Hunter Tylo
Hunter Tylo | |
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Born | Deborah Jo Hunter July 3, 1962 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Other names | Deborah Morehart |
Alma mater | Fordham University |
Occupation(s) | Actress, author, model |
Years active | 1980–2019 |
Known for | Dr. Taylor Hayes in The Bold and the Beautiful |
Spouses | Tom Morehart
(m. 1980; div. 1984)Gersson Archila
(m. 2009; ann. 2018) |
Children | 4 (1 deceased) |
Hunter Tylo (born Deborah Jo Hunter; July 3, 1962) is an author and a former American actress and model. She was a formidable opponent against other typecasts in her pre-eminent portrayal of Dr. Taylor Hayes (1990–2002, 2004–14, 2018–19) on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Early life
Tylo was born Deborah Jo Hunter in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Jo Anne and Morris Jabez Hunter. She claims Cherokee descent on her mother's side.[citation needed] She has an older brother Jay, who died on August 29, 2018, and a younger brother named Cliff. Tylo has been credited as Deborah Morehart; Morehart was the last name of her first husband.
Career
In 1984, credited as Deborah Morehart, Tylo appeared in the sorority slasher film The Initiation with future Melrose Place actress Daphne Zuniga. Tylo subsequently became well known after playing regular roles in US daytime soap operas. Her television debut was on All My Children in 1985. She was fired from the role in 1988, on the grounds of having a relationship with another cast member, Michael Tylo (whom she married in 1987).[1]
In 1989, she was cast as Marina Toscano, the half-sister of
Discouraged by her lack of success on soap operas, Tylo decided to quit acting and enrolled at
In 2000, Tylo released her autobiography, Making a Miracle.[2] Tylo left The Bold and the Beautiful in 2002. She returned to the show in 2004 for a two-episode appearance as a vision.[3] In May 2005, she returned as a series regular and left the series again in July 2013.[3][4] In 2014 she returned to the show for a several weeks story arc. From 2018 to 2019, she returned as a recurring character.
Tylo has been listed twice on People magazine's list of "50 Most Beautiful People In The World".[5]
Lawsuit
In 1996, Tylo was cast in the primetime soap opera
Personal life
Marriages and children
Tylo has been married three times and has four children. She married her first husband, Tom Morehart, in January 1980 at age 17. They have a son, Christopher "Chris". Tylo and Morehart divorced in 1984.[3]
In 1987, she married actor
In May 2008, Tylo filed a restraining order against boyfriend Corey Cofield, claiming that he had acted violently towards her and her children.
Shortly after the death of her mother, Joanne Hunter, on November 29, 2009, Tylo married Gersson Archila in Las Vegas, Nevada.[10] The marriage was annulled on August 30, 2018, due to court findings of Gersson being of poor moral character, three convicted counts of spousal abuse, auto theft, drug paraphernalia, misrepresentation by false identity, and hiding a criminal past.
Religion
Tylo is a
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | The Initiation | Alison | |
1988 | Final Cut | Anna | |
2001 | Longshot | Rachel Montgomery | |
2005 | Down and Derby | Teri Montana |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985–1988 | All My Children | Robin McCall | Regular role[14] |
1989–90 | Days of Our Lives | Marina Toscano | Guest role[14] |
1990 | Zorro | Senora Del Reynosa | Episode: "Family Business" |
1990–2002, 2004–2014, 2018–2019 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Dr. Taylor Hayes | Regular role (1990–2002, 2005–2013), recurring role (2014, 2018–2019), guest role (2004) [15] |
1994 | The Maharaja's Daughter | Messua Shandar | TV miniseries[16] |
1994–95 | Burke's Law | Penelope Jordan, Ingrid Rose | Episodes: "Who Killed the Soap Star?", "Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker?" |
1996 | Baywatch | Heather | Episode: "Windswept" |
1997 | Diagnosis: Murder | Claire McKenna | Episode: "Physician, Murder Thyself" |
1997 | The Nanny | Hunter Tylo | Episode: "The Heather Biblow Story" |
2003 | She Spies | Dr. Marks / Andres Sarlin | Episode: "Daze of Future Past" |
2004 | A Place Called Home | Billie Jeeters | TV film |
2004 | They Are Among Us | June | TV film |
2005 | SharkMan | Amelia | TV film |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1993
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Soap Opera Update — MVP Award | Best Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | |
1995
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Soap Opera Digest Award
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Hottest Female Star | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | |
1996
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Soap Opera Digest Award | Outstanding Love Story (shared with Katherine Kelly Lang and Ronn Moss) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | |
1997
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Soap Opera Update — MVP Award | Best Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | |
1998
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Telvis Award | Most Popular Television Stars in Finland (shared with John McCook) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | |
1999
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Soap Opera Digest Award | Hottest Female Star | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | |
2002
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Telvis Award | Favorite Foreign Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | |
2003
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Soap Opera Digest Award | Outstanding Plot Twist (shared with Ronn Moss) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b "Hunter Tylo Returns to "The Bold and the Beautiful" as Dr. Taylor". Soap Opera Daily.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hunter Tylo: Biography". tvguide.com.
- ^ a b c "A Real-Life 'The Bold & the Beautiful' Wedding". etonline.com. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
- ^ Wasko, Beth (May 16, 2013). "B&B's Tylo Leaving, Too!". soapoperadigest.com.
- ^ "Hunter Tylo Bio". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ^ Text of Tylo v. Superior Court (Spelling Entertainment Group, Inc.) (1997) 55 CA4th 1379 is available from: ceb.com
- ^ a b Smolowe, Jill (November 5, 2007). "A Soap Star's Devastating Loss". people.com.
- ^ Gray, Mark; Nudd, Tim (October 19, 2007). "Actress Hunter Tylo's Son Drowns". People.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ^ Hancock, Noelle (October 19, 2007). "Hunter Tylo's Son Dies in Accidental Drowning". Usmagazine.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
- Soapcentral.
- ^ Gliatto, Tom (December 1, 1997). "Thrown a Curve". people.com.
- ^ "People: Praise Be". Beaver County Times. October 14, 1998. p. A2.
- ^ "Hunter Tylo: 'Nothing More Painful Than Losing a Child'". people.com. November 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Har, Marla (June 17, 1993). "Three's a Charm". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ Executive producers: Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell; Head writer: William J. Bell (June 6, 1990). The Bold and the Beautiful. Season 25. Episode 804. CBS.
- American Media, Inc.: 23–24. August 16, 1994.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Awards List". boldandbeautiful.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
External links
- Hunter Tylo Official Site
- Hunter Tylo at IMDb
- Hunter Tylo on the Net Archived September 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- Retinoblastoma International Archived January 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine