Background
Lenz was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ted Lenz, a producer/commentator father and Kay Miller Lenz, a model/radio engineer mother.
Lenz was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ted Lenz, a producer/commentator father and Kay Miller Lenz, a model/radio engineer mother.
Student public schools, Van Nuys, California.
She began working as a child actress, appearing in such television shows as The Andy Griffith Show (under the stage name Kay Ann Kemper), Opie's Group (1967) as well as in stage productions. She made a brief appearance (billed as Kay Ann Kemper) in a small role in American Graffiti (1973) as Jane, a girl at a dance. She reprised her role for the sequel, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1977).
Since the 1980s, she has played guest roles in numerous television series. In 1984 she appeared in Rod Stewart's music video for the song "Infatuation". Lenz was the first wife of singer-actor David Cassidy.
A former child performer, Lenz has worked primarily in television and has won two Emmy Awards. She achieved recognition for her title-role performance as the free spirit who captivates William Holden in Breezy, directed by Clint Eastwood. Lenz made guest appearances in The Streets of San Francisco, Gunsmoke, MacGyver, McCloud, Cannon, and Petrocelli, and played a lead role in the film White Line Fever (1975) before being cast in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man in 1976, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. She won an Emmy in 1989 for Midnight Caller.
Married David Cassidy, April 3, 1977 (divorced).
