Taylor Dayne

Acting

Taylor Dayne

Born 1962-03-07 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman; March 7, 1962), also known as Les Lee, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in 1987 after her debut single "Tell It to My Heart". She achieved six additional U.S. top-10 singles, including "Love Will Lead You Back", "With Every Beat of My Heart", "Prove Your Love", and "I'll Always Love You". In late 1987, she scored her first major hit when her debut single "Tell It to My Heart" reached No. 7 on the Hot 100. She then went on to have a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the No. 1 Billboard hit "Love Will Lead You Back". Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine. These include most recently, the 2011 American and international hit "Floor on Fire" and the 2008 song "Beautiful", which reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. She has also topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart three times.

Acting credits

Jackie's Back! poster
6.9

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

Jackie's Back!

1999

Love Affair poster
5.5

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

Love Affair

1994

Stag poster
5.1

An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.

Stag

1997

Fool's Paradise poster
4.5

A man deeply in debt to a vengeful creditor tries to repay his loan by diverting funds to a Caribbean island.

Fool's Paradise

1997

RuPaul's Christmas Ball poster
10.0

Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.

RuPaul's Christmas Ball

1993

No artwork available
7.0

I AM BAD is the voyeuristic story of a serial killer in love. Shot entirely from his point-of-view, we see what he sees, and travel through his life from his brutal childhood to the power he reclaims as an adult when he begins to feel the thrill of killing. Then he meets Anne. She's training to be a psychiatrist. Now his life alternates between the warmth and love he feels with Anne, and the horrific bloodshed he creates in her absence.

I Am Bad

2012

Nightman poster
6.7

After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them.

Nightman

1997

Beautiful Loser poster
5.0

His parents named him Reginald Regineld. His friends call him "Ditto." At the age of eleven he decided he wasn't going to do anything with his life. And that was going pretty well until senior year when he saw Tracy. This wasn't so much love at first sight as much as it was "completely-head-over-heels-gonna-get-her-at-any-price-even-if-I-make-a-complete-fool-of-myself" love at first sight. And it would burn for decades. Whether she loved him or not.

Beautiful Loser

2009

This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible poster
NR

It features all sorts of things that are way too visual to be on the radio: dance, animation, illustration, an interactive musical performance, photographs, a short film, and David Sedaris in clown makeup. Along with Sedaris, there are stories by the now-famous Tig Notaro, Glynn Washington, Ryan Knighton and David Rakoff. Lots of the stories are funny. David Rakoff's is particularly touching. He talks about the abilities he’s lost during his fight with cancer, and then, gracefully, beautifully, does a solo dance onstage. It was the last story Rakoff ever wrote for the radio show. He died three months later, in August. OK Go provides music. Monica Bill Barnes & Company dance. Ira Glass tells a story using things he normally can't: photos. Mike Birbiglia casts Terry Gross in a surprising, hilarious little movie.

This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible

2012

Telling of the Shoes poster
5.8

Chronicling a Manhattan dinner party that starts out good-natured and civil, it turns unexpectedly dark, as alcohol-fueled party guests eschew their mantles of reserve, turning quick-witting sparing into full-fledged skewering.

Telling of the Shoes

2014

Taylor Dayne: Live in Canada 2006 poster
NR

Taylor Dayne performs a concert at the Casino Rama resort in Canada in 2006 that was filmed and released on DVD through her official website.

Taylor Dayne: Live in Canada 2006

2007