{{Short description|Canadian actress (1926–2021)}} {{sources|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Kay Hawtrey | birth_name = Katharine Mary Craven Hawtrey | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|8}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|11|1926|11|8}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | alma_mater = University of Trinity College | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1971–2020 | spouse = {{marriage|John Clark<br>|1956|1967|end=div}} | children = 1 }}
'''Katharine Mary Craven Clark''' ({{née}} '''Hawtrey''', November 8, 1926 – June 11, 2021) was a Canadian actress.
Hawtrey was born on November 8, 1926<ref name="ci">{{cite journal |title=Kay Hawtrey, 94 |journal=Classic Images |date=September 2021 |issue=553 |pages=43–44}}</ref><ref>[https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7657 Aveleyman: Kay Hawtrey]</ref> and educated at Toronto's Trinity College. She began her career at Hart House Theatre and then went to England for a year's engagement with the Embassy Theatre in London.<ref name="ci" /> On her return, Hawtrey appeared in television plays for the CBC, before marrying English actor John Clark in 1956. They moved to New York City in 1959, where they had a son in 1963, naming him Jonathan Hawtrey Clark. They divorced in 1967<ref>{{cite news |title=Lynn Redgrave Weds Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79966711/intelligencer-journal/ |access-date=January 14, 2022 |work=Intelligencer Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=3 April 1967 |location=Pennsylvania, Lancaster |page=4}}</ref> and she returned to Toronto with their son, appearing in many film and television productions. She is best remembered for her appearance in the 1980 film ''Funeral Home''.
On Broadway, Hawtrey appeared in ''Love and Libel'' (1960).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kay Hawtrey |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kay-hawtrey-105008 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref>
Hawtrey died in Toronto on June 11, 2021, at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/on/toronto/katharine-mary-craven-hawtrey-clark-12898423 |title=Katharine Mary Craven Hawtrey Clark obituary |access-date=2021-06-20 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201136/https://www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/on/toronto/katharine-mary-craven-hawtrey-clark-12898423 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1971 | ''Face-Off'' | Mother | |- | 1978 | ''High-Ballin''' | Ma | |- | 1979 | ''Fish Hawk'' | Mary Bryan | |- | 1979 | ''Summer's Children'' | Mrs. Baines | |- | 1980 | ''Funeral Home'' | Maude Chalmers | |- | 1980 | ''Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave'' | Gospel Woman | |- | 1981 | data-sort-value="Intruder, The" | ''The Intruder'' | Crossing Guard | |- | 1981 | ''Silence of the North'' | Mrs. Miller | |- | 1983 | ''Videodrome'' | Matron | |- | 1984 | ''Police Academy'' | Surprise Party Lady (uncredited) | |- | 1984 | ''Mrs. Soffel'' | Peter's Secretary (uncredited) | |- | 1986 | ''Confidential'' | Doris | |- | 1987 | ''Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol'' | Poetess | |- | 1987 | ''Love at Stake'' | Mrs. Johnson | |- | 1987 | ''Goofballs'' | Miss Meyers | |- | 1989 | data-sort-value="Dream Team, The" | ''The Dream Team'' | Nurse | |- | 1989 | data-sort-value="Raccoons, The" | ''The Raccoons'' | Miss Primrose | |- | 1992 | ''Baby on Board'' | Matron #1 | |- | 1994 | ''Trial by Jury'' | Clara, Juror | |- | 1994 | ''Trapped in Paradise'' | Rose Weyerhauser | |- |1995 | ''At the Midnight Hour'' | Mrs Pram | |- | 1995–2001 | ''Little Bear'' | Granny | |- | 1996 | ''Two If by Sea'' | Lady With Dog | |- | 1996 | ''Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy'' | Wally's Neighbor | |- | 1996 | ''In Love and War'' | Grace Hall Hemingway | |- | 1997 | ''Critical Care'' | Dr. Butz's Secretary | |- | 1997 | data-sort-value="Secret Life of Algernon, The" | ''The Secret Life of Algernon'' | Mrs. Binney | |- | 1998 | ''Dirty Work'' | Gladys | |- | 1998 | ''Urban Legend'' | Library Attendant | |- | 1999 | data-sort-value="Third Miracle, The" | ''The Third Miracle'' | Wheelchair Mother | |- | 2001 | ''Dead by Monday'' | Hospital Cafeteria Lady | |- | 2001 | ''Focus'' | Mrs. Newman | |- | 2002 | ''Perfect Pie'' | English Teacher | |- | 2002–20 | ''Max & Ruby'' | Grandma Bunny | |- | 2006 | ''.45'' | Marge | |}
==See also== * List of show business families
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0370443}} * {{IBDB name}}
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