Quentin Dean
{{short description|American actress (1944-2003)}}
{{Infobox person
| image = |
| name = Quentin Dean
| birth_name = Corinne Ida Margolin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|7|27}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|05|07|1944|07|27|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1967–1969
}}
Quentin Dean (born Corinne Ida Margolin;{{cite web |title=Quentin Dean (1944-2003) - Find a Grave Memorial |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142896637/quentin-dean |website=Find a Grave}} July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003) was an American actress in the late 1960s.
Career
Dean played 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison's 1967 hit film In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web |title=Quentin Dean |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/quentin-dean |website=Golden Globes |access-date=September 5, 2023}} Her acting career ended in 1969 on an episode of Lancer.
Death
At the age of 58, she died of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Legacy
The Ballad of Quentin Dean was recorded by Steve Hart and the Cadillac Angels in January 2014.{{cite web|title=The Ballad of Quentin Dean|url=http://stevehart.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-quentin-dean}}{{cite web|title=The Ballad of Quentin Dean | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpDLY6Mt4w |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526141203/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpDLY6Mt4w |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |url-status=dead}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Delores Purdy | |
| 1968 | The Young Runaways | Jennie | |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Mamie Callahan | |
| 1968 | Will Penny | Jennie | |
| colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | Lou Ann Bender | 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Bettina | 1 episode |
| 1968 | The Virginian | Saranora | 1 episode |
| 1969 | The Mod Squad | Sally | 1 episode |
| 1969 | The F.B.I. | Elaine Donner | 1 episode |
| 1969 | The High Chaparral | Sarah | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Lancer | Lucrece | 1 episode (final appearance) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0212913}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from California
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:20th-century American actresses