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Full Name
  
Leigh Young

Name
  
Leigh Taylor-Young

Occupation
  
Actress

Role
  
Actress


Years active
  
1966–present

Children
  
Patrick O'Neal

Website
  
www.lty.com

Siblings
  
Dey Young, Lance Young

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Born
  
January 25, 1945 (age 79) (
1945-01-25
)
Washington, D.C., U.S.

Other names
  
Leigh TaylorLeigh Taylor Young

Spouse
  
John Morton (m. 2013), Craig Sheffer (m. 2003–2004), Ryan O'Neal (m. 1967–1973)

Parents
  
Carl Taylor, Pauline Young

Movies and TV shows
  
Soylent Green, I Love You - Alice B Toklas, Peyton Place, The Horsemen, The Big Bounce

Similar People
  
Ryan O'Neal, Patrick O'Neal, Craig Sheffer, Joanna Moore, Richard Fleischer

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Leigh Taylor-Young (born January 25, 1945) is an American actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio and television.

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Early life

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Young was born on January 25, 1945, in Washington, D.C. She added the surname Taylor, which was the surname of her stepfather, a Detroit executive. Her father was a diplomat, and her younger siblings are actress/sculptor Dey Young and writer/director/producer Lance Young. The siblings were raised in Oakland County, Michigan. Leigh graduated from Groves High School, Beverly Hills, Michigan in 1962. Before attending Northwestern University as an economics major, she spent a summer shifting scenery, modelling, acting, and sweeping up at a Detroit little theater. However, she left Northwestern before graduating to pursue a full-time acting career, making her professional debut on Broadway in Three Bags Full. About dropping out of college, the actress explained:

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"I left there because I lost the most wonderful teacher. I didn't want to go back when she left. My parents naturally were upset, and I spent four months at home thinking what to do, then went to New York and California."

1960s

Taylor-Young got her first big break in 1966, when she was cast as Rachel Welles on the primetime soap opera Peyton Place. Her character was written in the show as a replacement for the character of Allison MacKenzie, previously played by Mia Farrow. The series' producer, Everett Chambers, cast her because of her "great warmth and sweet angelic qualities not unlike Mia". At the time she received the role, Taylor-Young had been in California for only a few days. She initially went there in April 1966 to recuperate from an attack of pneumonia. She impressed the head producer of Peyton Place, Paul Monash, with a performance from The Glass Menagerie and was immediately signed to a seven-year television and multiple motion picture contract.

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Shortly after, she told the press: "I'd have preferred to stay in New York to establish myself as an actress before coming to Hollywood."

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It was on this series that she met Ryan O'Neal, whom she later married. Taylor-Young had difficulty working on the show, explaining in an April 1967 interview:

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"When I got my first check for [Three Bags Full], I thought to myself, 'isn't this wonderful — being paid to have fun.' But after working in 70 chapters of Peyton Place out here in Hollywood, I'm glad to get my paycheck. I can now understand why good actors and actress complain about going stale in television. It's difficult to give a character depth when there's a man with a stop watch standing beside you complaining that the company is spending $3,000 a minute. Yes, I've learned that when you act in a TV series it becomes your whole life."

Despite the huge amount of publicity she received while working on Peyton Place, Taylor-Young left the soap opera in 1967 due to her pregnancy. Following this, she pursued a career in films, landing a lucrative seven-year contract with a major studio. Her first film role came opposite Peter Sellers in the comedy, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968). The film was commercially successful, and she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Most Promising Female Newcomer. This was followed by her appearance with husband Ryan O'Neal in The Big Bounce (1969).

1970s

For the next several years, her pictures tended to be high budget films, such as The Adventurers (1970), based on the novel by best-seller Harold Robbins, and The Horsemen, (1971) opposite leading man Omar Sharif. She is perhaps best known for her performance as Shirl, the "furniture" girl, in the science fiction classic Soylent Green (1973).

However, for almost ten years after her appearance in Soylent Green, her career went into an extended hiatus as she concentrated on raising her only child, son Patrick.

1980s

The 1980s saw Leigh Taylor-Young return to both film and television, where her looks and voice often led to casting in roles of an aristocratic bent. In 1981, she appeared in the high technology Michael Crichton production Looker. In 1985, she was cast as Virginia Howell in Jagged Edge, and appeared in the romantic comedy Secret Admirer.

