Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974), Journey from Darkness (1975), The Initiation of Sarah (1978) (title role), The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979) (title role) and Sanctuary of Fear (1979) would help push her into the top star echelon. Around that same time she earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in a 1974 episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)Īlthough she ventured on, none of her subsequent strong work in such films as White Line Fever (1975), The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976), Moving Violation (1976), Mean Dog Blues (1978), The Passage (1979) and House (1985) and/or TV movie dramas as Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973) (title role), A Summer Without Boys (1973), Unwed Father (1974), The Underground Man (1974), The F.B.I. She earned a Golden Globe nomination as "Most Promising Newcomer." Unfortunately, although Kay was singled out for her affecting performance, the movie itself was ignored. ![]() ![]() Kay began to flirt with serious 1970s film stardom after being cast by director Clint Eastwood in the troubled, titular role of Breezy (1973) opposite William Holden as a plucky, but hard luck hippie/free spirit who has an affair with a much older businessman. Initially billed as Kay Ann Kemmer, she appeared in a bit part on the classic George Lucas 1950's film American Graffiti (1973) She went on to appear on such popular programs as "The Monroes" and "The Andy Griffith Show," Returning to theatre work, she left the small screen until 1972, when she was spotted on episodes of "Ironside" and "Owen Marshall" as well as the TV movie (and unsold pilot) where she started earning attention playing feisty, troubled teens. In the 1960s, she appeared as a teen on stage (Pasadena Playhouse) and, using the stage name Kay Ann Kemper, moved into TV in 1967 with several episodes on the religious series This Is the Life (1952). She must have taken to the attention because she continued to appear on her father's TV shows and commercials throughout her childhood. At the ripe old age of eight weeks, Kay appeared on her first TV show produced by her dad as a baby being held up and sung to. showbiz family - her father being producer/commentator Ted Lenz and her mother model/radioĮngineer Kay Miller Lenz. Born Kay Ann Lenz on March 4, 1953, the comely, pert-nosed, dark-haired, award-winning actress came from an L.A.
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