Deborah May

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Deborah May
Born
Deborah May

(1948-09-28) September 28, 1948 (age 75)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model
Years active1973–present
Known for St. Elsewhere
Nurse Betty
The Kid
Spouse
(m. 1983)
Children2

Deborah May (born September 28, 1948) is an American actress and model. May won the Miss Indiana beauty pageant in 1970.

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Life and career

May was born in Remington, Indiana. In 1970 she won Miss Indiana, and the following year was in the Miss America pageant. [1] She later made her television debut guest-starring in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco in 1973. May later acted in a number of stage productions, notable a part of Great Performances filmed stage production of The Taming of the Shrew (1976). From 1979 to 1980 she was regular cast member on the CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light . In 1981, May directed a documentary titled You Have Struck a Rock. The documentary encapsulates the history of a non-violent resistance of the black women of South Africa during apartheid. [2] The documentary commemorates the contributions made by South African women in the anti-apartheid movement.

During the 1980s, May has appeared in a number of made-for-television movies and series, notable the 1983 miniseries Rage of Angels and the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1985–86) as Terri Valere. [3] [4] She guest-starred on Falcon Crest , Remington Steele , The Twilight Zone , The Golden Girls , Murphy Brown , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , Seinfeld (episode "The Puffy Shirt") and L.A. Law . She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1984 comedy film The Woman in Red and later had supporting roles in Disney's The Kid , Nurse Betty and Johnny Be Good . She also had recurring roles in the ABC crime drama Murder One (1995—1996), and the NBC medical drama ER (1996—2002). From 1992 to 1998 she played the role of Melanie Parrish, a network executive in the HBO comedy series, The Larry Sanders Show .

In 2010, May had a recurring role as Catherine Cadence in the British television series The Cut . [5] From 2016 to 2017, May had a recurring role on the AMC horror drama series, The Walking Dead as Natania, the leader of Oceanside. [6]

Personal life

In August of 1983, May married actor George DelHoyo. [7] May also has two children with DelHoyo. [8]

Filmography

See also

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