{{Short description|Canadian actress (1923–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = Actress_Kay_Callard.jpg | image_size = | name = Kay Callard | birth_name = Kathleen Emmett Callard | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|11|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|3|7|1923|11|10|df=y}} | death_place = Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England | other_names = Kathleen (Kay) Drewry; Kathleen (Kay) McNaughton | occupation = Film actress | years_active = 1954–1993 | spouse = {{Marriage|Jack McNaughton|1959|1990|end=died}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://swingthegate.co.uk/jack-mcnaughton |title=Jack McNaughton – Swing the Gate |access-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010175834/http://swingthegate.co.uk/jack-mcnaughton |archive-date=10 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
'''Kay Callard''' (10 November 1923 – 7 March 2008) was a Canadian film and television actress whose career was largely based in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110996|title=Kay Callard|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=12 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021151714/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/110996|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was married to the actor Jack McNaughton.<ref>{{Cite book|url=|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719091391|year=2013|edition=4th|pages=115}}</ref>
The most active part of her career was 1953–1961. In 1956 she was signed as the first contract artist to Anglo-Amalgamated Productions.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=20 September 1956 |title=Anglo Signs First Contract Artist |journal= |volume=473 |issue=2562 |pages=12 |id={{ProQuest|2738575856}} |magazine=Kine Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=17 September 1956 |title=Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy of Anglo Amalgamated have just signed red-blonde actress Kay Callard to a long-term contract |journal= |volume= |issue=7213 |pages=5 |id={{ProQuest|3130658924}} |magazine=The Daily Film Renter}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- |1953|| data-sort-value="Limping Man, The" | ''The Limping Man'' || |- |1954|| ''They Who Dare'' || nightclub singer |- |1954|| data-sort-value="Stranger Came Home, A" | ''A Stranger Came Home'' || Jennie |- |1955|| ''Reluctant Bride'' || Lola Sinclair |- |1955|| ''Stolen Assignment'' || Stella Watson |- |1955|| ''Joe MacBeth'' || Ruth |- |1955|| ''Dial 999'' || blonde at bar |- |1955|| ''Assignment Abroad'' || Mrs. Morgan |- |1956|| ''Find the Lady'' || Rita |- |1957|| ''West of Suez'' || Pat Paterson |- |1957|| data-sort-value="Hypnotist, The" | ''The Hypnotist'' || Susie |- |1957|| data-sort-value="Flying Scot, The" | ''The Flying Scot'' || Jackie |- |1957 |''Man in the Shadow'' |Pamela Norris |- |1958|| ''Undercover Girl'' || Joan Foster |- |1957|| ''Cat Girl'' || Dorothy Marlowe |- |1958|| ''Escapement'' || Laura Maxwell |- |1958|| ''Intent to Kill'' || Carol's friend |- |1958|| ''Woman Possessed'' || Ann |- |1958|| ''Links of Justice'' || Stella |- |1959|| data-sort-value="Great Van Robbery, The" | ''The Great Van Robbery'' || Ella |- |1959|| ''Top Floor Girl'' || Connie |- |1961|| ''Freedom to Die'' || Coral |- |1974 |''Our Cissy'' (short film) |middle class lady<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Our CIssy |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150236638 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |}
== Television appearances == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- |1953 |''BBC Sunday-Night Theatre'', "Once in a Lifetime" |Phyllis Fontaine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Once in a Lifetime |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/34455741fe4348b385f28059b37abb48 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=BBC Programme Index}}</ref> |- |1954 |''Rheingold Theatre'', "Dream Stuff" |Candy<ref name="BFIsearch8">{{Cite web |title=Dream Stuff |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150474856 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1954 |''Craig's Wife'' |Ethel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig's WIfe |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3c9753b50fb745a19b4f582fedeaf1ab |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=BBC Programme Index}}</ref> |- |1954|| ''They Who Dare'' || nightclub singer |- |1955–1959 |''The Vise'', 13 episodes: S1.E16, "The Final Column" (1955), Marie; S1.E23, "Dress Rehearsal" (1955), Betty;<br>S1.E39, "The Better Chance" (1955), Penny; S2.E9, "Never Let Me Die" (1955), Dorothy;<br>S2.E10, "Bond of Hate" (1955), Alice Bodmin; S2.E17, "Death Takes No Holiday" (1955), June;<br>S3.E8, "Blood in the Sky" (1956), Julia; S3.E23, "Shroud for a Lady" (1959), Deborah; <br>S3.E24, "It's Only Mink" (1959), Carol; S5.E19, "Six Months to Talk" (1958), Diane;<br>S5.E20, "Four Against Three" (1958), Anna Henderson; S6.E8, "A Toast to Death" (1958), Sylvia Holloway;<br>S5.E20, "Dangerous Meeting" (1959), Tina |various<ref name="BFIsearch12">{{Cite web |title=The Better Chance |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150385448 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1955 |''Secret File, USA'', "Mission Assassin" |Mrs Morgan<ref name="BFIsearch2">{{Cite web |title=Secret File |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150275398 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1956 |''ITV Play of the Week'', "The Adding Machine" |June O'Grady |- |1957 |''The New Adventures of Martin Kane,'' "The Missing Daughter Story" | |- |1957 |''The New Adventures of Charlie Chan,'' "The Airport Murder Case" |Carol Vane<ref name="BFIsearch7">{{Cite web |title=Airport Murder Case |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150468641 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1958 |''ITV Play of the Week'', "Johnny Belinda" |Stell Maguire<ref name="BFIsearch5">{{Cite web |title=Johnny Belinda |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150468502 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1958 |''White Hunter'', "The Marked Man" |Helen Porter<ref name="BFIsearch3">{{Cite web |title=Marked Man |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150384649 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1958 |''Target'', "Temporary Escape" |Kay Johnson |- |1958 |''Charlie Drake'', "The Clapper Boy" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie Drake: The Clapper Boy |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c981f256fbd14d07a62f2dd75eb900d4 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=BBC Programme Index}}</ref> |- |1958 |''ITV Television Playhouse'', "High Tension" |Georgia Gillum<ref name="BFIsearch6">{{Cite web |title=High Tension |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150468577 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1959 |''ITV Television Playhouse'', "Rock-a-bye Barnie" |Sonya |- |1959 |''The Four Just Men,'' "The Judge" |Jean Lawson<ref name="BFIsearch4">{{Cite web |title=The Judge |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150457875 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1959 |''Rendezvous'', "Markheim" / "Alfie's Tulip" |Carla<ref name="BFIsearch11">{{Cite web |title=Markheim |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150727245 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> / Mrs Ben<ref name="BFIsearch10">{{Cite web |title=Alfie's Tulip |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150727197 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1959–1960 |''Knight Errant Limited'', 38 episodes |Liz Parrish<ref name="BFIsearch9">{{Cite web |title=Knight Errant |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150625589 |access-date=28 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> |- |1960 |''International Detective'', "The Daniels Case" |Hester Putnam |- |1963 |''The Odd Man'', "Prince on a White Horse" |Minerva Dane |- |1993|| ''Riders'' (TV movie) || Nanny Campbell-Black |}
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