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Profile of Sean Young
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20th November 1959 |
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
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Mary Sean Young (b. November 20, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky to Donald Young and Lee Guthrie) is an American actress, often remembered as much for her off-screen actions as for her on-screen acting.
A model and trained dancer, she began her film career in 1980 in the film Jane Austen in Manhattan, followed by a small role in the 1981 film Stripes, and a substantial part in the cult favorite Blade Runner, (1982). Young also screen-tested for the role of "Marion Ravenwood" in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, but lost the part to Karen Allen.
Other credits include Dune, Wall Street, No Way Out, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend.
Bizarre behavior?
Young first created controversy in 1989 after James Woods, who co-starred with Young in the movie The Boost filed a harassment suit against her claiming she repeatedly threatened and stalked him after a terminated affair. Although Woods dropped his suit and later recanted all of his allegations against Young, the negative publicity hurt her career.
She was initially cast as Vicki Vale in Batman, but was forced to withdraw due to an injury. Young hurt her wrist while riding horseback in preparation for a scene which was ultimately written out of the script, and the role ultimately went to Kim Basinger. Still smarting over losing the part of the female lead in the 1989 blockbuster, Young then set her sights on the role of Catwoman for the 1992 sequel Batman Returns, and in a now fabled incident, Young arrived at the Warner Brothers studio in a homemade Catwoman costume to confront the makers of the movie (namely director Tim Burton and actor Michael Keaton). She used other people scouting the studio grounds, using walkie-talkies to communicate, to track down the producers.
The topper was when Young went as far as appearing in her Catwoman costume to denounce Tim Burton on The Joan Rivers Show. After pregnancy forced Burton's original choice Annette Benning to bow-out, Michelle Pfeiffer was hired.
Later career
In recent years, Young has been busy with a variety of independent films and guest appearances on television. Most recently, she spent four months in Russia filming a miniseries in which she plays dancer Isadora Duncan. She is divorced and the mother of two sons.
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