Kay Lenz

Kay Lenz in Breezy

Kay Lenz (* 4. March 1953 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress . She is also known as Kay Ann Kemper .

Life

Kay Lenz began her acting career as a teenager in the late 1960s in American television series. She played on the Andy Griffith Show , among others . She got a small role in the cult film American Graffiti by George Lucas in 1973. In the same year she played her most important leading role in a movie. As Breezy in encounter in the morning she played alongside William Holden under the direction of Clint Eastwood and received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best New Actress . In 1987 she starred in the action film White in the Eye . She became known to German audiences through the role of Kate Jordache in the television saga Reich und Arm . For this role she was nominated for an Emmy Award . She received the award in 1989 for her work in the series Der Nachtfalke . From 1977 to 1982 she was married to the US entertainer David Cassidy .

Filmography

Feature films

• 1972: The Weekend Nun (TV movie)
• 1973: American Graffiti
• 1973: Morning meeting (Breezy)
• 1973: Lisa, Bright and Dark (TV movie)
• 1973: A Summer Without Boys (TV movie)
• 1974: Unwed Father (TV movie)
• 1974: The Underground Man (TV movie)
• 1974: The FBI Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (TV movie)
• 1974: The One (TV movie)
• 1975: Journey from Darkness (TV movie)
• 1975: Street of Violence (White Line Fever)
• 1976: The Superman of the Wild West (The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday)
• 1976: Moving Violation
• 1978: The Initiation of Sarah (TV movie)
• 1978: The Devil's Camp (Mean Dog Blues)
• 1979: The Passage
• 1979: The Seeding of Sarah Burns (TV movie)
• 1979: Father Brown won't let himself be bluffed ( Sanctuary of Fear , movie made for TV)
• 1980: Escape (TV movie)
• 1980: The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV movie)
• 1981: Swan Lake ( Sekai meisaku dôwa: Hakuchô no mizûmi , voice)
• 1982: Murder in Cell 3 (Fast-Walking)
• 1983: Prisoner of the universe (Prisoners of the Lost Universe)
• 1983: The House (Trial by Terror)
• 1986: House - Das Horrorhaus (House)
• 1987: Stripped to Kill
• 1987: The White in the Eye (Death Wish 4: The Crackdown)
• 1988: The hour of the headhunter (headhunter)
• 1988: Black Scorpion (Fear)
• 1989: The Lawyer (Physical Evidence)
• 1989: Dreams of Death ( Murder by Night , TV movie)
• 1990: Streets of Terror (Streets)
• 1990: Hitler's Daughter (TV movie)
• 1991: Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
• 1992: The Enemy In Your Own House (Falling from Grace)
• 1994: Against Their Will: Women in Prison , movie made for TV
• 1995: Trapped in Space (TV movie)
• 1995: Shame II: The Secret (TV movie)
• 1997: Journey of the Heart (TV movie)
• 1997: The Last Duel (Gunfighter's Moon)
• 1997: Confidential (A Gun, a Car, a Blonde)
• 1998: Marry Me or Die
• 1998: The Adventures of Ragtime
• 2003: Southside
• 2013: The Secret Lives of Dorks

TV Shows

• 1967: The Monroes ( The Monroes , an episode)
• 1967: Andy Griffith Show ( The Andy Griffith Show , an episode)
• 1972: The Boss ( Ironside , an episode)
• 1973: Owen Marshall - Criminal Defense Attorney ( Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law , an episode)
• 1973: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , a series)
• 1974: Love Story (an episode)
• 1974: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , an episode)
• 1974: Medical Center (a sequel)
• 1974: Kodiak (an episode)
• 1974: A Sheriff in New York ( McCloud , an episode)
• 1974: Nakia, the Indian sheriff ( Nakia , an episode)
• 1974: Cannon (an episode)
• 1974: The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (an episode)
• 1975: Saturday Night Live (an episode)
• 1975: Petrocelli (an episode)
• 1976: Rich & Poor ( Rich Man, Poor Man , miniseries, an episode)
• 1976: Jigsaw John (an episode)
• 1976–1977: Reich & arm II ( Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II , 11 episodes)
• 1978: How the West Was Won (Miniseries, an episode)
• 1982: Thoughtful Stories ( Insight , an episode)
• 1984: Scene of the Crime (one episode)
• 1984: Computer Kids ( Whiz Kids , an episode)
• 1984: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , an episode)
• 1984: Magnum ( Magnum, pi , one episode)
• 1984: Cagney & Lacey (an episode)
• 1984: The Fall Guy ( The Fall Guy , two episodes)
• 1984: Matt Houston (an episode)
• 1984, 1987: Hotel (two episodes)
• 1984–1988: Simon & Simon (four episodes)
• 1985: Finder of Lost Loves (an episode)
• 1985: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , an episode)
• 1985: MacGyver (an episode)
• 1985: Trio with Four Fists ( Riptide , one episode)
• 1986: Hunter (an episode)
• 1986: Heart of the City (two episodes)
• 1987: The Man from the Other Star ( Starman , an episode)
• 1987: Mr. Belvedere (an episode)
• 1987: CBS Summer Playhouse (an episode)
• 1987: The Model and the Sniffer ( Moonlighting , an episode)
• 1987: Charles in Charge (an episode)
• 1987: The Magnificent Two ( Houston Knights , an episode)
• 1988–1989: The Night Falcon ( Midnight Caller , three episodes)
• 1989: Hardball (an episode)
• 1989: Young Fates ( ABC Afterschool Specials , one episode)
• 1991–1993: The Public Prosecutor and the Cop ( Reasonable Doubts , 32 episodes)
• 1992–1993: Wild West COW-Boys of Moo Mesa (four episodes)
• 1994–1996: The Tick ( The Tick , 18 episodes, voice)
• 1995: Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark ( Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , an episode)
• 1996: Touched by an Angel ( Touched By An Angel , a series)
• 2000: The Magnificent Seven ( The Magnificent Seven , a series)
• 2000: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , an episode)
• 2000–2001: Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (two episodes)
• 2001: Again with Feeling ( Once and Again , two episodes)
• 2002: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (one episode)
• 2003: The Agency - In the crosshairs of the CIA ( The Agency , an episode)
• 2003: JAG - On behalf of honor ( JAG , an episode)
• 2007: Heartland ( Heartland , an episode)
• 2007: Dr. House ( House , an episode)
• 2008: Navy CIS ( NCIS , an episode)
• 2009: Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten ( Cold Case , an episode)
• 2010: The Closer (an episode)
• 2011: Southland (one episode)
• 2013: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , one episode)
• 2014: Bones ( Bones , an episode)

Web links

• Kay Lenz in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Kay Lenz in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} entry at filmreference.com