Hunter Tylo

About

Hunter Tylo (born Deborah Jo Hunter on 3 July 1962) is an American author and former actress and model. She portrayed the role of Taylor Hayes (1990–2002, 2004–14, 2018–19) on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Tylo was raised in Springtown, Texas.
Tylo has an older sister Elizabeth as well as a younger brother named Cliff.
Tylo has been credited as Deborah Morehart; Morehart was the last name of her first husband.

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. Tylo 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).
In 1989, Tylo was cast as Marina Toscano, the half-sister of Isabella Toscano, on Days of Our Lives. The character was an antagonist who caused trouble for one of the soap’s most popular couples, Steven “Patch” Johnson and Kayla Brady. Tylo later said, “Everyone hated my character.[…] I hated her. They [producers] said…