Quentin Dean (July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003) was an American actress in the late 1960s.
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Career
Dean played 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison's 1967 hit film In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Her acting career ended in 1969 on an episode of Lancer.
Death
At the age of 58, she died of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
