Cassie Yates

{{short description|American actress}} {{distinguish|Kathy Bates}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox actor |name = Cassie Yates |image = |caption = |birth_name = Cassandra Yates |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|03|02}} |birth_place = Macon, Georgia, United States |occupation = Actress |years_active = 1975–present |known_for = |awards = |spouse = |relatives = |website = }}

'''Cassandra Yates''' (born March 2, 1951<ref name="Mr. Skin 2005">{{cite book |author1=Mr. Skin |title=Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The {{nowrap|A-to-Z Guide}} to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked |date=2005 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-33144-3 |page=623 |language=en |url=https://archive.org/details/mrskinsskincyclo0000skin_y5g3/page/623/mode/1up |url-access=registration |via=the Internet Archive}}</ref>) is an American actress.<ref name="Smith 1981">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Cecil |title='Mice and Men' is Debut of Cassie in the Classics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19081196/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |date=November 19, 1981 |at=Part VI, pp. 1, 10 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref>

== Early years == Yates was born and raised in Macon, Georgia.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} Her mother named her after the character Cassandra portrayed by Betty Field in ''Kings Row''.<ref name="Smith 1981"/> When Yates was young, her family moved from Atlanta to Dublin, Georgia.<ref name="Smith 1981"/>

After studying art, Yates was a commercial illustrator before she began cutting hair and eventually opened her own beauty shop. Her first contact with acting came through night classes and performances in plays at little theaters.<ref name="Smith 1981" />

== Career == Her most high-profile role was probably in ''Dynasty'' as Sarah Curtis. Yates also appeared in the 1981 TV version of John Steinbeck's ''Of Mice and Men''. She appeared in various television series, including ''McMillan & Wife''; ''Rich Man, Poor Man Book II''; ''The Bionic Woman''; ''The Streets of San Francisco''; ''Barnaby Jones''; ''Quincy, M.E.''; ''Vega$''; ''Simon & Simon''; ''Magnum, P.I.''; ''Hotel''; ''Knots Landing''; ''Cagney & Lacey''; ''Thirtysomething'' and ''Murder, She Wrote'' in the 1984 episode "Deadly Lady".{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

In 1978, she starred as Laura Coe, a disc jockey, in the movie ''FM''. She also played roles in two films directed by Sam Peckinpah: ''Convoy'' (1978), and ''The Osterman Weekend'' (1983). Her other film credits include ''Rolling Thunder'' (1977), ''F.I.S.T.'' (1978), ''The Evil'' (1978), ''St. Helens'' (1981) and ''Unfaithfully Yours'' (1984).

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1977|| ''Rolling Thunder'' || Candy || |- |1978|| ''F.I.S.T.'' || Molly || |- |1978|| ''FM'' || Laura Coe || |- |1978|| ''The Evil'' || Mary Harper || |- |1978|| ''Convoy'' || Violet || |- |1981|| ''St. Helens'' || Linda Steele || |- |1983|| ''The Osterman Weekend'' || Betty Cardone || |- |1983|| ''Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie'' || Lucky Dyson || |- |1984|| ''Unfaithfully Yours'' || Carla Robbins || |- |1985|| ''Perry Mason Returns'' || Julie Scott || <ref name="Leitch 2005">{{cite book |last=Leitch |first=Thomas M. |title=Perry Mason |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIaPFa2h9F4C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT98 |date=July 30, 2005 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |location=Detroit |isbn=978-0-8143-3121-7 |page=90 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |- |1992|| ''I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore'' || Melinda || |- |1995|| ''Guns and Lipstick'' || Shirley || |- |2018|| ''The Other Side of the Wind'' || Martine || |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0946720}}

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