Lenz, Kay 1953-

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Lenz, Kay 1953-

PERSONAL

Also known as Kay Ann Kemper; born March 4, 1953, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Ted (a broadcast producer) and Kay (a radio engineer and model) Lenz; married David Cassidy (an actor and singer), April 3, 1977 (divorced, 1981). Education: Attended public schools in Van Nuys, CA.

Addresses:

Agent—Gage Group, Inc., 9229 Sunset Blvd., Suite 306, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actress.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Apple Award nomination, 1973; Golden Globe Award nomination, most promising newcomer—female, 1973, for Breezy; Emmy Award, best actress in a daytime drama special, 1974, for ABC Afternoon Playbreak; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actress in a comedy or drama series, 1975, for Rich Man, Poor Man; Emmy Award, outstanding guest actress in a drama series, 1990, for Midnight Caller; Emmy Award nominations, best supporting actress in a drama series, 1992 and 1993, both for Reasonable Doubts.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Kay Ann Kemper) Jane, girl at dance, American Graffiti, Universal, 1973.

Title role, Breezy, Universal, 1973.

Jerri Hummer, White Line Fever, Columbia, 1975.

Cam Johnson, Moving Violation, 1976.

Thursday, The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, American International, 1976.

Leah Bergson, The Passage, United Artists, 1979.

Linda Ramsey, Mean Dog Blues, 1979.

Voice of Odille, Sekai meisaku dowa: hakucho no mizumi (also known as Swan Lake), 1981.

Moke, Fast-Walking, Lorimar, 1982.

Karen Armstrong, Trial by Terror, 1983.

Carrie Madison, Prisoners of the Lost Universe, 1983.

Sandy, House, New World, 1986.

Karen Sheldon, Death Wish IV: The Crackdown, Cannon, 1987.

Cody/Sunny, Stripped to Kill (also known as Deception and Murder at the Burlesque), Concorde, 1987.

Sharon Haden, Fear, Cinetel, 1988.

Deborah Quinn, Physical Evidence, Columbia, 1989.

Kat Hall, Headhunter, 1989.

Streets, Concorde, 1990.

Sebastian, Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space, 1991.

P. J. Parks, Falling from Grace, Columbia, 1992.

Gillings, Trapped in Space, 1994.

Linda Yarnell, Gunfighter's Moon, 1995.

Peep/Madge, A Gun, a Car, a Blonde, 1997.

Detective Hill, The Adventures of Ragtime (also known as Barclay's Big Adventure), 1998.

Claire Coleman, Southside (also known as Cock & Bull Story, Video Film Express, 2003.

Also appeared in Honor Betrayed.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Audree Prewitt, The Weekend Nun, ABC, 1972.

Ruth Hailey, A Summer without Boys, ABC, 1973.

Lisa Schilling, Lisa, Bright and Dark, 1973.

Shirley, The One, 1974.

Vicky Simmons, Unwed Father, ABC, 1974.

Sue Crandall, The Underground Man, NBC, 1974.

Shirley, The FBI Story: The FBI versus Alvin Karpus, Public Enemy Number One, CBS, 1974.

Sherry Williams, Journey from Darkness, NBC, 1975.

Sarah, The Initiation of Sarah, ABC, 1978.

Sarah Burns, The Seeding of Sarah Burns, CBS, 1979.

Barbara Chilcoate, The Escape, CBS, 1980.

Karen Hicks, Murder by Night (also known as Memory Lane), USA Network, 1989.

Leona Gordon, Hitler's Daughter, USA Network, 1990.

Lisa Jamison, Against Their Will: Women in Prison (also known as Against Their Will and Caged Seduction: The Shocking True Story), 1994.

Chief Gillings, Shame II: The Secret, Sci-Fi Channel, 1995.

Marvelle, Journey of the Heart, 1997.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Carol Bain, Sanctuary of Fear (also known as The Girl in the Park), NBC, 1979.

Jenny O'Rourke, The Hustler of Muscle Beach, ABC, 1980.

Carrie Madison, Prisoners of the Lost Universe, Showtime, 1983.

Kathy Priester, Heart of the City, ABC, 1986.

