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	After ''Land of the Giants'' was cancelled, Young remained in Hollywood and took on a few more television roles, including guest appearances in ''[[w:Insight (TV series)\|Insight]]'' (1969–1970) alongside former ''Land of the Giants'' guest actors Paul Carr and [[w:John Marley\|John Marley]].<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_insight_carr_marley">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Paul%20Carr%20and%20John%20Marley\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> She appeared as LuAnn, a student nurse, in the television pilot ''Oh, Nurse'' (1972).<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_oh_nurse">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=Oh%2C%20Nurse\|title=Heather Young Filmography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>		After ''Land of the Giants'' was cancelled, Young remained in Hollywood and took on a few more television roles, including guest appearances in ''[[w:Insight (TV series)\|Insight]]'' (1969–1970) alongside former ''Land of the Giants'' guest actors Paul Carr and [[w:John Marley\|John Marley]].<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_insight_carr_marley">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Paul%20Carr%20and%20John%20Marley\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> She appeared as LuAnn, a student nurse, in the television pilot ''Oh, Nurse'' (1972).<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_oh_nurse">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=Oh%2C%20Nurse\|title=Heather Young Filmography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

	In 1980, Young returned to Hollywood for a guest appearance in [[Galactica 1980]]'s "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]", billed in the credits as "Star."<ref group="external" name="thelogbook_cylons_landed_cast">{{cite web\|url=https://www.thelogbook.com/the-night-the-cylons-landed-part-1/#:~:text=Heather%20Young%20%28Star%29\|title=Galactica 1980: The Night The Cylons Landed – Part I\|publisher=theLogBook.com\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_second_part_confirmed">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=second%20part\|title=Heather Young Filmography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> In the episode, [[Troy\|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon\|Lieutenant Dillon]], ducking into a theater to evade pursuing police, are mistakenly pressed into performing onstage in a production of "Good Ship Lollipop." Young's character, the star of the production, performs [[w:On the Good Ship Lollipop\|"On the Good Ship Lollipop"]], wearing a blond wig styled in "Shirley Temple" ringlets, before Troy and Dillon activate their [[invisibility field]]s and carry her offstage.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_lollipop_wig_scene">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=blond%20wig\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>		In 1980, Young returned to Hollywood for a guest appearance in [[Galactica 1980]]'s "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]", billed in the credits as "Star."<ref group="external" name="thelogbook_cylons_landed_cast">{{cite web\|url=https://www.thelogbook.com/the-night-the-cylons-landed-part-1/#:~:text=Heather%20Young%20%28Star%29\|title=Galactica 1980: The Night The Cylons Landed – Part I\|publisher=theLogBook.com\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_second_part_confirmed">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=second%20part\|title=Heather Young Filmography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> In the episode, [[Troy (1980)\|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon\|Lieutenant Dillon]], ducking into a theater to evade pursuing police, are mistakenly pressed into performing onstage in a production of "Good Ship Lollipop." Young's character, the star of the production, performs [[w:On the Good Ship Lollipop\|"On the Good Ship Lollipop"]], wearing a blond wig styled in "Shirley Temple" ringlets, before Troy and Dillon activate their [[invisibility field]]s and carry her offstage.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_lollipop_wig_scene">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=blond%20wig\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

	After this appearance, Young did not return to on-screen acting. She continued singing and writing, completing two full-length stage musicals and children's shows under the pseudonym Heather York.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_musicals_york">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=two%20full%20length%20stage%20musicals\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_young_heather_york_pseudonym">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/bio/#:~:text=Heather%20York\|title=Heather Young – Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>		After this appearance, Young did not return to on-screen acting. She continued singing and writing, completing two full-length stage musicals and children's shows under the pseudonym Heather York.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_musicals_york">{{cite web\|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=two%20full%20length%20stage%20musicals\|title=Heather Young Biography\|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_young_heather_york_pseudonym">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/bio/#:~:text=Heather%20York\|title=Heather Young – Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: initial work

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{{Cast Data
| image=Heather Young.jpg
| size= 200px
| character= [[Lollipop star]]
| series= 1980
| born_month= 04
| born_day= 01
| born_year= 1945
| showage=
| nationality= US
| imdb= 0949603
| sortkey= Young, Heather
|image2=Lollipop star.jpg}}

'''Heather Young''' (born Patricia Kay Paterson, April 1, 1945, [[w:Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton, Washington]]) is an American actress who portrayed the [[Lollipop star]] in [[Galactica 1980|''Galactica 1980'']]'s "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]". She is best known for her two-season role as stewardess Betty Ann Hamilton in [[w:Irwin Allen|Irwin Allen]]'s science fiction series ''[[w:Land of the Giants|Land of the Giants]]'' (1968–1970), where she co-starred with then-child actor [[Stefan Arngrim]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_young_lotg_betty">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/#:~:text=Betty%20Hamilton|title=Heather Young|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

