Kay Hawtrey

Kay Hawtrey

Born: November 8, 1926
Died: June 11, 2021
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kay Hawtrey, born Katharine Mary Craven Hawtrey, later Katharine Mary Craven Clark, was born on November 8, 1926, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, who embarked on her career at Toronto’s Hart House Theatre. Following a year-long engagement at London's Embassy Theatre, she ventured into television during the "Golden Age of Television" in the 1950s. Credited as Kay Hawtrey, she notably portrayed Mrs. Lutz in 15 episodes of "The Great Detective," starring Douglas Campbell. Also known for Videodrome (1983), Urban Legend (1998) and Funeral Home (1980). She was previously married to John Clark. Her career spanned both stage and screen, showcasing her talents during this pivotal era of television. She died on June 11, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Movies for Kay Hawtrey...

Title: MVP
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: TV
MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television. The program was cancelled by the CBC on March 7, 2008. Poor ratings and high production costs were cited as reasons for the cancellation.
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Title: MVP
Character: Nan
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: TV
MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television. The program was cancelled by the CBC on March 7, 2008. Poor ratings and high production costs were cited as reasons for the cancellation.
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Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas
Title: Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas
Character: Grandma
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A Nick Jr. animated preschool series based on the hugely popular storybooks by Rosemary Wells. Max & Ruby celebrates the warm & humorous relationship between Max, an enthusiastic and determined bunny, and his big sister Ruby. The TV series has a distinct look & feel, incorporating 2D characters into a 3D world. Books first launched 1979 & more than a million books have been sold to date.
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.45
Title: .45
Character: Marge
Released: November 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: Vic, a woman who would like to be Kate's lover; Reilly, who runs with Al but also is attracted to Kate and repulsed by Al's violence; and, Liz, the counselor assigned to Kate from a battered-women's program. Vic and Reilly talk about killing Al, Liz gives pep talks; Kate remains frightened. Will Al's menace and Kate's dependency hold sway?
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Max & Ruby's Christmas
Title: Max & Ruby's Christmas
Character: Grandma (voice)
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Character: Mrs. Cooper
Released: October 13, 2002
Type: TV
Based on a true story, this family-friendly series follows the adventures of a young, hearing impaired woman who has a special gift and goes to work for the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy – and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat drama is an inspiring tribute to the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity and achieve great things.
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The Scream Team
Title: The Scream Team
Character: Librarian
Released: October 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.
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Title: Monk
Released: July 12, 2002
Type: TV
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
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Title: Max and Ruby
Character: Grandma
Released: May 3, 2002
Type: TV
Meet two funny bunny siblings, the energetic and mischievous Max, and the patient, smart and goal-oriented Ruby. The show models empowering messages by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences respectfully and supportively.
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American Psycho II: All American Girl
Title: American Psycho II: All American Girl
Character: Daniels' Mom
Released: April 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Rachel is a criminology student hoping to land a position as a teacher's assistant for professor Robert Starkman. She's sure this position will pave the way to an FBI career, and she's willing to do anything to obtain it -- including killing her classmates. The school psychiatrist, Dr. Daniels, becomes aware that Rachel is insane, but Rachel is skilled at her dangerous game of death and identity theft.
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Focus
Title: Focus
Character: Mrs. Newman
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: Movie
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
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The Wandering Soul Murders
Title: The Wandering Soul Murders
Character: Marge the Flower Lady
Released: January 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Haunted by the murder of her politician husband 6 years ago, former police detective Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) keeps looking for clues, with the help of her old partner (Victor Garber). When a prime suspect is caught, it looks as if the killer may finally be brought to justice … but in a shocking turn of events, the suspect is gunned down as he's brought to the police station. Is there more to her husband's death than Joanne realized?
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Title: Relic Hunter
Character: Older Woman
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: TV
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.
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The Third Miracle
Title: The Third Miracle
Character: Wheelchair Mother
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: Movie
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
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What Katy Did
Title: What Katy Did
Character: Mrs. Worrett
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Kevin Whately (The English Patient) stars as Dr. Philip Carr, along with Alison Pill (The Judy Garland Story), as his daughter Katy Carr, Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables), as her cousin Helen, and long-time favorite Dean Stockwell in this warm family drama that tells the story Katy, a headstrong, energetic thirteen-year-old girl with a feisty, rebellious streak who seems to be more than her father can handle at times, even with the aid of Aunt Izzie (Martha Burns). The arrival of her ill cousin begins to alter Katy's perception of the world; then a serious accident confides Katy to her room, which changes the young girl's outlook on life forever. Based on the classic novel, What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge.
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An Avonlea Christmas
Title: An Avonlea Christmas
Character: Mabel Sloane
Released: December 13, 1998
Type: Movie
An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to the indomitable and sometimes intolerable matriarch of the King family, Hetty King. When she suddenly collapses during the holidays, Hetty is hospitalized. Feeling homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her relationships and her accomplishments in life. The story takes place against the backdrop of World War I as the King family prepares for its traditional Christmas dinner. The reunion is marred by the fact that one of its youngest members, Felix, is missing in action; making differences of opinion about the war effort glaringly obvious. This wonderful and accomplished cast comes together in an uplifting drama that illustrates the frailty of life and the importance of strength of family in turbulent times. (from DVD liner notes)
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Urban Legend
Title: Urban Legend
Character: Library Attendant
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
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Dirty Work
Title: Dirty Work
Character: Gladys
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.
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In Love and War
Title: In Love and War
Character: Grace Hemingway
Released: December 18, 1996
Type: Movie
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. Their affair slowly blossoms, until Hemingway boldly asks Agnes to be his wife and journey to America with him.
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Title: Little Bear
Character: Granny
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
