Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She is known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult films I Drink Your Blood (1970), George A. Romero's The Crazies (1973) and David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975).
Early life Lowry was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and lived in Cahokia, Illinois, during her early childhood. At age twelve, she relocated with her family to Burbank, California and later, Atlanta, Georgia, where her father transferred for work.
Lowry enrolled at the University of Georgia on a scholarship in 1966, studying theater for two years. She later worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Atlanta Playboy Club, and gave birth to her son. In 1969, Lowry moved with her son to New York City, working as a bartender while auditioning for acting roles.
Career While auditioning for a role in Joe (1970) in New York City, Lowry met Lloyd Kaufman, who asked her to appear in a supporting part in The Battle of Love's Return (1971), which she accepted. After completing the film in early 1970, she was cast in David Durston's horror film I Drink Your Blood (1970).Profile, PennyBlood.com; accessed April 13, 2017.
Lowry appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A. Romero's The Crazies (1973) and David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), followed by a sixteen-month role as the adulterer-heroine Sandra Henderson on NBC's short-lived soap opera How to Survive a Marriage, as well as a brief part on the daytime serial Another World.Owen Keehnen, A DIRECTOR’S DREAM!, racksandrazors.com; accessed April 13, 2017. Lowry was also one of the two female leads in Radley Metzger's film Score (1974). She also starred opposite Peter Fonda in Jonathan Demme's action thriller Fighting Mad (1976).
Lowry moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, but ended up largely abandoning her acting career after appearing in Cat People (1982). "I was in Hollywood and I just got tired of the bullshit," she said. "I wasn’t doing horror movies when I was in Hollywood, I was just going out for TV and other auditions and I got tired so I gave it up; I focused on doing theatre and even sang in a band."
After sporadic appearances in the 1980s and 1990s, Lowry returned to acting in 2005 and her subsequent films included Splatter Disco, Basement Jack and Schism, which she co-wrote and co-produced.Official Schism Movie MySpace In 2010, she had a cameo appearance in the remake of her earlier film The Crazies. Lowry also starred in Dante Tomaselli's Torture Chamber (2013). In 2015, she co-starred with Debbie Rochon in the horror film The House of Covered Mirrors.New North Woods Clip Plays a Deadly Game of Hide-and-SeekSurprise! Here’s a Gory New Clip from North Woods! In 2022, Lowry starred as Gina Cochran in Richard Burgin's Fang, for which she won four film festival awards.Fang (2022) Official Trailer
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1971 I Drink Your Blood Carrie Uncredited The Battle of Love's Return Dream Girl 1973 Sugar Cookies Alta Leigh / Julie Kent The Crazies Kathy Fulton 1974 Score Betsy 1975 Shivers Nurse Forsythe 1976 Fighting Mad Lorene Maddox 1982 Cat People Ruthie 1995 Compelling Evidence Julie 2007 Splatter Disco Alma 2008 Beyond the Dunwich Horror Margo Warren Schism Betsy / Jackie / Lola 2009 George: A Zombie Intervention Barbra Basement Jack Mrs. Riley 2010 The Crazies Woman on Bike The Super Maureen Rossi Psychosomatika Raeanne 2011 The Theatre Bizarre Mikela Da Vinci 2012 The Haunting of Whaley House Bethany Romero 2013 The Trouble with Barry Ruth Montenegro My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! Isabel Torture Chamber Lisa Marino The Legend of Six Fingers Ester 2016 Model Hunger Ginny Reilly FANtastic Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film The House of Covered Mirrors Claudia Hoffman 2017 Descending EvaHorrorsociety.com 2018 Cynthia Nandula The Sweetest Revenge Jessica Moore 2019 Essence - A Psychedelic Gothic Thriller Deb 2020 Never Can Say Goodbye: When Love and Hate Survive Death Elaine 2022 Fang Gina Cochran 2023 The Pocket Film of Superstitions The Hand Maiden 2024 A Halloween Feast Angela Long A Stranger in the Woods Edith's grandmother 2025 A Hard Place Zenia Bradlee Bradlee's Mum
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