Valerie Bertinelli

At 64 years old, Valerie Bertinelli has this physical status:

Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress and television presenter.

Barbara Cooper Royer of One Day at a Time (1975–1984), Gloria on the religious drama series Touched by an Angel (2001–2003) and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015).

Valerie's Home Cooking and Kids Baking Championship on Food Network has been on television since 2015.

Early life

Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Nancy (née Carvin) and Andrew Bertinelli, a General Motors executive. Her father is of Italian descent, and her mother is of English descent. She has three brothers: David, Patrick, and Drew. Mark, an elder brother, died at 17 months from accidental poisoning before she was born.

The family moved frequently due to her father's work. Bertinelli studied at the Tami Lynn School of Artists in Claymont, Delaware; Clarkston, Michigan; Shreveport, Louisiana; Oklahoma City; and the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California, where Bertinelli lived. She attended Granada Hills High School and was raised Roman Catholic.

Personal life

In 1981, Bertinelli married Eddie Van Halen. They had a son, Wolfgang (born March 16, 1991). Bertinelli is said to have given her only child a more elaborate name rather than an Americanized one (e.g. (Bob Van Halen, a fictional character from "Bob Van Halen") The couple wed in 2001 and divorced on December 20, 2007. Bertinelli's autobiography, the two leading reasons for her husband's divorce were his cocaine use and his refusal to quit smoking, despite being diagnosed with oral cancer and missing one-third of his tongue during the treatment process.

Bertinelli revealed in May 2010 that she had begun a friendship with financial planner Tom Vitale, with whom she had started a relationship in 2004. Bertinelli and Vitale were married in Malibu, California, on January 1, 2011 with Bertinelli wearing a custom-made dress by designer David Meister. Vitale is a character in The Novel. She has four children through her marriage. The wedding was attended by Eddie Van Halen and her son, Wolfgang Van Halen. On November 24, 2021, Bertinelli applied for legal separation from Vitale, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause.

Bertinelli ran in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in April 2010, raising the money in a time of 5:14:37. Who Do You Think You Are? appeared on Who Do You Think You Are in 2014. She discovered that she descended from King Edward I of England.

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Career

Bertinelli was approached by producer Norman Lear to audition for the role of cooperative daughter Barbara Cooper in a new sitcom called One Day at a Time after her appearance in an episode of Apple's Way. Bertinelli was 15 years old when the program premiered in late 1975. She appeared in 208 of the 209 episodes before the show was off the air on May 28, 1984; she received two Golden Globe Awards for her role. Bertinelli was reunited with fellow cast members Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Pat Harrington Jr. to watch classic scenes from the original show's nine seasons in the 2005 One Day at a Time Reunion Special. They discussed celebrities who had left the show as well as Phillips' heroin addiction, which caused rioting on the set and caused Phillips to be barred from the show.

Bertinelli appeared in many made-for-TV films and miniseries, as well as numerous television appearances. She appeared in two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, including Sydney, as the title character, a private detective (with Matthew Perry and Craig Bierko), and Café Americain. Bertinelli appeared on Touched by an Angel for the second season in 2001. Bertinelli began as a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig in 2007 and appeared in several commercials. She published the autobiography Losing It: And Gaining My Life One Pound at a Time in 2012, which culminates in a story about Jenny Craig's diet journey. Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge. Betty White, Wendie Malick, and Jane Leeves appeared on TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland from 2010 to 2015. The show's final episode aired on June 3, 2015, after a fruitful six-season run.

Bertinelli began hosting two shows, Valerie's Home Cooking and Kids Baking Championship with cake artist Duff Goldman on the Food Network in 2015. Valerie's Home Cooking was a finalist for two days in a row. Bertinelli hosted two other Food Network shows, Family Food Showdown, and Family Restaurant Rivals in 2019. Bertinelli would appear alongside Demi Lovato in NBC's single-camera comedy pilot, Hungry, in June 2021. Bertinelli signed a new Food Network contract in December 2021. Bertinelli wrote Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today in January 2022.

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