Deborah May

American actress and model

George DelHoyo

(m. 1983)

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

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 ofGreat 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

The Streets of San Francisco (1 episode, 1973) as CT Actress
The Taming of the Shrew (1976) as A Widow
Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) as Gunilla
Guiding Light (1979—1980) as Dr. Renee DuBois
Rage of Angels (1983) as Mary Beth Warner
You Have Struck a Rock! (1983)
Welcome Home, Jellybean (1984) as Margaret Oxley
The Woman in Red (1984) as Hostess
Falcon Crest (1 episode, 1984) as Stephanie Hoffman
Hotel (1 episode, 1984) as Tracy Hooten
Remington Steele (1 episode, 1985) as Phyllis Lewis
The Eagle and the Bear (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1986) as Carol Ritchie (segment "Shadow Play")
St. Elsewhere (11 episodes, 1985—1986) as Terri Valere
The Golden Girls (1 episode, 1987) as Liz
The Popcorn Kid (1 episode, 1987) as Yvonne Brickhouse*
Buck James (1 episode, 1987) as Lori Fentriss
Johnny Be Good (1988) as Mrs. Walker
Why on Earth? (1988) as Healer Wilson
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988) as Elaine McNeill
Something Is Out There (2 episodes, 1988) as Dr. Harmon
Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1989) as Secretary #13
L.A. Law (2 episodes, 1988—1990) as Carla Stritch
Snoops (1 episode, 1990) as Mercy Weatherbee
Call Me Anna (1990) as Ethel Ross
The Flash (1 episode, 1991) as Ruth Werneke
Wings (1 episode, 1991) as Karen
Caged Fear (1991) as Mrs. Charles
Down Home (1 episode, 1991) as Audrey
O Pioneers! (1992) as Mrs Bergson
Jake and the Fatman (1 episode, 1992) as Diane Gunn
Sexual Advances (1992) as Rita
Hearts Afire (2 episodes, 1993) as Hollis
Bodies of Evidence (1 episode, 1993) as Alice Aubry
Seinfeld (1 episode, 1993) as Elsa
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, 1993) as Haneek
The Sinbad Show (1 episode, 1993) as Buffy Sinclair
All-American Girl (1 episode, 1994) as Sheila
Women of the House (1 episode, 1995) as Ann Gilroy
A Walton Wedding (1995) as Sybil Carruthers
The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995) as Kate
Murder One (5 episodes, 1995—1996) as Dana Benson
The Tomorrow Man (1996)
After Jimmy (1996) as Karen
Dark Skies (1 episode, 1996) as Mrs. Elwood
Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 1997) as Lyris
Days of Our Lives (2 episodes, 1997) as Marcia Marks
Soul Man (1 episode, 1997) as Cloris Marley
From the Earth to the Moon (1 episode, 1998) as Miss Hedges
The Larry Sanders Show (10 episodes, 1992—1998) as Melanie Parrish
Any Day Now (1 episode, 1999)
Days of Our Lives (6 episodes, 1999) as Fran Hertz
Nurse Betty (2000) as Gloria Walsh
The Kid (2000) as Governor
Gideon's Crossing (3 episodes, 2000—2001)
Grounded for Life (1 episode, 2002) as Joan
Days of Our Lives (4 episodes, 2002) as Iris
The West Wing (1 episode, 2002) as Janet
ER (6 episodes, 1996—2002) as Mary Cain
Boomtown (3 episodes, 2002) as Ellen Little
Malcolm in the Middle (1 episode, 2005) as Betty
Cold Case (1 episode, 2008) as Simone Gallavan
Dirty Sexy Money (1 episode, 2009) as Fertility Counsellor
Last Man Standing (1 episode, 2012) as Stella
The Last Ship (2 episodes, 2014—2015) as President Geller
The Walking Dead (3 episodes, 2016—2017) as Natania
9-1-1 (1 episode, 2020) as Cindy
Cobra Kai (1 episode, 2021) as Mrs. Mills
Witch Hunt (2021) as Cynthia

References

^ "Miss America 1971 Contestants - Miss America". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ "You Have Struck a Rock! | Kanopy". www.kanopy.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ "Sidney Sheldon's 'Rage of Angels'". TVGuide.com.
^ "The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television - St. Elsewhere". Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ "Deborah May". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ Design&Trend (6 July 2016). "'The Walking Dead' Season 7 Spoilers: Sydney Park And Deborah May Cast As New Characters?". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ Deese, Hollie (2016-08-19). "George DelHoyo". Soaps.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ "Deborah May". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-25.^{[unreliable source?]}