Hunter Tylo
Tylo in 2014
Born	Deborah Jo Hunter[1] (1962-07-03)July 3, 1962 (age 63)[2]
Other names	Deborah Morehart
Alma mater	Fordham University (did not graduate)
Occupations	Actress, author, model
Years active	1980–2019
Known for	Dr. Taylor Hayes inThe Bold and the Beautiful
Spouses	Tom Morehart ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1984)​ Michael Tylo ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 2005)​ Gersson Archila ​ ​ (m. 2009; ann. 2018)​
Children	4

Hunter Tylo (bornDeborah Jo Hunter on 3 July 1962 inFort Worth, Texas^[3]) is an author and a former American actress and model. She portrayed the role ofTaylor Hayes (1990–2002, 2004–14, 2018–19) onThe Bold and the Beautiful.

Tylo was raised in Springtown, Texas.^[3]

Tylo has an older sister Elizabeth as well as a younger brother named Cliff.^[4]

Tylo has been credited as Deborah Morehart^{[citation needed]}; Morehart was the last name of her first husband.^[5]

In 1984, credited as Deborah Morehart, Tylo appeared in the sororityslasher filmThe Initiation with futureMelrose Place actressDaphne Zuniga. Tylo subsequently became well known after playing regular roles in US daytimesoap operas. Her television debut was onAll 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).^[6]

In 1989, Tylo was cast as Marina Toscano, the half-sister ofIsabella Toscano, onDays of Our Lives. The character was anantagonist who caused trouble for one of the soap's most popular couples,Steven "Patch" Johnson andKayla Brady. Tylo later said, "Everyone hated my character.[...] I hated her. They [producers] said they were going to do something with her, but they never did. [...] I dreaded going to work for the last few weeks I was on the show." The character was laterkilled off and Tylo left the series in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Discouraged by her lack of success on soap operas, Tylo decided to quit acting and enrolled atFordham University in theBronx, New York, intending to be apre-med student. She completed two years towards herbachelor's degree.^[7] As she and her husband were preparing to move toNew York City permanently, she was offered the role ofDr. Taylor Hayes onThe Bold and the Beautiful. She initially resisted the part but eventually relented. She began her tenure in 1990, while still pursuing her degree at Fordham.^[6]

In 2000, Tylo released her autobiography,Making a Miracle.^[8] Tylo leftThe Bold and the Beautiful in 2002. She returned to the show in 2004 for a two-episode appearance as a vision.^[5] In May 2005, she returned as a series regular and left the series again in July 2013.^[5][9] In 2014 she returned to the show for a several weeks story arc. From 2018 to 2019, she returned as a recurring character.

Tylo has been listed twice onPeople magazine's list of "50 Most Beautiful People In The World".^[10]

In 1996, Tylo was cast in the primetime soap operaMelrose Place and opted to leaveThe Bold and the Beautiful to take the role. However, she was fired byMelrose Place producerAaron Spelling prior to filming any episodes for the series when she announced she was pregnant. The character Tylo was to play, Taylor McBride, was recast withLisa Rinna taking the role. Tylo quickly returned toThe Bold and the Beautiful. Tylo sued Spelling on grounds of discrimination for being pregnant and won $4.8 million from a Los Angeles jury. Spelling argued that Tylo's pregnancy rendered her unable to play the character, who was supposed to be a sexy seductress. During the trial, Tylo published pictures of herself while pregnant, which showed that she retained a slim figure. Prior to trial, during thediscovery phase of thelitigation, Tylo's lawyers won a partial victory in an interlocutory appeal challenging a lower court's order compelling her to answer a broad range of personal questions. The Court of Appeal established Tylo's right to refuse to answer questions in her deposition about marital problems and psychological treatment, although the Court sustained the portion of the order which compelled her to answer questions about her efforts to become pregnant, her husband's ability or inability to impregnate her, and communications with her agent with respect to her efforts and ability to become pregnant. The case is widely recognized as an important one in establishing the right of privacy in deposition and the right of actresses to continue to work while pregnant.^[11]

Tylo has been married three times and has four children.

At age 17 she married her first husband, Tom Morehart, in 1980. They have a son, Christopher. Tylo and Morehart divorced in 1984.^[5][12] In 1987, she married actorMichael Tylo. The couple had one son, Michael Edward "Mickey" Tylo Jr (22 April 1988) and two daughters, Izabella Gabrielle (November 12, 1996) and Katya Ariel (January 15, 1998).^[12] In 1998, Katya was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the eye calledretinoblastoma. Doctors removed the affected right eye and beganchemotherapy. Later in the year, a tumor was detected in Katya's other eye; that tumor inexplicably disappeared. Katya recovered and wears a prosthetic right eye.^[13] The couple divorced in 2005. On October 18, 2007, their 19-year-old son drowned in the family pool inHenderson, Nevada.^[14] TheClark County Coroner concluded that Michael Tylo Jr.'s death was caused by "drowning due to seizure disorder" and was ruledaccidental.^[15]

In May 2008, Tylo filed a restraining order against boyfriend Corey Cofield, claiming that he had acted violently towards her and her children.^[16] In October 2008 the order was terminated by Tylo stating that Cofield was "...actively been taking parenting classes and has attended family and couple's therapy".

Her mother Joanne Hunter died in 2009^{[citation needed]}.

On November 29, 2009, Tylo married Gerson Archila inLas Vegas,Nevada.^[17][18] The marriage was annulled on August 30, 2018. Archila had changed his name from Gerrson Archila Morales to Gerson Archila to avoid his criminal past of poor moral character being detected. Archila has been convicted for three counts of spousal abuse, auto theft, drug paraphernalia, misrepresentation by false identity, and hiding a criminal past.^[19]

Tylo is aborn again Christian.^[13][20] She attributes her daughter Katya's recovery from cancer to constant prayer and credits her faith for helping her deal with the death of her son, Michael.^[21][22]

• Tylo, Hunter (2001).Making A Miracle.Simon & Schuster.ISBN 978-0-6710-2778-0.

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