Quentin Dean (born Corinne Ida Margolin;[1] July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003) was an American actress in the late 1960s.
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.
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.
[citation needed] The Ballad of Quentin Dean was recorded by Steve Hart and the Cadillac Angels in January 2014.