Hunter Tylo: Famous UoP Student May 8, 2009
Posted by admin in : Famous UoP Students , trackbackHunter Tylo was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1962. She has been working on the popular soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Taylor Forrester for over 18 years. She was born in Texas to Ko Anne and Morris Jabez Hunter. Elizabeth Tylo and Cliff Tylo are her two siblings. She is also often credited by the name of Deborah Morehart. She is currently pursuing a degree at the University of Phoenix.
Soap Opera Career
Hunter Tylo started her television career in 1985 with “All My Children”. On the sets of this popular television show, she met Michael Tylo who she went on to marry in 1987. She left the show the same year. She was offered the role for Marina Toscano on the popular day time television show “Days of our Lives”. She took this offer and was a part of “Days of our Lives” from the year 1989 to 1990.
Soon after, she was offered the role of Dr.Taylor Hayes in the popular soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful”. She was part of the show for over 10 years, from the year 1990 to 2002. However, she was asked to return for two episodes in 2004 and came back full-time in 2005.
Controversies:
Tylo was offered a role in the popular television show “Melrose Place” in 1996 for which she left “The Bold and the Beautiful”. However, soon after, she received the news that she was expecting her first baby. Aaron Spelling, the producer of “Melrose Place” fired Hunter Tylo before filming was initiated.
Enraged, Hunter Tylo was able to get her role back as Dr.Taylor Hayes on “The Bold and the Beautiful”. Soon after, she sued Aaron Spelling on grounds of discrimination. She won the trial.
Marriage and children:
Hunter Tylo’s first marriage was to Tom Morehart. She gave birth to a baby boy Christopher Morehart soon after the marriage. However, the marriage did not work out and Hunter married Michael Tylo in 1987. She had three children with Michael, namely, Izabella Gabrielle, Michael Tylo Jr. and Katya Ariel Tylo. Katya Ariel Tylo was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare cancer. Sadly, her eye had to be removed. Katya wears a prosthetic eye on the right side.
Hunter and Michael Tylo went their separate ways in 2005.
In 2007, Michael Tylo Jr., drowned in a swimming pool in Nevada. In 2008, Tylo’s boyfriend Corey Cofield was charged with assault against Tylo and her children. However, a few months later, Tylo withdrew the order as she said he was undergoing aggressive therapy.
Some Interesting Trivia:
Hunter Tylo was featured in an article titled “50 most beautiful people in the world” by People Magazine in the year 1998. Tylo severely injured her collarbone during the shooting of the 1994 film “The Maharaja’s Daughter”
Tylo’s pets include a boa constrictor who she named BJ along with other exotic reptiles.
She shares her birthday with Tom Cruise and Thoman Gibson. She took part in a number of beauty pageants such as ‘Miss Teenage Fort Worth’ and ‘Miss Springtown’ among others. Tylo owns a cosmetic line, Chosen. She wrote an autobiography in 2001 which she titled “Making a Miracle”. She owns her own charity which she calls “Hunter’s Chosen Child”.
She is 45% Cherokee Indian as her mother is Cherokee Indian. She graduated from Springtown High in 1980. She also has a medical degree from Fordham University at New York City. Her return to “The Bold and the Beautiful” in 2005 was highly secretive and in order to make sure that the media did not come to know about it, the crew would have to sneak her onto the sets as well as off the sets.
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