Why was she not a 'bigger' star?
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shempXIV — 12 years ago(July 26, 2013 11:56 PM)
Ms. Lenz has had a decent career in both movies and television, but why did she not "graduate" to the A-list like, say, Sissy Spacek or Barbara Hershey did?
I realize this invites a lot of supposition, but hey, maybe some-body knows somethingbesides of course the "tradition" Hollywood seems to have with regard to ignoring or overlooking talented actresses (especially as they pass the age of 35).
and Lenz was SUPERB in that episode of "
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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 07:31 PM)
I read somewhere that Kay was upset at being turned down for the role of Regan MacNeil in the "The Exorcist" (she was too old it said), and that 'she became a rude, selfish spoiled celebrity who was largely ignored by Hollywood since then'.
I have no idea whether this is true or not. But something must have happened, as she was not seen in much after the '80s.
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"Didn't he discover America?"
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spope2 — 11 years ago(December 09, 2014 04:02 AM)
Kay was better than the material usually given to her. Deserved bigger choices IMO
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Cultfilmfeverforever — 11 years ago(December 31, 2014 04:26 AM)
It sounds like the rude remarks may have been manufactured to "blackball" her out of the industry. She seems like a very likable person. She is and always has been a superb actress. Like Sissy Spacek, she seems so natural when she's "acting." She was beautiful in THE INITIATION OF SARAH. I wish she could have worked with some of the great filmmakers because she could have been another Karen Black (in her own, unique style).
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mobocracy — 10 years ago(May 24, 2015 05:04 AM)
She won two Emmy awards (one daytime, one primetime) and her awards and nominations span a fairly long span of time. You might say she WAS a pretty big star, especially since a lot of 1970s-era actresses have been put to pasture and Key seems to keep working.
I think the larger problem is Hollywood's short shelf life for actresses generally. They seem to need major, breakthrough roles with a ton of publicity AND critical acclaim before they're 30 or they get sidelined for whatever's coming up in the next crop of actresses.
The other problem for Kay is she kind of fit the 1970s "type" for actresses and there were plenty of actresses who looked like her, making her sort of interchangeable with others like her.