Kay Lenz

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March 4, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA
Biography:Thrushlike American actress "Kay Lenz" was most effectively cast as hippielike free spirits, even though she rose to prominence after the "flower child" craze had come and gone. After a lot of TV work, "Lenz" was given her big movie break in director "Clint Eastwood"'s "Breezy" (1973) as the teenybopper girl friend of middle-aged businessman "William Holden". "Kay" followed this triumph with an Emmy-winning performance in the 1974 "ABC Afternoon Playbreak" special "Hearts in Hiding." After another good movie assignment in the above-average Canadian actioner "White Line Fever", "Kay" was cast as one of the title characters in "The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday" (1976), portraying a gold-hearted (and light-headed) whore in the old west. Though heavily promoted, the film was a failure, and "Lenz" had to step down from the ranks of Movie Star to become an actress again -- which she did, in the TV... Full Biography
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