About: Kay Howard

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Katherine "Kay" Howard is a fictional character in the American TV series Homicide: Life on the Street. She was played by actress Melissa Leo. In the first two seasons of the show her character was the only female detective or member of the main cast. However, NBC president Warren Littlefield felt that the lack of other female characters was alienating the audience, so Megan Russert was added to the show. It was stated in a special edition of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, the non-fiction book that the film was based on, that the character of Kay Howard was based on Baltimore Police detective Rich Garvey. Howard is also influenced by Detective Bertina Silver, referred to as 'Bert' by her colleagues, thought by many in the unit to be the exception to the 'Secretaries-with-guns' fe

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  • Katherine "Kay" Howard is a fictional character in the American TV series Homicide: Life on the Street. She was played by actress Melissa Leo. In the first two seasons of the show her character was the only female detective or member of the main cast. However, NBC president Warren Littlefield felt that the lack of other female characters was alienating the audience, so Megan Russert was added to the show. It was stated in a special edition of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, the non-fiction book that the film was based on, that the character of Kay Howard was based on Baltimore Police detective Rich Garvey. Howard is also influenced by Detective Bertina Silver, referred to as 'Bert' by her colleagues, thought by many in the unit to be the exception to the 'Secretaries-with-guns' female officer stereotype. (en)
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  • (1x01, "Gone for Goode")
  • January 31, 1993
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  • Det./Sgt. Katherine 'Kay' Howard (en)
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  • Josh Howard (en)
  • Wesley Howard (en)
  • Carrie Howard (en)
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  • 1993-01-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Female (en)
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  • 1997-05-16 (xsd:date)
  • 2000-02-13 (xsd:date)
  • Homicide: The Movie (en)
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  • Detective/Sergeant Kay Howard (en)
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  • American (en)
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  • Howie (en)
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  • Homicide Sergeant (en)
  • Homicide Detective (en)
  • Fugitive Squad Sergeant (en)
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  • Sergeant (en)
  • Detective (en)
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  • Katherine "Kay" Howard is a fictional character in the American TV series Homicide: Life on the Street. She was played by actress Melissa Leo. In the first two seasons of the show her character was the only female detective or member of the main cast. However, NBC president Warren Littlefield felt that the lack of other female characters was alienating the audience, so Megan Russert was added to the show. It was stated in a special edition of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, the non-fiction book that the film was based on, that the character of Kay Howard was based on Baltimore Police detective Rich Garvey. Howard is also influenced by Detective Bertina Silver, referred to as 'Bert' by her colleagues, thought by many in the unit to be the exception to the 'Secretaries-with-guns' fe (en)
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  • Kay Howard (en)
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  • Detective/Sergeant Kay Howard (en)
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