Leigh Taylor-Young

AKA:
Leigh Taylor Young , Leigh Taylor Young Leigh Taylor
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/25/1944
Birthplace:
Washington, DC
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biography
For years Leigh Taylor-Young seemed less an actress than an answer to a trivia question; an eternal starlet about whom people knew she had been married to Ryan O'Neal, had once been on "Peyton Place" (ABC, 1966-1967), and little more. Then, as Taylor-Young reached age 50, it turned out there had been an actress there all along, as she won new respect, new fans, and an Emmy playing Mayor Rachel Harris on the CBS series "Picket Fences". Still youthful, with slightly pouty lips and come-hither eyes, Taylor-Young was in the original cast of the NBC daytime drama "Sunset Beach" when it premiered in Continued
Credits
Redhead
Elizabeth Fimple
Virginia Howell
Jennifer Long
Doris Kent
Actor
Zereh
Nancy Barker
milestones
Year
Milestone
1965 
Moved to NYC to pursue acting career
1966 
Broadway debut in "Three Bags Full", directed by Gower Champion
1966 
Joined cast of the ABC primetime serial "Peyton Place" in the role of Rachael Welles
1968 
Made feature film debut in "I Love You Alice B. Toklas", starring Peter Sellars
1971 
Starred opposite Robert De Niro in "The Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight"
Continued