bill’s (and Ted’s) stepmom, Missy, was born and raised in Cleveland and always wanted to be an actor. Actress and educator Amy Stoch. “I came home in second grade from a career day, walked in the door and promptly told my mother I wanted to be a movie star,” Stoch told the Champaign, Ill News-Gazette in 2013.

  5. Oct 6, 2020 · Stoch reprised her role as Missy in the film, but the actress has other impressive credits on her resume, too, including time spent on Days of our Lives. Catching Up With Amy Stoch Days of our Lives fans recall her turn in 1986 as Britta Englund, the woman who came between pals Bo (Peter Reckell) and Steve (Stephen Nichols).

  6. Amy Stoch will return to play Missy, the only slightly older babysitter-turned-step-mother of Bill S. Preston, Esq. who divorced Bill’s dad and married Ted’s dad in Bogus Journey. Hal Landon ...

  7. Aug 5, 2021 · Exclusive Interview: Amy Stoch. While Stoch is known for he role as Missy in the Bill & Ted (Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves) movies, most recently, Bill & Ted Face the Music, she counts many TV shows among her credits including the series Knots Landing, Cover Up, Dallas, and she appeared in the Gunsmoke reunion movies in the 1990s. The actress ...