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Dey Young

Dey Young

Highest Rated: 81% Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

Lowest Rated: 3% The Mod Squad (1999)

Birthday: Jul 28, 1955

Birthplace: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

Actress Dey Young was aiming to hit the stage when she suddenly landed the film role of the bespectacled Kate Rambeau in the 1979 punk classic "Rock 'n' Roll High School." Born in Michigan, she studied drama and music in London for a couple of years before returning to the States, eager to act in theatrical productions. Through a chance introduction at a party, she won the spot in "Rock 'n' Roll High School," joining the Ramones in the revolt against a musically repressive principal. Subsequent film roles would most often be supporting parts, occasionally in hit pictures such as Julia Roberts' breakout film, "Pretty Woman" where Young had a memorable turn as a snotty saleswoman, and the Mel Brooks comedy "Spaceballs." On the small screen, Young played a recurring neurosurgeon role on the primetime soap "Melrose Place" and appeared on three of the "Star Trek" series, starting with "The Next Generation." In a nod to her debut performance, she had the same character name in the 1994 TV movie "Shake, Rattle, and Rock." Acting talent runs in Young's immediate and extended family, including her actor-producer husband, David Ladd (son of renowned actor Alan Ladd) and actress sister Leigh Taylor-Young.

Highest rated movies

81% 75% Rock 'n' Roll High School
62% 57% The Serpent and the Rainbow
60% 40% Chain of Death
57% 58% The Rat Pack
54% 82% Flicka
38% 46% Ovation
7% 20% Shadow Conspiracy
3% 17% The Mod Squad

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 44% The Case of the Christmas Diamond Margaret (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mommy's Deadly Con Artist Christine (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deceived by My Mother-in-Law Maggie (Character) - 2021
60% 40% Chain of Death Vilma (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet But You Look So Good Gina (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 100% Unbridled Karen Miller (Character) - 2017
38% 46% Ovation Annabelle D'Angelo (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Northern Kingdom Sandra (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 35% Protecting the King Dee (Character) - 2007
54% 82% Flicka Esther Koop (Character) $21.0M 2006
No Score Yet 25% National Lampoon's Barely Legal Mrs. Lewis (Character) $26.3K 2003
No Score Yet 44% Guardian Lt. Van Buren (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The David Cassidy Story Shirley Jones (Character) - 2000
3% 17% The Mod Squad Mrs. Cochrane (Character) $13.3M 1999
57% 58% The Rat Pack Jeanne Martin (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 11% Tactical Assault Dr. Baxter (Character) - 1998
7% 20% Shadow Conspiracy Janet (Character) $2.3M 1997
No Score Yet 24% True Heart Wanda (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Right to Remain Silent School Board Member (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 42% Pie in the Sky Mrs. Tarnell (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to My Killer Helen Maris (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 50% Shake, Rattle and Rock! Kate Rambeau Sr (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 32% No Place to Hide Karen (Character) $92.5K 1993
No Score Yet 15% Conflict of Interest Vera (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Shadows, Someone's Watching Lydia Holroyd (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 25% Back in the USSR Claudia (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 54% Murder 101 Laura Lattimore (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 18% Spontaneous Combustion Rachel (Character) - 1990
62% 57% The Serpent and the Rainbow Mrs. Cassedy (Character) $19.0M 1988
No Score Yet 12% Doin' Time Vicki Norris (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Promise of Love Jennifer (Character) - 1980
81% 75% Rock 'n' Roll High School Kate Rambeau (Character) - 1979

TV

Credit
94% 81% This Is Us Sally (Guest Star) 2022
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Esther Doverton (Guest Star) 2009
94% 96% Mad Men Adele Hobart (Guest Star) 2007
65% No Score Yet Close to Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
90% 83% Bones Kate Corman (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
86% 91% Boston Legal Sarah Berman (Guest Star) 2004
56% 79% Star Trek: Enterprise Keyla (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
60% 100% Popular Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Melrose Place Dr. Irene Shulman (Guest Star) 1996-1997 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Arissa (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moloney Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Carol Martin (Character) 1997
17% No Score Yet Baywatch Nights Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Mary Dorow (Guest Star) 1996
82% 92% Picket Fences Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Marshal Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
74% 85% The X-Files Judy Bishop (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Civil Wars Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Hannah Bates (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1982