Stacey Weitzman is an American businesswoman and activist known as the wife of actor, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler.

Weitzman’s Early Life

Stacey Weitzman was born on November 15, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. As of 2019, she is 72 years old with the birth sign Scorpio. Her birth name is Stacey Cooper Furstman. Her mother was a nurse, while her father worked in a private office. Stacey holds American citizenship but belongs to the White-American ethnicity.

 Education

In her youth, she wanted to study fashion design in college, but she ended up studying economics and business at the University of North California at her father’s suggestion. She also attended a dancing school when she was young.

After Divorce with Howard Weitzman Is Stacey Weitzman still Married?

Stacey Weitzman met entertainment lawyer Howard Weitzman in 1968, and the two soon began dating. They married on 19 October 1969 and welcomed in 1971 the son Jed Weitzman. However, the marriage ended in 1976 with the divorce. Howard was also active as a legal advisor in some television programs in addition to some actors. He married a woman named Margaret in 1981.

Stacey met her second husband, Henry Winkler, in 1976 at Jerry Magnin’s clothing store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, which was one of the clients of her PR firm. He came to the store, looked for a sports coat, and asked her for help, which she gladly offered.

She was checking the accounts when someone told her the “Happy Days” star was there before introducing the duo. According to Winkler, it was love at first sight for him. By the way, when he came back a week later to pick up the coat, she was in the store and he asked her if she wanted to have a drink together, and the couple started dating.

Five months later, she moved in with him and brought her four-year-old son Jed and her two Yorkies Amanda and Percy in Henry Hollywood Hills’ home.

After a two-year relationship, on May 5, 1978, the couple tied their knot in the Manhattan Synagogue, where Winkler Bar Mizwa-ed was. They went on to have two children together; her daughter Zoe Winkler was born in 1980, while her son Max Daniel was born on 18 August 1983.

Despite Winkler’s international fame, her children had a remarkably normal education. Jed Weitzman grew up as a music talent manager, Zoe Winkler became a preschool teacher, and Max Winkler followed his father into the entertainment industry as a film and television director and scriptwriter.

Zoe is married to actor, author, and producer Rob Reinis. Stacey has five grandchildren. Stacey and her husband love fly fishing.

What is Stacey Weitzman Net Worth?

Her husband Henry Winkler has a net worth of $30 million. He also bought a mansion worth $ 3.4 million in 1993 with his wife. He again bought a “Royal Pains” house for $ 3.5 million in the year 2017.

Henry is also the proud owner of the Lexus RX 400 worth around $ 15,000. Previously, they lived for several years in a magnificent mansion in Toluca Lake. They bought this house in 1993 for $ 3.4 million.

Cancer Survivor Stacey Weitzman

Stacey Weitzman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, shortly after her daughter Zoe attended college. Stacey was taken to a hospital for tests, whereupon the doctors considered removing one of her breasts. She underwent a lumpectomy and intensive chemotherapy, but after a few years, cancer recurred.

This time she underwent a double mastectomy and has been living cancer-free ever since. She and her husband are now raising awareness of the importance of self-examination and mammography in women over 45 years of age.

Stacey Weitzman’s Career

• After graduation, she set off for New York City. She appeared in several films and television series.
• In the drama film “Safe” she worked as a casting staff and guested in 2001 in a television series “As Told by Ginger”.
• In her drama film “The Touch” she starred with Kristia Knowles, Shauna Bartel, Brooke Morgan, Cree Ivey, Kenny Borgas, and Julia Jarvis. Her husband is a comedian, actor, producer, and director.
• He is honored by Fonzie Fozarelli in the 70s sitcom “Happy Days”.