Lynn Lowry

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::summary American actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1947) ::

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Field	Value
name	Lynn Lowry
image	Lynn Lowry.jpg
caption	Lowry interviewed by Count Gore de Vol in 2009
birth_name	Linda Kay Lowry
birth_date
birth_place	East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
occupation	Actress, screenwriter, film producer
yearsactive	1971–present
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| name = Lynn Lowry | image = Lynn Lowry.jpg | caption = Lowry interviewed by Count Gore de Vol in 2009 | birth_name = Linda Kay Lowry | birth_date = | birth_place = East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | occupation = Actress, screenwriter, film producer | yearsactive = 1971–present

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.

She 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.

She 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 on NBC's short-lived soap opera How to Survive a Marriage, as well as a brief part on the daytime serial Another World. She also starred opposite Peter Fonda in Jonathan Demme's action thriller Fighting Mad (1976).

Lowry was also one of the two female leads in Radley Metzger's film Score (1974). She and Carl Parker are the only actors from the film who are still alive as of 2024.

Lowry moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, but ended up 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."

Her later films include Splatter Disco, Basement Jack and Schism, which she co-wrote and co-produced. Lowry also starred in Dante Tomaselli's Torture Chamber. She can be seen in the twenty-fourth minute of the film. In 2015, she co-starred with Debbie Rochon in the horror film The House of Covered Mirrors. In 2010, Lowry had a cameo appearance in the 2010 remake of The Crazies. In 2022, Lowry starred as Gina Cochran in Richard Burgin's Fang, for which she won 4 film festival awards.

Filmography

Films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	I Drink Your Blood	Carrie	Uncredited
1971	The Battle of Love's Return	Dream Girl
1973	Sugar Cookies	Alta Leigh / Julie Kent
1973	The Crazies	Kathy
1974	Score	Betsy
1975	Shivers	Nurse Forsythe
1976	Fighting Mad	Lorene Maddox
1982	Cat People	Ruthie
1984	Terror in the Aisles	Ruthie	Archive footage
1995	Compelling Evidence	Julie
2007	Splatter Disco	Alma
2008	Beyond the Dunwich Horror	Margo Warren
2008	Schism	Betsy / Jackie / Lola
2009	George: A Zombie Intervention	Barbra
2009	Basement Jack	Mrs. Riley
2010	The Crazies	Woman on Bike
2010	The Super	Maureen Rossi
2010	Psychosomatika	Raeanne
2011	The Theatre Bizarre	Mikela Da Vinci
2012	The Haunting of Whaley House	Bethany Romero
2013	The Trouble with Barry	Ruth Montenegro
2013	My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!	Isabel
2013	Torture Chamber	Lisa Marino
2013	The Legend of Six Fingers	Ester
2016	Model Hunger	Ginny Reilly	FANtastic Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film
2016	The House of Covered Mirrors	Claudia Hoffman
2017	Descending	Eva
2018	Cynthia	Nandula
2018	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
2025	A Hard Place	Zenia
2025	Bradlee	Bradlee's Mum
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References

References

1. Alexander, Chris. (October 15, 2015). "Interview: Actress Lynn Lowry Remembers David Cronenberg's SHIVERS". Coming Soon.
2. "Bio". Lynn Lowry Official Website.
3. After completing the film in early 1970, she was cast in David Durston's horror film ''[[I Drink Your Blood]]'' (1970).[http://www.pennyblood.com/lynnlowry.html Profile], PennyBlood.com; accessed April 13, 2017.
4. (24 October 2009). "Romero's The Crazies Heading to Blu-ray". DreadCentral.
5. Owen Keehnen, [http://racksandrazors.com/lynnlowry.html A DIRECTOR’S DREAM!], racksandrazors.com; accessed April 13, 2017.
6. [https://www.myspace.com/schismmovie Official Schism Movie MySpace]
7. (15 July 2010). "First Stills From Dante Tomaselli's 'Torture Chamber'!". BloodyDisgusting.
8. [http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/84368/north-woods-clip-plays-deadly-game-hide-seek/ New North Woods Clip Plays a Deadly Game of Hide-and-Seek]
9. [http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87940/surprise-heres-gory-new-clip-north-woods/ Surprise! Here’s a Gory New Clip from North Woods!]
10. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-rA6o7_T2I Fang (2022) Official Trailer]
11. [http://www.horrorsociety.com/2015/12/19/alex-vincent-lynn-lowry-join-the-cast-of-descending/ Horrorsociety.com]

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