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Leigh Taylor-Young

Acting

Born January 25, 1945 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also known as Leigh Taylor Young

Biography

Leigh Taylor-Young is an American actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio, and television. Her best-known films include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Horsemen (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Soylent Green (1973), and Jagged Edge (1985). She won an Emmy for her role on the hit television series Picket Fences.

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Awards & recognition

  • Emmy Award · 1994
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1994
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 1995 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1994 · nominated
  • Golden Globe Award — New Star of the Year – Actress · 1968 · nominated

Filmography34 titles

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Yanas

Life

2007as Doreen Turner

Rugrats

1991as Story Reader (voice)

Picket Fences

1992as Rachel Harris

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Lainie Sherman Boswell

Strong Medicine

2000as Catherine Beecher-Douglas

The Pretender

1996as Michelle Lucca Stamatis

The Games

1970as College Co-Ed

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Blythe Hunter

McCloud

1970

Hart to Hart

1979as Victoria Wilder

Dallas

1978as Kimberly Cryder

Soylent Green

1973as Shirl

American Gigolo

2022as Gail St. John

Secret Admirer

1985as Elizabeth Fimple

Fantasy Island

1978as Leslie Tarleton

7th Heaven

1996as Nora Chambers

Jagged Edge

1985as Virginia Howell

Looker

1981as Jennifer Long

The Love Boat

1977as Ann Sterling

Accidents

1989as Beryl Chambers

Klepto

2003as Teresa

Guns & Moses

2024

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000as Wire Twin Cenobite #3 (uncredited)

Slackers

2002as Valerie Patton

For Better or for Worse

1989as Doris Kent

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971as Angela

The Big Bounce

1969as Nancy Barker

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968as Nancy

Coffee Date

2006as Diana

Can't Stop the Music

1980as Claudia Walters

Ritual

2002as Mrs. Leigh Taylor Young

The Adventurers

1970as Amparo Rojo

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

2014as Self