1. Leigh Taylor-Young was born on January 25,1945 and is an American former actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio, and television.
19 Facts About Leigh Taylor-Young
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Leigh Taylor-Young won an Emmy for her role on the hit television series Picket Fences.
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Leigh Taylor-Young left Northwestern before graduating to pursue a full-time acting career, making her professional debut on Broadway in 3 Bags Full.
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Leigh Taylor-Young's character was written in the show as a replacement for the character of Allison MacKenzie, previously played by Mia Farrow.
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When she received the role, Leigh Taylor-Young had been in California only a few days.
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Leigh Taylor-Young initially went there in April 1966 to recuperate from an attack of pneumonia.
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Leigh Taylor-Young 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-movie contract.
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Leigh Taylor-Young had difficulty working on the show, explaining in an April 1967 interview:.
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Leigh Taylor-Young subsequently pursued a career in films, landing a lucrative seven-year contract with a major studio.
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Leigh Taylor-Young then appeared with husband Ryan O'Neal in The Big Bounce.
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Leigh Taylor-Young is perhaps best known for her performance as Shirl, the "furniture" girl, in the science fiction classic Soylent Green.
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Leigh Taylor-Young returned to her soap opera roots in 1983, appearing in the short-lived primetime series The Hamptons.
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Leigh Taylor-Young toured Los Angeles, New York City and London with the show.
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Leigh Taylor-Young won an Emmy Award for the role in 1994, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and received a Golden Globe nomination the following year.
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Leigh Taylor-Young appeared on TV series such as The Young Riders, Murder, She Wrote, Sunset Beach, Malibu Shores, 7th Heaven, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Life.
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Leigh Taylor-Young had recurring roles on Beverly Hills, 90210, The Pretender, and UPN's The Sentinel.
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Leigh Taylor-Young married Ryan O'Neal, her Peyton Place co-star, in 1967.
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Leigh Taylor-Young married John Morton in January 2013 at PRANA, headquarters of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness in Los Angeles.
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Leigh Taylor-Young is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, founded by the late John-Roger Hinkins and now led by her husband.