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 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. 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." 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. In 2022, Lowry starred as Gina Cochran in Richard Burgin's Fang, for which she won four film festival awards.

Filmography

Films

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! Year

! Title

! Role

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| rowspan="2" | 1971 || I Drink Your Blood || Carrie || Uncredited

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| data-sort-value="Battle of Love's Return, The" | The Battle of Love's Return || Dream Girl ||

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| rowspan="2" | 1973 || Sugar Cookies || Alta Leigh / Julie Kent||

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| data-sort-value="Crazies, The" | The Crazies || Kathy Fulton ||

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| 1974 || Score || Betsy ||

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| 1975 || Shivers || Nurse Forsythe ||

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| 1976 || Fighting Mad || Lorene Maddox ||

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| 1982 || Cat People || Ruthie ||

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| 1995 || Compelling Evidence || Julie ||

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| 2007 || Splatter Disco || Alma ||

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| rowspan="2" | 2008 || Beyond the Dunwich Horror || Margo Warren ||

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| Schism || Betsy / Jackie / Lola ||

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| rowspan="2" | 2009 || George: A Zombie Intervention || Barbra ||

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| Basement Jack || Mrs. Riley ||

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| rowspan="3" | 2010 || data-sort-value="Crazies, The" | The Crazies || Woman on Bike ||

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| data-sort-value="Super, The" | The Super || Maureen Rossi ||

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| Psychosomatika || Raeanne ||

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| 2011 || data-sort-value="Theatre Bizarre, The" | The Theatre Bizarre || Mikela Da Vinci ||

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| 2012 || data-sort-value="Haunting of Whaley House, The" | The Haunting of Whaley House || Bethany Romero ||

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| rowspan="4" | 2013 || data-sort-value="Trouble with Barry, The" | The Trouble with Barry || Ruth Montenegro ||

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| My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! || Isabel ||

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| Torture Chamber || Lisa Marino ||

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| data-sort-value="Legend of Six Fingers, The" | The Legend of Six Fingers || Ester ||

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| rowspan="2" | 2016 || Model Hunger || Ginny Reilly || FANtastic Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film

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| data-sort-value="House of Covered Mirrors, The" | The House of Covered Mirrors || Claudia Hoffman ||

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| 2017 || Descending || Eva||

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| rowspan="2" | 2018 || Cynthia || Nandula ||

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| data-sort-value="Sweetest Revenge, The" | The Sweetest Revenge || Jessica Moore ||

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| 2019 || Essence - A Psychedelic Gothic Thriller || Deb ||

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| 2020 || Never Can Say Goodbye: When Love and Hate Survive Death || Elaine ||

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| 2022 || Fang || Gina Cochran ||

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| 2023 || data-sort-value="Pocket Film of Superstitions, The" | The Pocket Film of Superstitions || The Hand Maiden ||

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| 2024 || A Halloween Feast || Angela Long ||

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| rowspan="2" | 2025 || A Hard Place || Zenia ||

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| Bradlee || Bradlee's Mum ||

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References

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