Kay Lenz

Biography

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Linda Cavanaugh

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Laura Sidle

Hill Street Blues

Touched by an Angel

Rocky McCann

Ironside

NCIS

Conny Quinn Wheeler

The Closer

Mrs. Tatem

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Sallywood	Kathryn Corrigan
2020	More Beautiful for Having Been Broken	Cassandra
2020	The Downside of Bliss	Mary
2017	Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"
2013	The Secret Lives of Dorks	Mrs. Gibson
2003	Cock & Bull Story	Clair Coleman
1998	The Adventures of Ragtime	Detective Hill
1997	A Gun, a Car, a Blonde	Peep / Madge
1997	Journey of the Heart	Marvelle
1997	Gunfighter's Moon	Linda Yarnell
1996	Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space	Sebastian
1995	Shame II: The Secret	Ginny
1994	Trapped in Space	Gillings
1992	Falling from Grace	P.J. Parks
1990	Streets	Sargent
1990	Hitler's Daughter	Leona Crawford Gordon
1989	Physical Evidence	Deborah Quinn
1989	Headhunter	Katherine Hall
1989	Murder by Night	Karen Hicks
1989	Private Affairs	Bonnie
1988	Fear	Sharon Haden
1987	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Karen Sheldon
1987	Stripped to Kill	Detective Cody Sheenan
1985	House	Sandy Sinclair
1983	Prisoners of the Lost Universe	Carrie Madison
1983	Trial by Terror	Karen Armstrong
1982	Fast-Walking	Moke
1980	The Hustler of Muscle Beach	Jenny O'Rourke
1980	Escape	Barbara Chilcoate
1979	The Passage	Leah Bergson
1979	The Seeding of Sarah Burns	Sarah Burns
1979	Sanctuary of Fear	Carol Bain
1978	The Initiation of Sarah	Sarah Goodwin
1978	Mean Dog Blues	Linda Ramsey
1976	The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday	Thursday
1976	Moving Violation	Cam Johnson
1975	White Line Fever	Jerri Kane Hummer
1975	Journey from Darkness	Sherry Williams
1975	Upcoming Season	Susan
1974	Unwed Father	Vicky Simmons
1974	The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One	Shirley
1974	The Underground Man	Sue Crandell
1973	Breezy	Breezy
1973	A Summer Without Boys	Ruth Hailey
1973	American Graffiti	Jane
1973	Lisa, Bright and Dark	Lisa Schilling
1972	The Weekend Nun	Audree Prewitt

Year	TV Show	Role
2010	Adventure Time	Bird Woman
2007	Heartland
2005	Bones	Harriet White
2005	The Closer	Mrs. Tatem
2004	House	Mrs. Bradberry
2003	Cold Case	Hillary Rhodes (2009)
2003	NCIS	Conny Quinn Wheeler
2001	The Agency
2000	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Laura Sidle
1999	Once and Again
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Linda Cavanaugh
1998	The Magnificent Seven
1995	JAG	Judge Smith
1994	Touched by an Angel	Rocky McCann
1994	The Tick	American Maid (voice)
1994	ER	Karen Palmieri
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992	Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
1991	Reasonable Doubts	Maggie Zombro
1989	Hardball
1988	Midnight Caller
1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Ray
1986	Starman
1986	Heart of the City	Kathy Priester
1985	Moonlighting	Melissa
1985	MacGyver	Kelly Nielson
1984	Charles in Charge	Joan Robinson
1984	Hunter	Alicia Fiori
1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Ellen Ross
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Jennie Wells
1983	Whiz Kids
1982	Hotel
1982	Cagney & Lacey
1982	Matt Houston
1981	Simon & Simon
1981	Hill Street Blues
1981	The Fall Guy
1980	Magnum, P.I.	Sally DeForest
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Kate Jordache
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Kate Jordache
1974	Petrocelli
1974	Kodiak	Mary Taylor
1972	The Streets of San Francisco
1971	Cannon
1970	McCloud
1969	Medical Center
1967	Ironside
1966	The Monroes
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Joy Don Wyndham
1955	Gunsmoke	Lettie Graham
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lisa Schilling