{{Short description|American actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1947)}} {{Infobox person | 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 date and age|1947|10|15}} | birth_place = East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = 1 | occupation = Actress, screenwriter, film producer | years_active = 1971–present }}
'''Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry''' (born October 15, 1947)<ref name=ca>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/747431-interview-actress-lynn-lowry-remembers-david-cronenbergs-shivers|work=Coming Soon|title=Interview: Actress Lynn Lowry Remembers David Cronenberg's SHIVERS|date=October 15, 2015|accessdate=October 30, 2016|author=Alexander, Chris}}</ref> 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.<ref name=bio>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lynnlowry.com/?page_id=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201081602/http://www.lynnlowry.com/?page_id=9|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 1, 2015|work=Lynn Lowry Official Website|title=Bio|accessdate=October 30, 2016}}</ref> At age twelve, she relocated with her family to Burbank, California and later, Atlanta, Georgia, where her father transferred for work.<ref name=bio/>
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.<ref name=bio/>
==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.<ref name=bio/> After completing the film in early 1970, she was cast in David Durston's horror film ''I Drink Your Blood'' (1970).<ref>[http://www.pennyblood.com/lynnlowry.html Profile], PennyBlood.com; accessed April 13, 2017.</ref>
Lowry appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A. Romero's ''The Crazies'' (1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34191/romeros-the-crazies-heading-blu-ray|title=Romero's The Crazies Heading to Blu-ray|date=24 October 2009 |publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> 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''.<ref>Owen Keehnen, [http://racksandrazors.com/lynnlowry.html A DIRECTOR’S DREAM!], racksandrazors.com; accessed April 13, 2017.</ref> 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."<ref name="ca" />
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.<ref>[https://www.myspace.com/schismmovie Official Schism Movie MySpace]</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20897|title=First Stills From Dante Tomaselli's 'Torture Chamber'!|date=15 July 2010 |publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref> In 2015, she co-starred with Debbie Rochon in the horror film ''The House of Covered Mirrors''.<ref>[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]</ref><ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87940/surprise-heres-gory-new-clip-north-woods/ Surprise! Here’s a Gory New Clip from North Woods!]</ref> In 2022, Lowry starred as Gina Cochran in Richard Burgin's ''Fang'', for which she won four film festival awards.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-rA6o7_T2I Fang (2022) Official Trailer]</ref>
== Filmography == === Films === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1971 || ''I Drink Your Blood'' || Carrie || Uncredited |- | data-sort-value="Battle of Love's Return, The" | ''The Battle of Love's Return'' || Dream Girl || |- | rowspan="2" | 1973 || ''Sugar Cookies'' || Alta Leigh / Julie Kent|| |- | data-sort-value="Crazies, The" | ''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 || |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''Beyond the Dunwich Horror'' || Margo Warren || |- | ''Schism'' || Betsy / Jackie / Lola || |- | rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''George: A Zombie Intervention'' || Barbra || |- | ''Basement Jack'' || Mrs. Riley || |- | rowspan="3" | 2010 || data-sort-value="Crazies, The" | ''The Crazies'' || Woman on Bike || |- | data-sort-value="Super, The" | ''The Super'' || Maureen Rossi || |- | ''Psychosomatika'' || Raeanne || |- | 2011 || data-sort-value="Theatre Bizarre, The" | ''The Theatre Bizarre'' || Mikela Da Vinci || |- | 2012 || data-sort-value="Haunting of Whaley House, The" | ''The Haunting of Whaley House'' || Bethany Romero || |- | rowspan="4" | 2013 || data-sort-value="Trouble with Barry, The" | ''The Trouble with Barry'' || Ruth Montenegro || |- | ''My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!'' || Isabel || |- | ''Torture Chamber'' || Lisa Marino || |- | data-sort-value="Legend of Six Fingers, The" | ''The Legend of Six Fingers'' || Ester || |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''Model Hunger'' || Ginny Reilly || FANtastic Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film |- | data-sort-value="House of Covered Mirrors, The" | ''The House of Covered Mirrors'' || Claudia Hoffman || |- | 2017 || ''Descending'' || Eva<ref>[http://www.horrorsociety.com/2015/12/19/alex-vincent-lynn-lowry-join-the-cast-of-descending/ Horrorsociety.com]</ref>|| |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 || ''Cynthia'' || Nandula || |- | data-sort-value="Sweetest Revenge, The" | ''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 || data-sort-value="Pocket Film of Superstitions, The" | ''The Pocket Film of Superstitions'' || The Hand Maiden || |- | 2024 || ''A Halloween Feast'' || Angela Long || |- | rowspan="2" | 2025 || ''A Hard Place'' || Zenia || |- | ''Bradlee'' || Bradlee's Mum || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.lynnlowry.com}} * {{IMDb name|0523344|Lynn Lowry}} * [https://www.myspace.com/192111743 Official MySpace]
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