Lynn Lowry

Lynn Lowry
Lynn Lowry interviewed by Count Gore De Vol in 2009
Born	Linda Kay Lowry (1947-10-15) October 15, 1947 (age 69) East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1972-present

Linda Kay Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She is perhaps best known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult film I Drink Your Blood (1970), George A. Romero's The Crazies (1973), and David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975).

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.

While auditioning for a part 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). She appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A. Romero's The Crazies in 1973 and David Cronenberg's Shivers in 1974, 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.