The majority of Kay Lenz’s acting experience is on television. She was born into a family with a long history in the entertainment industry and had her broadcast appearance as a baby in a program that her father, Ted Lenz, produced.
Throughout her early years, she kept making appearances on her father’s programs. Beginning with performances in the American Christian drama series “This Is the Life,” Lenz began working as a child artist when he was 14 years old.
She eventually went on to feature in a lot of films and television shows. The gifted actress has received several nominations and awards to date, including a 1973 Lifetime Achievement nomination for Most Promising Newcomer and an Emmy Award for her supporting performance in NBC’s “Midnight Caller.”
Lenz, who once wed singer-actor David Cassidy, is now childless and unmarried. Along with performing, she has been involved with the Sea Save Foundation, an organization that works to conserve water supplies by educating people about the worth and beauty of the seas.
Kay Lenz’s Date of Birth and Parents
Ted Lenz, a producer, and Kay Miller, a model and radio engineer, welcomed Kay Lenz into the world on March 4, 1953, in Los Angeles, California.
Kay Lenz’s Husband
Speaking about her romantic relationships, the actress wed actor/singer David Cassidy in April 1977. In 1983, after a few years, the couple became divorced. They weren’t parents. The former in-laws of the actors Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward are Lenz.
Kay Lenz’s Career
When she was 14 years old, Kay Lenz made her acting debut in the comedy “This Is the Life.” She appeared in supporting parts in the films “Breezy” and “American Graffiti” in 1973.
She appeared as a guest in the western series “Gunsmoke” the next year, and she also played Dorie in the anthology series “The ABC Afternoon Playbreak,” for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.
Soon after, the actress received a role in the American-Canadian action film “White Line Fever” as Jerri Kane Hummer.
Lenz played Kate Jordache in the 1976 television miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man.” Two years later, she appeared in Mel Stuart’s “Mean Dog Blues” with Gregg Henry.
She appeared in other TV shows as a guest star throughout the next years, including “Escape,” “The Fall Guy,” “Murder She Wrote,” “Hunter,” “Charles in Charge,” and “Starman,” to mention a few.
Lenz appeared in the comedy-horror film “House” during this period as Sandy Sinclair, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award.
She next performed Tina Cassidy in three episodes of “Midnight Caller” in 1988, and for that performance, she was given another Emmy Award.
She debuted the decade of the 1990s with a recurring part in the first season of the police drama “Reasonable Doubts.”
In the animated television series “Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa,” she then voiced characters. Lenz provided the voice of “American Maid” in the animated series “The Tick” in 1994.
The actress had many guest appearances in TV dramas in the 2000s, including “ER,” “Cover Me,” “Once and Again,” “NCIS,” “The Closer,” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” to name a few.