Leigh Taylor Young
- Category : Entertainment-Actor-Actress
- Type : GP
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Unexpected 4
Biography
American actress and leading lady of films from the late '60s and early '70s.
Her most popular TV series "Peyton Place" ran 1964-1969. She married her costar, actor Ryan O'Neal in 1967, they had a son, Patrick and their marriage split in 1972.
In the mid-70s she went on a five-year spiritual search, traveling to India. Joining the Spiritual Awareness Movement, she became an ordained minister. Re-entering acting in the series "Dallas" in the fall of '87, her career escalated to winning an Emmy for her role in the series "Picket Fences" in mid-94.
Her second marriage to Guy McElwaine in 1978 eventually ended in divorce.