In addition to her film work, she guest-starred on such television series as McCloud, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Hotel and Spenser: For Hire. She returned to her soap opera roots in 1983, appearing in the short-lived primetime series The Hamptons. From 1987-89, she played Kimberly Cryder, a recurring character on Dallas, her first role in a major prime time soap since Peyton Place.

Despite being best known for her film and television work, she has stated a preference for live theater where her career began. A favorite of Samuel Beckett, she starred opposite Donald Davis in Beckett's one act play, Catastrophe (included in a trilogy of one-act plays billed as The Beckett Plays) at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1984. Catastrophe with Taylor-Young also toured Los Angeles, New York City and London.

1990s and 2000s

Taylor-Young's recent film credits have included minor roles in Honeymoon Academy (1990), Bliss (1997), and Slackers (2002), as well as direct-to-video films Addams Family Reunion (1998), Klepto (2003), Spiritual Warriors (2007) and The Wayshower (2011).

Perhaps her best-known television work was on the CBS series Picket Fences, in which she played mercurial and cougarish mayor Rachel Harris from 1993 through 1995. She won an Emmy Award for the role in 1994, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, as well as a Golden Globe nomination the following year. From 2004 through 2007, she played Katherine Barrett Crane on the soap opera Passions.

In addition to her roles on Picket Fences and Passions, Taylor-Young has also appeared on series such as The Young Riders, Murder, She Wrote, Sunset Beach, Malibu Shores, 7th Heaven and Life. She had recurring roles on Beverly Hills, 90210, The Pretender, and UPN's The Sentinel. She also appeared in a handful of television films, including Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987), Who Gets the Friends? and Stranger in My Home (1997).

Personal life

Leigh Taylor-Young married Ryan O'Neal, her Peyton Place co-star, in 1967. Their wedding was a spontaneous one: while in Hawaii for a promotion for Peyton Place, an ABC manager offered the couple the opportunity to marry at his home. The marriage produced a son, Patrick, but Leigh and O'Neal divorced in 1973.

She lived in India for almost two years and returned to the United States in 1976. Her sister is actress Dey Young, who also appeared on Star Trek; and her brother is director Lance Young, who directed the movie Bliss. Leigh wed director Guy McElwaine in 1978 and they later divorced.

She married John Morton in January 2013 at PRANA, headquarters of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness in Los Angeles. She is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, founded by the late John-Roger Hinkins and now led by her husband..

