Kay Lenz

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.

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American Graffiti (1973)

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A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Lucas
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Ron Howard  •  Paul Le Mat  •  Charles Martin Smith

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Lucas
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Ron Howard  •  Paul Le Mat  •  Charles Martin Smith

Breezy (1973)

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 shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  William Holden  •  Kay Lenz  •  Roger C. Carmel  •  Marj Dusay

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 shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  William Holden  •  Kay Lenz  •  Roger C. Carmel  •  Marj Dusay

House (1986)

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 him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Miner
CAST:  William Katt  •  George Wendt  •  Richard Moll  •  Kay Lenz

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 him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Miner
CAST:  William Katt  •  George Wendt  •  Richard Moll  •  Kay Lenz

Falling from Grace (1992)

Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mellencamp
CAST:  John Mellencamp  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Claude Akins  •  Dub Taylor

Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mellencamp
CAST:  John Mellencamp  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Claude Akins  •  Dub Taylor

Mean Dog Blues (1978)

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Gregg Henry  •  Kay Lenz  •  Scatman Crothers  •  Tina Louise

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Gregg Henry  •  Kay Lenz  •  Scatman Crothers  •  Tina Louise

Streets (1990)

Tough drama looks at the plight of a young L.A. prostitute, who shoots heroin to get through the day, sells sex just to survive, and eats roadkill sometimes when there isn't anything else available. Into this futile existence is thrown a psycho killer, who gets off ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katt Shea
CAST:  Christina Applegate  •  David Mendenhall  •  Eb Lottimer  •  Jane Chung Chun

Tough drama looks at the plight of a young L.A. prostitute, who shoots heroin to get through the day, sells sex just to survive, and eats roadkill sometimes when there isn't anything else available. Into this futile existence is thrown a psycho killer, who gets off ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katt Shea
CAST:  Christina Applegate  •  David Mendenhall  •  Eb Lottimer  •  Jane Chung Chun

Trapped in Space (1994)

After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Allan Seidelman
CAST:  Jack Wagner  •  Jack Coleman  •  Craig Wasson  •  Sigrid Thornton

After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Allan Seidelman
CAST:  Jack Wagner  •  Jack Coleman  •  Craig Wasson  •  Sigrid Thornton

The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013)

In The Secret Lives of Dorks, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after another. Yet he's a dreamer and madly in love with the head cheerleader Carrie (Riley Voelkel), who he is determined ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomé Breziner
CAST:  Gaelan Connell  •  Vanessa Marano  •  Beau Mirchoff  •  Riley Voelkel

In The Secret Lives of Dorks, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after another. Yet he's a dreamer and madly in love with the head cheerleader Carrie (Riley Voelkel), who he is determined ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomé Breziner
CAST:  Gaelan Connell  •  Vanessa Marano  •  Beau Mirchoff  •  Riley Voelkel

Hitler's Daughter (1990)

Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out who the heck she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Melody Anderson  •  Veronica Cartwright  •  Kay Lenz  •  Patrick Cassidy

Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out who the heck she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Melody Anderson  •  Veronica Cartwright  •  Kay Lenz  •  Patrick Cassidy

White Line Fever (1975)

An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kay Lenz  •  Slim Pickens  •  L.Q. Jones

An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kay Lenz  •  Slim Pickens  •  L.Q. Jones

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty, their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Day
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Shelley Winters  •  Tony Bill  •  Kathryn Grant

Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty, their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Day
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Shelley Winters  •  Tony Bill  •  Kathryn Grant

Fear (1988)

A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert A. Ferretti
CAST:  Cliff DeYoung  •  Kay Lenz  •  Zoe Trilling  •  Scott Schwartz

A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert A. Ferretti
CAST:  Cliff DeYoung  •  Kay Lenz  •  Zoe Trilling  •  Scott Schwartz

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Oliver Reed  •  Robert Culp  •  Kay Lenz

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Oliver Reed  •  Robert Culp  •  Kay Lenz

Physical Evidence (1989)

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Crichton
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Theresa Russell  •  Ned Beatty  •  Kay Lenz

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Crichton
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Theresa Russell  •  Ned Beatty  •  Kay Lenz

Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983)

Three people are transported into a parallel universe. There they find that they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Marcel
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Peter O'Farrell  •  John Saxon  •  Richard Hatch

Three people are transported into a parallel universe. There they find that they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Marcel
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Peter O'Farrell  •  John Saxon  •  Richard Hatch

The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980)

A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Joe Santos  •  Kay Lenz  •  Jeanette Nolan  •  Jack Carter

A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Joe Santos  •  Kay Lenz  •  Jeanette Nolan  •  Jack Carter

The Passage (1979)

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  James Mason  •  Malcolm McDowell  •  Patricia Neal

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  James Mason  •  Malcolm McDowell  •  Patricia Neal

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997)

In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house across from him..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefani Ames
CAST:  Jim Metzler  •  Victor Love  •  Kay Lenz  •  Norma Maldonado

In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house across from him..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefani Ames
CAST:  Jim Metzler  •  Victor Love  •  Kay Lenz  •  Norma Maldonado

Gunfighter's Moon (1997)

Henrickson plays Frank Morgan, a notorious and feared gunfighter that has lived his life on the run. His face and eyes reveal a man that has been very much hardened by that life. We quickly learn, however, that there is still passion inside. Upon receiving a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Ferguson
CAST:  Lance Henriksen  •  Kay Lenz  •  David McIlwraith  •  Nikki DeLoach

Henrickson plays Frank Morgan, a notorious and feared gunfighter that has lived his life on the run. His face and eyes reveal a man that has been very much hardened by that life. We quickly learn, however, that there is still passion inside. Upon receiving a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Ferguson
CAST:  Lance Henriksen  •  Kay Lenz  •  David McIlwraith  •  Nikki DeLoach

Moving Violation (1976)

A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for the murder and pursued by the sheriff, they run for their life to try and stay alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles S. Dubin
CAST:  Stephen McHattie  •  Kay Lenz  •  Eddie Albert  •  Lonny Chapman

A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for the murder and pursued by the sheriff, they run for their life to try and stay alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles S. Dubin
CAST:  Stephen McHattie  •  Kay Lenz  •  Eddie Albert  •  Lonny Chapman
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