Kay Linaker
Birthday
1913/07/19
Day of death
2008/04/18 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Also know as
Kay Phillips, Mary Katherine Linaker, Kate Phillips, Lynn Acker
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) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
as Joan Karnoff
(1940) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Linda Pendleton
(1941) Charlie Chan in Rio
as Helen Ashby
(1942) A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Margo Rogers
(1938) I Am a Criminal
as Linda La Rue
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Brenda Tracy
(1936) The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Sally Keating
(1944) Lady in the Dark
as Liza's Mother
(1939) Girl from Rio
as Vicki
(1939) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Nurse
(1940) Mystery Sea Raider
as Flossie La Mare
(2008) Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress
as Self
(1936) Easy Money
as Carol Carter
(1936) Road Gang
as Barbara Winston
(1944) It Happened Tomorrow
as ---
(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
(1936) The Girl from Mandalay
as Jeanie Barton Foster
(1937) Black Aces
as Sandy McKenzie
(2007) Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland
as Self
(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) The Night Before the Divorce
as Hedda Smythe
(1939) Hotel for Women
as Jane
(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)