Heather Young | |
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Born | Bremerton, Washington, U.S. |
Occupation | Television actress |
Heather Young is an American former actress who is best known for playing the character Betty Hamilton on the television series Land of the Giants .
Young was born in Bremerton, Washington. She began her entertainment career as a singer at Disneyland. In 1967, she had a number of small roles in shows such as the Batman television series and the courtroom series Judd for the Defense . In 1968, she married David Youkstetter and now goes by the name Patricia Youkstetter.[ citation needed ]
Her first experience of working with Irwin Allen was in the final episode of The Time Tunnel called "Town of Terror". She played a regular role as Betty Ann Hamilton on Allen's next series Land of the Giants. After the cancellation of the show and appearing in the 1972 TV movie Oh, Nurse! , Young gave up acting to concentrate on her family.[ citation needed ]
Young returned to television briefly in a two-part episode in Galactica 1980, appearing in the second part called "The Night the Cylons Landed". [1]
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