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