Editing Kyle MacLachlan (section)

==Early life==
MacLachlan was born Kyle McLachlan (subsequently changing the spelling of his last name to reflect his Scottish heritage)<ref name="usga-Chmiel" /> at [[Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital]] in [[Yakima, Washington]].<ref name="TheExtract">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7deN5aRh-lI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7deN5aRh-lI| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=The Extract: Interview with Kyle Maclachlan of Pursued by Bear Wines |date=October 31, 2015 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His mother, Catherine (''[[née]]'' Stone;<ref name="obituary-father" /> 1934–1986),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smart|date=1986|title=United States Social Security Death Index|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3VV-7PR|access-date=|website=FamilySearch}}</ref> was a [[public relations]] director for a [[school district]]<ref name="gq-Schneller">{{cite magazine |last=Schneller |first=Johanna |title=The Secret World of Kyle MacLachlan |magazine=[[GQ]] |date=August 1, 1992 |volume=62 |issue=6 |via=[[Factiva]]}}</ref><ref name="dtuk-Rumbold">{{cite news |last=Rumbold |first=Judy |title=The art of darkness |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4723903/The-art-of-darkness.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=June 4, 2001}}</ref> and a [[homemaker]] who was active in [[community arts]] programs.<ref name="lat-DeVries">{{cite news |last=De Vries |first=Hilary |date=September 23, 1990 |title='Diane, Let Me Tell You About Kyle MacLachlan' : 'Twin Peaks' is a nice place to visit, but he probably wouldn't want to live there |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-23-ca-1803-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=Calendar, page 3 |access-date=October 20, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024075517/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-23/entertainment/ca-1803_1_twin-peaks/3 |archive-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> His father, Kent Alan McLachlan (1933–2011),<ref name="usga-Chmiel" /> was a stockbroker and lawyer.<ref name="obituary-father">{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/kent-mclachlan-obituary?id=13235854 |title=Kent Alan McLachlan Obituary |date=June 5, 2011 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=October 20, 2013 |via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref name="lat-DeVries" /> Kyle has [[Scottish American|Scottish]], [[German American|German]] and [[Cornish people|Cornish]] ancestry.<ref name="guardian-Husband">Husband, Stuart (April 6, 2008). "[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/apr/06/1 This much I know: Kyle MacLachlan, actor, 49, London]". ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> He grew up in Yakima as the eldest of three boys, alongside his younger brothers, Craig and Kent Jr.<ref name="lat-DeVries" /><ref name="guardian-Tozer">{{cite news |last=Tozer |first=Paul |date=December 10, 2000 |title=Kyle MacLachlan: I, Claudius |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/10/features.magazine |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207204604/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/10/features.magazine |archive-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="usga-Chmiel" /><ref name="people-Wedding">{{cite web |title=Swoon Over Miami|url=http://people.com/archive/swoon-over-miami-vol-57-no-17/ |website=[[People.com]] |date=May 6, 2002}}</ref> MacLachlan graduated from [[Eisenhower High School (Yakima, Washington)|Eisenhower High School]] in Yakima.<ref name="hollywood.com">{{cite web |title=Kyle MacLachlan |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/kyle-maclachlan-57289518/ |website=[[Hollywood.com]] |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref> His mother left his father when he was 17,<ref name="dtuk-Rumbold" /><ref name="es-Cavendish" /> and his parents divorced in his senior year of high school.<ref name="lat-DeVries" /><ref name="guardian-Tozer" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=McLachlan|date=1977|title=Washington Divorce Index, 1969-2014|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCQ-5L5X|access-date=|website=FamilySearch}}</ref>

MacLachlan was introduced to stage acting by his mother when she became director of a youth theater program for teenagers that she helped set up in Yakima.<ref name="dtuk-Rumbold" /><ref name="lat-DeVries" /> She also sent him to [[piano lesson]]s from the age of 9 to 14, when he also began to study [[classical music|classical singing]].<ref name="lat-DeVries" /><ref name="wp-Benedek">{{cite news |last=Benedek |first=Emily |title=Kyle Machlachlan, From Desert 'Dune' to Lush Peaks |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/05/23/kyle-maclachlan-from-desert-dune-to-lush-peaks/2f58fc3d-df48-47fa-a2ff-e16b2c302b17 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 23, 1990}}</ref> While in high school, he performed in plays and in class musicals, acting in his first play at age 15.<ref name="gq-Schneller" /><ref name="lat-DeVries" /> In his senior year, he had the lead role of Brindsley Miller in a production of [[Peter Shaffer]]'s one-act play ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]'', and performed as Henry Higgins in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''. In 1982, he graduated [[cum laude]] with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in drama from the [[University of Washington]] (UW) as a student of the Professional Actor Training Program.<ref name="uw-Drama">{{cite web |title=Kyle MacLachlan |url=https://drama.washington.edu/people/kyle-maclachlan |website=School of Drama - University of Washington |publisher=[[University of Washington]] |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="uw-Alumni">{{cite web |last=Duff |first=Deanna |title=A UW Star is Born: Actor Kyle MacLachlan reflects on Purple and Gold roots |url=http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/september-2013/the-hub/maclachlan/ |website=University of Washington Alumni Magazine |publisher=[[University of Washington]] |date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220051044/http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/september-2013/the-hub/maclachlan/ |access-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> He initially planned to [[major (academic)|major]] in business<ref name="lat-DeVries" /> and also studied [[opera|classical voice]] at UW,<ref name="guardian-Mulkerrins">{{cite web |last=Mulkerrins |first=Jane |title=This much I know: Kyle MacLachlan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/24/kyle-maclachlan-this-much-know |website=The Guardian |date=June 24, 2012}}</ref> but changed his focus to acting.<ref name="lat-DeVries" />