Ray, Traveling Man, CBS, 1987.

Hardball, NBC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Series:

The Tammy Grimes Show, ABC, 1966.

Kim Donnelly, The Fall Guy, ABC, 1981.

Voice of Cowlamity Kate, Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa (animated), ABC, 1992.

Maggie Zombro, Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1992-93.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Kate Jordache, Rich Man, Poor Man, ABC, 1976.

Kate Jordache, Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II, ABC, 1976-77.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Teach Tigers to Purr," The Monroes, ABC, 1967.

Phoebe, "Opie's Group," The Andy Griffith Show (also known as Andy of Mayberry), 1967.

"Cold, Hard Cash," Ironside, NBC, 1972.

"A Girl Named Tham," Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, ABC, 1973.

"Harem," Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1973.

Lisa Schilling, "Lisa, Bright and Dark," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1973.

"Time for Love," Love Story, NBC, 1974.

"The Foundling," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1974.

"The Conspirators," Medical Center, CBS, 1974.

"Heart in Hiding," ABC Afternoon Playbreak, ABC, 1974.

Kodiak, ABC, 1974.

"The Barefoot Girls of Bleeker Street," McCloud, NBC, 1974.

"The Hostage," Nakia, ABC, 1974.

"The Avenger," Cannon, CBS, 1974.

"Face of Evil," Petrocelli, NBC, 1975.

"Eclipse," Jigsaw John, NBC, 1976.

Doreen, How the West Was Won, ABC, 1978.

"Matchpoint," Insight, syndicated, 1983.

"Reflections," Hotel, ABC, 1984.

"Blood Lines," Simon and Simon, CBS, 1984.

"Amen to Amen-Re," The Whiz Kids, CBS, 1984.

"The Other Side of Oneness," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984.

"Let the Punishment Fit the Crime," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1984.

"Victimless Crime," Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1984.

"Losers Weepers," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1984.

"Stolen," Matt Houston, ABC, 1984.

"Almost Foolproof," Simon and Simon, CBS, 1985.

"Last Wish," Finders of Lost Loves, ABC, 1985.

"Armed Response," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985.

"A Very Practical Joke," Scene of the Crime, NBC, 1985.

"Last Stand," MacGyver, ABC, 1985.

"Still Goin' Steady," Riptide, NBC, 1985.

"Scrap Metal," Hunter, NBC, 1986.

"Growing Up and Grinding Down," Heart of the City (also known as Cold Steel and Neon), ABC, 1986.

"The Probe," Starman, ABC, 1987.

"Second Story Simons," Simon and Simon, CBS, 1987.

"Kevin's Older Woman," Mr. Belvedere, ABC, 1987.

Ray, "Traveling Man," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.

"Come Back Little Shiska," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

"And Baby Makes Two," Hotel, ABC, 1987.

"The Undergraduate," Charles in Charge, syndicated, 1987.

"Home Is Where the Heart Is," Houston Knights, CBS, 1987.

"After It Happened," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

"Conversations with the Assassin," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

"Simon and Simon, Jr.," Simon and Simon, CBS, 1988.

Voice of American Maid, a recurring role, "Armless But Not Harmless," The Tick (animated), 1994-1997.

Constance Hunter, "Whine, Whine, Whine," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), 1995.

Rocky McCann, "The Journalist," Touched by an Angel, 1996.

Ella Gaines, "Obsession," The Magnificent Seven, 2000.

Lisa Ramone, "Home for the Holidays," Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (also known as Cover Me), 2000.

Lisa Ramone, "Bazooka Joe," Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (also known as Cover Me), 2000.

Karen Palimieri, "Homecoming," ER, 2000.

Stephanie Arlyn, "Armageddon, Once and Again, 2001.

Stephanie Arlyn, "Busted, Once and Again, 2001.

Linda Cavanaugh, "Guilt," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), 2002.

Police interrogator, "Coventry," The Agency, 2003.

Judge Smith, "A Merry Little Christmas," JAG, CBS, 2003.

"David Cassidy: The Reluctant Idol," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Nadine, "I Make Myself Into Something New," Heartland, 2007.