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Kay Linaker

Kay Linaker

Born: 1913-07-19 • Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

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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".

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