Little Bear is an educational Canadian children's television series based on the Little Bear series of books which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Originally produced by Nelvana, it is currently available to stream on Paramount+ and has been released on YouTube by Treehouse TV. It was first shown in the UK on the Children's BBC. A direct-to-video DVD full-length feature film was created after the series ended.
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At the Midnight Hour
Title: At the Midnight Hour
Character: Mrs. Pram
Released: October 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Wealthy widower Richard Keaton engages young widow Elizabeth 'Liz' Guinness as the 4th consecutive nanny for his pre-teen, equally science-devoted son Andrew, with instructions to disturb neither. She learns of mother Alycia's fatal fall, an official suicide but was probably murder. Dad keeps Andy at a distance, so he draws towards Liz. Real danger starts when Richard's brother, novelist Blain, arrives with his friend Jillian, to sell the ancestral estate against Richard's will.
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Title: Goosebumps
Character: Old Woman
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
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Trapped in Paradise
Title: Trapped in Paradise
Character: Rose Weyerhauser
Released: December 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
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Title: Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Character: Mary Kemp
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: TV
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27, 1993 to January 1, 1997, and was broadcast in over 70 countries. Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reruns of the show have been aired on TNT. The show was canceled when its producer, Prime Time Entertainment Network, ceased operations and no other network opted to continue the series.
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Baby on Board
Title: Baby on Board
Character: Matron #1
Released: December 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being pursued. She commandeers a cab driven by Ernie (Judge Reinhold), and the chase is on.
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Taking Care of Terrific
Title: Taking Care of Terrific
Character: Mrs. Kolodny
Released: January 16, 1988
Type: Movie
14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered boy. The two hook up for some hilarious adventures in the park with a mysterious bag lady and a street musician. With the help of Enid's boyfriend, Seth, they try to give the park dwellers a "special evening," but their good deed backfires and lands them in trouble.
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Haunted by Her Past
Title: Haunted by Her Past
Character: Saleslady
Released: October 5, 1987
Type: Movie
While staying at an inn in a colonial-recreation village for her anniversary, a young woman becomes possessed by her murderous ancestor through an antique mirror and compelled to murder her husband.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Title: Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Character: Poetess
Released: April 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
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Goofballs
Title: Goofballs
Character: Miss Meyers
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Another entry in the Canadian "Balls" comedy era, this time set in a golf resort.
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Confidential
Title: Confidential
Character: Doris
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman who was accused of the axe murder of her father thirty seven years earlier. Jameson disappears during his search and his wife hires Charles Ripley P.I. to find him. Ripley's search leads him to Emma's son who has his own nasty secrets to protect.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character: Townsperson
Released: April 5, 1985
Type: Movie
The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.
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Mrs. Soffel
Title: Mrs. Soffel
Character: Peter's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
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Videodrome
Title: Videodrome
Character: Matron
Released: February 4, 1983
Type: Movie
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Townsperson
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Crossing Guard
Released: September 16, 1981
Type: Movie
An entertainer arrives to put on a show in a small town. It turns out that he has mystical powers that give each person a glowing aura, and forces them to tell the truth. Complications ensue.
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Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Title: Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Character: Nurse
Released: October 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Concerned that her feminist mom Deborah is going to stay single, Jenny Bergman plays matchmaker. She arranges a date between mom and unemployed Theo Marker, Irish Wolfhound owner, doing everything to get keep them together.
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Cries in the Night
Title: Cries in the Night
Character: Maude Chalmers
Released: October 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.
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The Starlost: The Beginning
Title: The Starlost: The Beginning
Character: Garth's Mother
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering they are not on Earth, but in a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship. The spaceship is made up of giant "domes" holding the various cultures of humanity. Eventually, they find the bridge, its crew dead and its computer complaining that the ship is off-course, heading into the path of a distant sun. The three farmers take it upon themselves to travel the ship, contacting the various cultures of humanity in search of somebody who can correct the course of the ship and save mankind.
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Summer's Children
Title: Summer's Children
Character: Mrs. Baines
Released: September 7, 1979
Type: Movie
SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job and enters into new relationships, but his sister pursues him in a cat and mouse game, getting into trouble in the city's seedy underground. In a series of flashbacks, we discover the reasons for his initial departure, as he and his sister try to find a peaceful resolution to their feelings about each other.
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Torn Between Two Lovers
Title: Torn Between Two Lovers
Character: Anna Conti
Released: February 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some relief, she parts ways with him at the airport, her resistance to his alluring manner having been tested. She later discovers that she has his gloves, so she returns them in person, only to end up in bed with the man, and later falling in love. She now faces the toughest decision of her life.
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Title: Read All About It!
Character: Dr. Crystal Couplet
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: TV
Read All About It! was a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1983 by TVOntario that aired during the early to mid-1980s; It also aired in repeats in the 1990s. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show.
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High-Ballin'
Title: High-Ballin'
Character: Ma
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
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The Ottawa Valley
Title: The Ottawa Valley
Character: Dodie
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Based on the Alice Munro short story, in which the narrator tries in vain to write a portrait of her mother’s family.
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The Thanksgiving Treasure
Title: The Thanksgiving Treasure
Character: Aunt Nora
Released: November 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Addie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending their long-standing feud.
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Face-Off
Title: Face-Off
Character: Mother
Released: November 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles.
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Title: Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Character: Doris Wedstock
Released: April 3, 1957
Type: TV
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans was set in New York's Hudson Valley during the French and Indian war in the 1750's and depicted the adventures of Hawkeye and his Indian blood brother Chingachgook, the last member of the Mohican tribe. The series based on stories by James Fenimore Cooper.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Sally Follet
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.