Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-07-19 (95 years old)
Deathday
2008-04-18
Place of Birth
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Also known As
Kay Phillips
Mary Katherine Linaker
Kate Phillips
Lynn Acker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Katherine Linaker, known professionally as Kay Linaker, Kate Phillips, and Kay Linaker-Phillips (July 19, 1913, Pine Bluff, Arkansas – April 18, 2008, Keene, New Hampshire) was an American actress and screenwriter, who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably Kitty Foyle (1940). Linaker used her married name (Kay Phillips) as a screenwriter, notably for the cult movie hit The Blob (1958). She is credited with coining the name "The Blob" for the movie, which was originally titled "The Molten Meteor".
1943
as Madame Dolores
1939
as Mrs. Wayne Russell
1937
as Joan Karnoff
1940
as Linda Pendleton
1941
as Helen Ashby
1942
as Margo Rogers
1938
as Linda La Rue
1940
as Brenda Tracy
1936
as Sally Keating
1944
as Liza's Mother
1939
as Vicki
1939
as Nurse
1940
as Flossie La Mare
2008
1936
as Carol Carter
1936
as Barbara Winston
1937
as Lois Borden
1938
as Flo Sampson
1936
as Mrs. Fleming
1940
as Wyn's Wife
1941
as Helene
1941
as Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)
1938
as Grace (Uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
1939
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939
as Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm
1939
as Mrs. Demooth
1937
as Sandy McKenzie
1936
as Jeanie Barton Foster
1940
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
1940
as Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
1944
as Woman (uncredited)
1938
as Carla Rodriguez
1942
as Joan Allen
1942
as Hedda Smythe
1939
as Jane
1940
as Mrs. John Crane
1942
as Mrs. Sarah Olsen
1941
as Barbara Murdock
1941
as Society Reporter
1943
as Mrs. Madge Carmen
1940
as Sonia Manning
1944
as Eloise Palmer
1941
as Mrs. Emily Colder
1943
as Miss Allen (uncredited)
1943
as Canteen Hostess
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