Kay Linaker
Acting • Born 1913-07-19 – Died 2008-04-18
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".
Filmography
48 credits
Cinderella Swings It
Movie • 1943
Madame Dolores
Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Wayne Russell
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Movie • 1937
Joan Karnoff
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Movie • 1940
Linda Pendleton
Charlie Chan in Rio
Movie • 1941
Helen Ashby
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Margo Rogers
I Am a Criminal
Movie • 1938
Linda La Rue
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie • 1940
Brenda Tracy
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Movie • 1936
Sally Keating
Lady in the Dark
Movie • 1944
Liza's Mother
Girl from Rio
Movie • 1939
Vicki
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Movie • 1939
Nurse
Mystery Sea Raider
Movie • 1940
Flossie La Mare
Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress
Movie • 2008
Self
Easy Money
Movie • 1936
Carol Carter
Road Gang
Movie • 1936
Barbara Winston
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
The Outer Gate
Movie • 1937
Lois Borden
Personal Secretary
Movie • 1938
Flo Sampson
Crack-Up
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Fleming
Kitty Foyle
Movie • 1940
Wyn's Wife
Private Nurse
Movie • 1941
Helene
Blood and Sand
Movie • 1941
Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)
Trade Winds
Movie • 1938
Grace (Uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Man About Town
Movie • 1939
Receptionist (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Movie • 1939
Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Demooth
The Girl from Mandalay
Movie • 1936
Jeanie Barton Foster
Black Aces
Movie • 1937
Sandy McKenzie
Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland
Movie • 2007
Self
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1940
Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
Green Hell
Movie • 1940
Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
Laura
Movie • 1944
Woman (uncredited)
The Last Warning
Movie • 1938
Carla Rodriguez
War Dogs
Movie • 1942
Joan Allen
The Night Before the Divorce
Movie • 1942
Hedda Smythe
Hotel for Women
Movie • 1939
Jane
Free, Blonde and 21
Movie • 1940
Mrs. John Crane
Men of Texas
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Sarah Olsen
They Dare Not Love
Movie • 1941
Barbara Murdock
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Society Reporter
Two Weeks to Live
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Madge Carmen
Hidden Enemy
Movie • 1940
Sonia Manning
Men on Her Mind
Movie • 1944
Eloise Palmer
Glamour Boy
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Emily Colder
The More the Merrier
Movie • 1943
Miss Allen (uncredited)
Let's Face It
Movie • 1943
Canteen Hostess