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Kay Lenz

Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress / Stage Actress | * 03/04/1953 (71) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Kay Ann Lenz (born March 4, 1953) is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Saturn Award. Lenz is best known for her title role in the film Breezy (1973), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. She is also known for her roles in the film House (1986), as well as the television series Midnight Caller (1988–1989) and Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993). For her role in the episode "After It Happened" of Midnight Caller, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She started her career with the stage name Kay Ann Kemper, switching to Kay Lenz after her third role, a brief appearance in American Graffiti (filmed in 1972). ()
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Kay Ann Lenz (born March 4, 1953) is an American actress. A former child performer, Lenz has worked primarily in television and has won two Emmy Awards.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

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Roger Cobb is an author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around ...

House

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1986 | 3.1/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy, Horror
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A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to sh ...

Breezy

R

1973 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then ...

Midnight Caller

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1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993. ...

Reasonable Doubts

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1991 | 3.7/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Kay Lenz

Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Kay Lenz as Actress(41)

as Kathryn Corrigan2023 Sallywood
as Mary2020 The Downside of Bliss
as Cassandra2020 More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2017 Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"
as Mrs. Gibson2013 The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Detective Hill1998 The Adventures of Ragtime
as Peep / Madge1997 A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Linda Yarnell1997 Gunfighter's Moon
as Sebastian1996 Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
as Ginny1995 Shame II: The Secret
as Gillings1994 Trapped in Space
as P.J. Parks1992 Falling from Grace
as Leona Crawford Gordon1990 Hitler's Daughter
as Sargent1990 Streets
as Katherine Hall1989 Headhunter
as Karen Hicks1989 Murder by Night
as Deborah Quinn1989 Physical Evidence
as Sharon Haden1988 Fear
as Detective Cody Sheenan1987 Stripped to Kill
as Karen Sheldon1987 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Sandy Sinclair1986 House
as Karen Armstrong1983 Trial by Terror
as Carrie Madison1983 Prisoners of the Lost Universe
as Moke1982 Fast-Walking
as Barbara Chilcoate1980 Escape
as Jenny O'Rourke1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach
as Carol Bain1979 Sanctuary of Fear
as Leah Bergson1979 The Passage
as Linda Ramsey1978 Mean Dog Blues
as Sarah Goodwin1978 The Initiation of Sarah
as Thursday1976 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Cam Johnson1976 Moving Violation
as Sherry Williams1975 Journey from Darkness
as Jerri Kane Hummer1975 White Line Fever
as Sue Crandell1974 The Underground Man
as Vicky Simmons1974 Unwed Father
as Ruth Hailey1973 A Summer Without Boys
as Lisa Schilling1973 Lisa, Bright and Dark
as Jane1973 American Graffiti
as Breezy1973 Breezy
as Audree Prewitt1972 The Weekend Nun

TV Shows/Series with Kay Lenz as Actress(50)

2007 Heartland
as Mrs. Tatem2005 The Closer
as Harriet White2005 Bones
as Mrs. Bradberry2004 House
as Conny Quinn Wheeler2003 NCIS
as Hillary Rhodes (2009)2003 Cold Case
2001 The Agency
as Laura Sidle2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family
as Linda Cavanaugh1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Once and Again
1998 The Magnificent Seven
as Judge Smith1995 JAG
as Karen Palmieri1994 ER
as Rocky McCann1994 Touched by an Angel
as American Maid (voice)1994 The Tick
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992 Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
1991 Reasonable Doubts
1989 Hardball
1988 Midnight Caller
as Ray1987 CBS Summer Playhouse
1986 Heart of the City
1986 Starman
1985 MacGyver
1985 Moonlighting
as Jennie Wells1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Ross1984 Finder of Lost Loves
as Alicia Fiori1984 Hunter
1984 Charles in Charge
1983 Whiz Kids
1982 Hotel
1982 Matt Houston
1982 Cagney & Lacey
1981 Simon & Simon
1981 Hill Street Blues
1981 The Fall Guy
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Kate Jordache1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1974 Petrocelli
1974 Kodiak
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1971 Cannon
1970 McCloud
1969 Medical Center
1967 Ironside
1966 The Monroes
1960 The Andy Griffith Show
as Lettie Graham1955 Gunsmoke
as Lisa Schilling??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

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Full Name: Kay Lenz
Born: Wednesday, 03/04 1953 (March) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 46 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Grant High School
Spouses (current/former): David Cassidy
Other names for Kay Lenz (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kay Ann Kemper"
"Kay Ann Lenz"
Kay Lenz frequently works together with these people:
Morgan Woodward (24x, Actor)
Ed Nelson (20x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (20x, Actor)
Claude Akins (19x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (19x, Actor)
Robert Pine (19x, Actor)
Mills Watson (19x, Actor)
Victor French (19x, Actor)
Norman Alden (18x, Actor)
Donald P. Bellisario (18x, Crew)
John Anderson (18x, Actor)
Charles Montgomery 'Spike' Stewart (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13287, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024