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