Lynn Kear

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Lynn Kear

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Born
in Streator, Illinois, The United States
June 02

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Member Since
April 2012


Lynn Kear grew up in Illinois and has lived in Atlanta for more than three decades. Her published works include biographies on Hollywood actresses Kay Francis, Agnes Moorehead, Evelyn Brent, Laurette Taylor, as well as books on reincarnation.

BLACK-HEARTED BITCH, a crime fiction novel, was a runner-up in the Lesbian Mystery / Thriller category in the 2013 Rainbow Awards. Its sequel, KILLING ROSA, was a runner-up in the 2014 Rainbow Awards.

Kear has also won several screenwriting awards. Her TV pilot adaptation of BLACK-HEARTED BITCH won a staged reading in September 2015 at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre in Chicago.

She wrote a teleplay adaptation of Anthony Trollope's novel, ORLEY FARM. The pilot was named an Official Selection in the 2019 Adapted
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Kay Francis: A Passionate L...

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“Beginning a new year - have a resolution to make - not to be a damn fool!' -- Kay Francis”
Lynn Kear, Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career

“Girls About Town, another Paramount film, again directed by George Cukor, gave Kay the opportunity to work with her good friend, the irrepressible Lilyan Tashman, who'd previously appeared with Kay in The Marriage Playground. Kay and Lil got to run around in lingerie and play characters who could only be high-priced call girls. "Kay Francis shows off her figure in undies while explaining she's through with the gold-digger racket and intends going straight because she's found love with a rich rube. The undie pose and that bit about going straight all in one has its own satirical kick."43 Andy Lawler, who would become one of Kay's best pals, also appeared in the film as Kay's no-good husband.”
Lynn Kear, Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career

“Kay, the personification of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Flaming Youth, felt compelled to record virtually every romantic encounter. These scraps of paper tell the story of a sexually adventurous woman who lost her virginity in 1922 and consequently took on many lovers- both male and female - over the next decades. For unknown reasons, she stopped recording the entries in 1953.”
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