Cassie Yates

Cassie Yates is an American actress who was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1951 and raised there. Before acting, she studied art, worked as a commercial illustrator, cut hair and opened her own beauty shop. She first came to acting through night classes and performances in little theaters. Her most high-profile role was probably Sarah Curtis on Dynasty, and she also appeared in the 1981 television version of Of Mice and Men. In 1978, FM gave her the part of Laura Coe, a disc jockey. She played parts in two Sam Peckinpah films, Convoy (1978) and The Osterman Weekend (1983). Her other films include Unfaithfully Yours (1984), F.I.S.T. (1978), Rolling Thunder (1977), The Evil (1978) and St. Helens (1981). On television she appeared in many series, among them The Bionic Woman, Quincy, M.E., Magnum, P.I., Cagney & Lacey and Murder, She Wrote.