== Career ==

Young was born in Bremerton, Washington, the eldest of five children, with three sisters and one brother.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_bremerton_eldest">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=eldest%20of%20five%20children|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> Her father, Melvin Paterson, was a civil engineer who relocated frequently for work; Young attended schools in Riverton, Wyoming; Tacoma Park, Maryland; and Rolla, Missouri, before spending three years at [[w:Brigham Young University|Brigham Young University]] in Provo, Utah.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_father_schools">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Melvin%20Paterson%20was%20a%20civil%20engineer|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> Her early ambitions were toward nursing or physical therapy, but her involvement with the Mormon Church steered her toward singing.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_early_ambitions">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=nurse%20or%20physical%20therapist|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> After a summer performing at [[w:Disneyland|Disneyland]], she contacted [[w:20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox]], which signed her as one of its last contract players and changed her screen name to Heather Young.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_disneyland_fox">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=summer%20singing%20at%20Disneyland|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_young_fox_last_player">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/bio/#:~:text=last%2020th%20Century%20Fox%20contract%20players|title=Heather Young – Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

In 1967, Young accumulated several television credits under the Fox contract: she appeared in the ''[[w:Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' two-parter "The Contaminated Cowl"/"The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul" as the American telephone operator, in "Tempest in a Texas Town" on ''[[w:Judd for the Defense|Judd for the Defense]]'' as Terry Ann Brendler, and in "Kiss Me, Kill You" on ''[[w:The Felony Squad|The Felony Squad]]'' as Aggie Sloan.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_1967_tv_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=Batman|title=Heather Young Filmography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> She also appeared briefly as the girl with the megaphone in the Fox theatrical comedy ''[[w:A Guide for the Married Man|A Guide for the Married Man]]'' (1967)<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_guide_married_man">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Guide%20for%20the%20Married%20Man|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> and guest starred as Joan in "Town of Terror," the final episode of [[w:Irwin Allen|Irwin Allen]]'s ''[[w:The Time Tunnel|The Time Tunnel]]'' (1967).<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_time_tunnel_joan">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=Time%20Tunnel|title=Heather Young Filmography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

Allen subsequently cast Young as stewardess Betty Ann Hamilton in ''[[w:Land of the Giants|Land of the Giants]]'', which ran for 51 episodes over two seasons from 1968 to 1970.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_lotg_51_episodes">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=51%20episodes|title=Heather Young Filmography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> She had no particular interest in science fiction and was not fully comfortable in the role, but her Fox contract gave her little room to decline; Allen had selected her specifically because she remained under contract.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_reluctant_lotg">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=little%20interest%20in%20science%20fiction|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_young_allen_selected_contract">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/bio/#:~:text=Irwin%20Allen%20selected%20her%20for%20this%20reason|title=Heather Young – Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> Filming of the second season was complicated by her pregnancy; she was frequently photographed from the waist up or written out of episodes, and her first child was born in August 1969.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_pregnancy_second_season">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Heather%20became%20pregnant|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

After ''Land of the Giants'' was cancelled, Young remained in Hollywood and took on a few more television roles, including guest appearances in ''[[w:Insight (TV series)|Insight]]'' (1969–1970) alongside former ''Land of the Giants'' guest actors Paul Carr and [[w:John Marley|John Marley]].<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_insight_carr_marley">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=Paul%20Carr%20and%20John%20Marley|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> She appeared as LuAnn, a student nurse, in the television pilot ''Oh, Nurse'' (1972).<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_oh_nurse">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=Oh%2C%20Nurse|title=Heather Young Filmography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

In 1980, Young returned to Hollywood for a guest appearance in [[Galactica 1980]]'s "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]", billed in the credits as "Star."<ref group="external" name="thelogbook_cylons_landed_cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.thelogbook.com/the-night-the-cylons-landed-part-1/#:~:text=Heather%20Young%20%28Star%29|title=Galactica 1980: The Night The Cylons Landed – Part I|publisher=theLogBook.com|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_second_part_confirmed">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/credits.htm#:~:text=second%20part|title=Heather Young Filmography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> In the episode, [[Troy|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]], ducking into a theater to evade pursuing police, are mistakenly pressed into performing onstage in a production of "Good Ship Lollipop." Young's character, the star of the production, performs [[w:On the Good Ship Lollipop|"On the Good Ship Lollipop"]], wearing a blond wig styled in "Shirley Temple" ringlets, before Troy and Dillon activate their [[invisibility field]]s and carry her offstage.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_lollipop_wig_scene">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=blond%20wig|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

After this appearance, Young did not return to on-screen acting. She continued singing and writing, completing two full-length stage musicals and children's shows under the pseudonym Heather York.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_musicals_york">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=two%20full%20length%20stage%20musicals|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_young_heather_york_pseudonym">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949603/bio/#:~:text=Heather%20York|title=Heather Young – Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

On June 14, 1968, Young married David Youkstetter, who worked in the aerospace industry, in a ceremony at the Mormon Temple in [[w:Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City]].<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_marriage_1968">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=married%20David%20Youkstelter|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref> During the 1970s the couple relocated to Utah, where Young concentrated on raising their children.<ref group="external" name="actordatabase_young_utah_1970s">{{cite web|url=https://www.actordatabase.com/heatheryoung/bio.htm#:~:text=David%20and%20Heather%20moved%20to%20Utah|title=Heather Young Biography|publisher=Giants Log and Irwin Allen News Network|accessdate=14 June 2026}}</ref>

== References ==

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