Leigh Taylor-Young Biography
Born: January 25, 1944
Sylphlike actress LeighTaylor-Young first came to the attention of televiewers in 1966, when she was cast as Rachael Welles on the nighttime soap Peyton_Place. She rose to film prominence with a series of "flower child" characterizations, notably the hash-brownie baking heroine of I_Love_You,_Alice_B._Toklas. Previously wed to her Peyton_Place co-star Ryan O'Neal, Taylor-Young began curtailing her acting appearance upon her 1978 marriage to Columbia Pictures executive Guy McElwane. She reemerged as a character actress in the early 1980s, essaying such meaty film roles as the surprise murder witness in The_Jagged_Edge (1985), and playing recurring characters on such series as The Devlin Connection (1982, as Lauren Dane), The_Hamptons (1983, as Lee Chadway) and Dallas (1987-88 season, as Kimberly Cryder). In 1993, Leigh Taylor-Young won an Emmy award for her ongoing portrayal of Rachel Harris on the weekly TVer Picket_Fences. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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