• Briefly dated director/producer Steven Spielberg in the late 70s.
• Dated actor Scott Colomby.
• Son Wolfgang born March 16, 1991.
• Turned down several feature film roles in the 'eighties because of gratuitous nudity.
• Was considered for Lori Singer's role in Footloose (1984) and Meg Tilly's role in The Big Chill (1983).
• Ranked #29 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
• Born on the same day as Steve Clark of Def Leppard.
• Filed for divorce from Eddie Van Halen in December 2005.

Valerie Bertinelli won a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1981 and 1982 for her role as Barbara Cooper in the long-running CBS series One Day at a Time.

Since the series ended in 1984, Bertinelli's television credits have included the series Sydney, also on the CBS Television Network, and Caf? Americain. Among her television movie credits are Murder of Innocence, In a Child's Name and Personally Yours, all on the Network, Silent Witness, Shattered Vows, Two Mothers for Zachary and Ordinary Heroes. She also starred in the mini-series Night Sins and I'll Take Manhattan, both on the Network.

Bertinelli has also appeared in Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, for Showtime, and the feature film Number One with a Bullet.

She and her husband, musician Eddie Van Halen, live in Southern California with their son, Wolfgang. Her birthdate is April 23.