- Handmade many of the costumes she wore as Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), particularly those seen in early episodes, including tops; the red bikini seen during the first episode, "One-Armed Bandits", that was immortalized in the opening credits; and her famous "Daisy Duke" cut-off jeans.
- Her first husband is Angela Lansbury's stepson David Shaw.
- Her father had German ancestry and her mother had Mexican ancestry.
- Cut-off denim shorts are sometimes referred to as "Daisy Dukes" as often worn by her character Daisy Duke on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979).
- Descended from the Verdugo family, one of California's earliest landed families.
- Has two daughters: Sophia Isabella (born January 1996) and Laura Esmeralda (born October 1998).
- Attended and graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota (1970).
- Studied arts at UCLA where she supplemented her income by making clothes.
- Parents are Bernard Bachman and Norma Jean Kucera; has one brother, Philip Bachman.
- No relation to Barbara Bach.
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