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Karyn Kay(1948-2012)

  • Writer
  • Actress
  • Producer
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Karyn Kay was born on 31 August 1948 in the USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Call Me (1988), Empty Suitcases (1980) and America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988). She died on 10 April 2012 in New York, New York, USA.
BornAugust 31, 1948
DiedApril 10, 2012(63)
BornAugust 31, 1948
DiedApril 10, 2012(63)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Call Me (1988)
Call Me
5.3
  • Writer
  • 1988
Empty Suitcases (1980)
Empty Suitcases
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1980
John Walsh in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988)
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Nancy Reilly in Anybody's Woman (1981)
Anybody's Woman
6.2
Short
  • Actress(voice)
  • 1981

Credits

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Writer

  • John Walsh in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988)
    America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1989
  • Call Me (1988)
    Call Me
    5.3
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1988
  • Empty Suitcases (1980)
    Empty Suitcases
    6.7
    • additional script
    • 1980

Actress

  • Nancy Reilly in Anybody's Woman (1981)
    Anybody's Woman
    6.2
    Short
    • (voice)
    • 1981
  • Empty Suitcases (1980)
    Empty Suitcases
    6.7
    • (voice)
    • 1980

Producer

  • Call Me (1988)
    Call Me
    5.3
    • associate producer
    • 1988

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 31, 1948
    • USA
  • Died
    • April 10, 2012
    • New York, New York, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    At 9:30 a.m. on 10 April, 2012 she was assaulted by her 19-year-old son Henry Wachtel as he came out of a Grand Mal seizure. She sustained several serious injuries and succumbed to those injuries at 1:52 p.m. Her son Henry was arraigned and charged with second degree murder. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, he was allowed to plead not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and will be confined to a state facility for treatment of his epilepsy and mental disorder.

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