Filmography

Actress
-
Gallatin 6 (pre-production) as
Mrs. Thomas
-
Man in the Long Black Coat (post-production)
2022
American Gigolo (TV Series) as
Gail St. John
- Atomic (2022) - Gail St. John
- Pilot (2022) - Gail St. John
2011
The Wayshower as
Elva Hinkins
2009
Mariette in Ecstasy as
Narrator
2007
Spiritual Warriors as
The Psychiatrist
2007
Life (TV Series) as
Doreen Turner
- Tear Asunder (2007) - Doreen Turner
2006
Coffee Date as
Diana
2004
Passions (TV Series) as
Katherine Barrett Crane / Ellen Wheeler
2006
Dirty Laundry as
Mrs. James
2006
A-List as
Mom
2003
Strong Medicine (TV Series) as
Catherine Beecher-Douglas
- Maternal Mirrors (2003) - Catherine Beecher-Douglas (as Leigh Taylor Young)
2003
Klepto as
Teresa
2002
Ritual as
Mrs. Leigh Taylor Young
2002
Slackers as
Valerie Patton (as Leigh Taylor Young)
2000
Hellraiser: Inferno (Video) as
Wire Twin Cenobite #3 (uncredited)
1996
The Sentinel (TV Series) as
Naomi Sandburg
- The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg (1999) - Naomi Sandburg
- Private Eyes (1997) - Naomi Sandburg
- Spare Parts (1996) - Naomi Sandburg
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) as
Yanas
- Prodigal Daughter (1999) - Yanas
1998
The Pretender (TV Series) as
Michelle Lucca Stamatis
- Flesh & Blood (1999) - Michelle Lucca Stamatis
- Parole (1998) - Michelle Lucca Stamatis
- Bulletproof (1998) - Michelle Lucca Stamatis
1998
Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) as
Blythe Hunter
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1998) - Blythe Hunter
- Dealer's Choice (1998) - Blythe Hunter
- The Morning After (1998) - Blythe Hunter
1998
Addams Family Reunion (TV Movie) as
Patrice (uncredited)
1997
Sunset Beach (TV Series) as
Elaine Stevens
1997
Rugrats (TV Series) as
Story Reader
- Angelica Nose Best/Pirate Light (1997) - Story Reader (voice)
1997
7th Heaven (TV Series) as
Nora Chambers
- Don't Take My Love Away (1997) - Nora Chambers
1997
Bliss as
Redhead
1997
Stranger in My Home (TV Movie) as
Margot
1996
An Unfinished Affair (TV Movie) as
Cynthia Connor
1996
Malibu Shores (TV Series) as
Mrs. Green
- The Competitive Edge (1996) - Mrs. Green
1995
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Lainie Sherman Boswell
- A Quaking in Aspen (1995) - Lainie Sherman Boswell
1995
JAG (TV Series) as
Meredith (?)
- A New Life: Part 1 (1995) - Meredith (?) (uncredited)
1995
Empty Nest (TV Series) as
Gwen Langley
- Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have (1995) - Gwen Langley
1993
Picket Fences (TV Series) as
Rachel Harris
- Freezer Burn (1995) - Rachel Harris
- Away in the Manger (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Howard's End (1994) - Rachel Harris
- My Left Shoe (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Terms of Estrangement (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Divine Recall (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Abominable Snowman (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Remote Control (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Guns 'R' Us (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Paging Doctor God (1994) - Rachel Harris
- Blue Christmas (1993) - Rachel Harris
- Strangers (1993) - Rachel Harris
- Cross Examination (1993) - Rachel Harris
- Dairy Queen (1993) - Rachel Harris
- Under the Influence (1993) - Rachel Harris
- Unlawful Entries (1993) - Rachel Harris
1994
Murder or Memory: A Moment of Truth Movie (TV Movie) as
Barbara Hansen
1993
Dreamrider as
Dr. Sharon Kawai
1992
Civil Wars (TV Series) as
Jocelyn Garrett
- A Liver Runs Through It (1993) - Jocelyn Garrett
- Denise and De Nuptials (1992) - Jocelyn Garrett
1992
The Young Riders (TV Series) as
Polly
- Lessons Learned (1992) - Polly
1991
Silverfox (TV Movie) as
Nita Davenport
1991
Evening Shade (TV Series) as
Becky
- Wood's Thirtieth Reunion (1991) - Becky
1990
Over My Dead Body (TV Series) as
Linda Talmadge
- If Looks Could Kill (1990) - Linda Talmadge
1990
The Ghost Writer (TV Movie) as
Elizabeth Strack
1989
Honeymoon Academy (Video) as
Mrs. Kent
1989
Accidents as
Beryl Chambers
1987
Dallas (TV Series) as
Kimberly Cryder
- The Sting (1989) - Kimberly Cryder
- Pillow Talk (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Top Gun (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Last of the Good Guys (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Never Say Never (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- To Have and to Hold (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Crime Story (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Malice in Dallas (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Farlow's Follies (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- The Best Laid Plans (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Brotherly Love (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Anniversary Waltz (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Marriage on the Rocks (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- It's Me Again (1988) - Kimberly Cryder
- Daddy's Little Darlin' (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
- Brother, Can You Spare a Child? (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
- Brothers and Sons (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
- Lovers and Other Liars (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
- Bedtime Stories (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
- Hustling (1987) - Kimberly Cryder
1988
Who Gets the Friends? (TV Movie) as
Aggie Harden
1988
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Adelaide Walker
- Murder Party (1988) - Adelaide Walker
1987
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (TV Mini Series) as
Madame de Stael
- Part III (1987) - Madame de Stael
- Part II (1987) - Madame de Stael
- Part I (1987) - Madame de Stael
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (TV Movie) as
Maura McGuire
1987
Houston Knights (TV Series) as
