Kay Linaker

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-07-19 (95 years old)

Deathday

2008-04-18

Place of Birth

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

Kay Linaker

Biography

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".

Acting

1943

Cinderella Swings It

as Madame Dolores

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as Mrs. Wayne Russell

1937

1940

1941

Charlie Chan in Rio

as Helen Ashby

1938

I Am a Criminal

as Linda La Rue

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

as Brenda Tracy

1936

1944

Lady in the Dark

as Liza's Mother

1939

1940

Mystery Sea Raider

as Flossie La Mare

1936

Easy Money

as Carol Carter

1936

Road Gang

as Barbara Winston

1937

The Outer Gate

as Lois Borden

1938

Personal Secretary

as Flo Sampson

1936

Crack-Up

as Mrs. Fleming

1940

Kitty Foyle

as Wyn's Wife

1941

Private Nurse

as Helene

1941

Blood and Sand

as Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)

1938

Trade Winds

as Grace (Uncredited)

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

1939

Man About Town

as Receptionist (uncredited)

1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mrs. Demooth

1937

Black Aces

as Sandy McKenzie

1936

The Girl from Mandalay

as Jeanie Barton Foster

1940

The Invisible Woman

as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)

1940

Green Hell

as Woman in Cafe (uncredited)

1944

Laura

as Woman (uncredited)

1938

The Last Warning

as Carla Rodriguez

1942

War Dogs

as Joan Allen

1942

1939

1940

Free, Blonde and 21

as Mrs. John Crane

1942

Men of Texas

as Mrs. Sarah Olsen

1941

They Dare Not Love

as Barbara Murdock

1941

Remember the Day

as Society Reporter

1943

Two Weeks to Live

as Mrs. Madge Carmen

1940

Hidden Enemy

as Sonia Manning

1944

Men on Her Mind

as Eloise Palmer

1941

Glamour Boy

as Mrs. Emily Colder

1943

The More the Merrier

as Miss Allen (uncredited)

1943

Let's Face It

as Canteen Hostess

Production

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The Blob

as Original Film Writer

1958

The Blob

as Screenplay

1988

The Blob

as Original Film Writer

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