- Born
- Birth nameMary Sean Young
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Mary Sean Young was born on November 20, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Lee Guthrie (née Mary Lee Kane), an Emmy-nominated producer, screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, Jr., an Emmy award winning television news producer and journalist. She has Irish, English, and Swiss-German ancestry. She grew up with an older brother Donald Young III and a sister Cathleen Young in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Cleveland Heights High School, and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. A trained dancer, she studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City, and did some modeling. Sean Young began a promising film career by acting in a Merchant-Ivory film Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) for Academy Award winning director James Ivory, She followed that up in the comedy hit film Stripes (1981) for Academy Award nominated producer-director Ivan Reitman. Soon, important directors were casting her in their films, such as Garry Marshall in Young Doctors in Love (1982), Academy Award nominee David Lynch in Dune (1984), and Academy Award nominee Ridley Scott in Blade Runner (1982) in what is her most respected film. 1987 was a big year for her, since she appeared in two big movies. Academy Award winner Oliver Stone cast her in the hit film Wall Street (1987). However, her other hit film No Way Out (1987), which involved a famous steamy scene in the backseat of a limousine with Kevin Costner, gave her star status. She was at the height of her fame, which led to her being cast as Vicky Vale in Batman (1989). She had an accident while she was training for the film. As a result, she lost the role to Kim Basinger for what turned out to be the biggest hit of 1989. Young put on a brave face and gamely moved on to do comedies Fatal Instinct (1993) for director Carl Reiner, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the latter's box office success made Jim Carrey a star, who immediately landed the role of the Riddler in the Batman sequel. Mary Sean Young is living in Austin, Texas. She created a new business venture called Austin Film Tours. It is Austin's first and only film location tour.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mary Sean Young
- SpousesRobert Lujan(2011 - present)Robert Lujan(November 24, 1990 - April 29, 2002) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsLee Guthrie (Kane)Donald Young Jr.
- RelativesCathleen Young(Sibling)Donald Young III(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Deep husky voice
- Brown hair
- Dressed up as Catwoman and attempted to confront Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on the Warner Bros. property, in Batman Returns (1992), to get that role.
- Was cast as Vicky Vale in Tim Burton's version of Batman (1989) but was replaced with Kim Basinger after an injury sustained riding a horse.
- She met her husband Robert Lujan in 1985 on the TV miniseries Blood & Orchids (1986). Their five year relationship culminated in their 1990 wedding. They had two sons before divorcing in 2002. They reconciled a year later and, after a few years, remarried in 2011.
- Was originally cast as Tess Trueheart in Dick Tracy (1990), but was replaced after several days filming by Glenne Headly. Young claimed she was axed from the film because she wouldn't sleep with Warren Beatty; he disputed this saying Young had become too demanding and he decided not to put up with her antics.
- The Boost (1988) co-star James Woods and his then fiancée filed a $2 million suit for harassment in 1988 against Young, alleging that, for instance, Young left a disfigured doll on his doorstep and trampled the couple's expensive flower bed. The case was settled out of court in 1989.
- [on the Bible] It's a great little book.
- [on wearing a blond wig in Fatal Instinct (1993)] Being a blond makes you very ruthless, insane and self-centered.
- All right, I'm young, I'm beautiful - but you don't have to hate me.
- [Talking about Harrison Ford during the filming of Blade Runner (1982)] Harry [Ford], he was never happy on that film. The only time he was happy was when they told him it was over.
- [on Warren Beatty] I was basically sexually harassed by him. This kind of thing wasn't news to anybody. What was news was I blew the whistle on it. I talked about it...and boy oh boy! He didn't like that. There is one rule in Hollywood you don't break, you don't tell the truth about people in the press. And I broke that rule, and I paid a very, very big price.
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