Lt. Sherina McLaren
- Mirrors (1987) - Lt. Sherina McLaren (as Leigh Taylor Young)
1987
Outlaws (TV Series) as
Diane Carue
- Tintype (1987) - Diane Carue
1983
Hotel (TV Series) as
Sharon Lockwood / Stephanie McMullen / Carole Jamison
- Pressure Points (1986) - Sharon Lockwood
- Identities (1985) - Stephanie McMullen
- Secrets (1983) - Carole Jamison
1986
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) as
Alicia Carlisle
- Angel of Desolation (1986) - Alicia Carlisle (as Leigh Taylor Young)
1985
Jagged Edge as
Virginia Howell
1985
Secret Admirer as
Elizabeth Fimple
1983
The Hamptons (TV Series) as
Lee Chadway
- Episode #1.1 (1983) - Lee Chadway
1982
The Devlin Connection (TV Series) as
Lauren Dane
- Jennifer (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Erica (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Allison (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Claudine (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Arsenic and Old Caviar (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Ring of Kings, Ring of Thieves (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Of Nuns and Other Black Birds (1982) - Lauren Dane
- The French Detective (1982) - Lauren Dane
- The Absolute Monarch of Ward C (1982) - Lauren Dane
- The Corpse in the Corniche (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Love, Sin and Death at Point Dume (1982) - Lauren Dane
- The Lady on the Billboard (1982) - Lauren Dane
- Brian and Nick (1982) - Lauren Dane
1982
The Devlin Connection III as
Lauren
1982
Hart to Hart (TV Series) as
Victoria Wilder
- Deep in the Hart of Dixieland (1982) - Victoria Wilder (as Leigh Taylor Young)
1981
Looker as
Jennifer Long
1980
Can't Stop the Music as
Claudia Walters
1980
Marathon (TV Movie) as
Barrie
1978
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Ann Sterling
- The Captain's Cup/The Folks from Home/Legal Eagle (1978) - Ann Sterling
1978
Fantasy Island (TV Series) as
Leslie Tarleton
- I Want to Get Married/The Jewel Thief (1978) - Leslie Tarleton
1976
McCloud (TV Series) as
Bonnie Foster
- Bonnie and McCloud (1976) - Bonnie Foster
1973
Soylent Green as
Shirl
1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as
Angela
1971
The Horsemen as
Zareh
1970
The Games as
College Co-ed (uncredited)
1970
The Buttercup Chain as
Manny / wife
1970
The Adventurers as
Amparo Rojo
1969
Under the Yum Yum Tree (TV Movie) as
Jennifer
1969
The Big Bounce as
Nancy Barker
1968
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! as
Nancy
1966
Peyton Place (TV Series) as
Rachel Welles
Self
2022
Soleil vert et alerte rouge, quand Hollywood sonnait l'alarme (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Interviewee / Comédienne
2021
Three Generations: The Women of Hollywood (Documentary) as
Self
2020
Quest for Beauty (Documentary) as
Self
2014
Mystical Traveler (Documentary) as
Self
2007
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
2001
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The O'Neals (2001) - Self
1998
All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (TV Special) as
Self
1995
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1994
The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1989
The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1988
The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1978
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Audience Member
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck (1987) - Self (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly (1985) - Self (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) - Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1987
Hour Magazine (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 December 1987 (1987) - Self
1985
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 June 1985 (1985) - Self
1982
Battle of the Network Stars XIII (TV Special) as
Self - NBC Team
1977
Aliens from Spaceship Earth (Documentary) as
Self
1977
The Paul Ryan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.23 - Self
1973
A Look at the World of SOYLENT GREEN (Documentary short) as
Self
1972
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 January 1972 (1972) - Self
1971
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
1971
The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.71 (1971) - Self
1967
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #10.80 (1970) - Self - Actress
- Episode #7.10 (1967) - Self - Actress
- Episode #7.7 (1967) - Self - Actress
- Episode #6.150 (1967) - Self - Actress
1970
Life with Linkletter (TV Series) as
Self
- Joseph Campanella, Leigh Taylor-Young, Vic Wilk (1970) - Self
1970
The Linkletter Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 April 1970 (1970) - Self
1968
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.4 (1969) - Self
- Episode #3.2 (1968) - Self
1969
Dee Time (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.38 (1969) - Self
1967
Dream Girl of '67 (TV Series) as
Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 205) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 204) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 203) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 202) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 201) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 40) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 39) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 38) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 37) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
- The Dream Girl of 1967 (Show No. 36) (1967) - Self - Fashion Hostess
1967
Dateline: Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode dated 2 May 1967 (1967) - Self - Actress
1967
The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (TV Special) as
Self
Archive Footage
2010
Colorspace Vol. 1 (Video) as
Nancy

References

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