Acting

Kay Linaker

Born 1913-07-19

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

Department: Acting

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".

1939

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (50 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress	Self	Movie	2008
Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland	Self	Movie	2007
The Blob	Screenplay	Movie	1958
Laura	Woman (uncredited)	Movie	1944
It Happened Tomorrow	Self / Appearance	Movie	1944
Men on Her Mind	Eloise Palmer	Movie	1944
Lady in the Dark	Liza's Mother	Movie	1944
Let's Face It	Canteen Hostess	Movie	1943
The More the Merrier	Miss Allen (uncredited)	Movie	1943
Two Weeks to Live	Mrs. Madge Carmen	Movie	1943
Cinderella Swings It	Madame Dolores	Movie	1943
War Dogs	Joan Allen	Movie	1942
Men of Texas	Mrs. Sarah Olsen	Movie	1942
The Night Before the Divorce	Hedda Smythe	Movie	1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen	Margo Rogers	Movie	1942
Remember the Day	Society Reporter	Movie	1941
Glamour Boy	Mrs. Emily Colder	Movie	1941
Charlie Chan in Rio	Helen Ashby	Movie	1941
Private Nurse	Helene	Movie	1941
Blood and Sand	Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)	Movie	1941
They Dare Not Love	Barbara Murdock	Movie	1941
Kitty Foyle	Wyn's Wife	Movie	1940
The Invisible Woman	Showroom Buyer (uncredited)	Movie	1940
Mystery Sea Raider	Flossie La Mare	Movie	1940
Buck Benny Rides Again	Brenda Tracy	Movie	1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Linda Pendleton	Movie	1940
Free, Blonde and 21	Mrs. John Crane	Movie	1940
Green Hell	Woman in Cafe (uncredited)	Movie	1940
Hidden Enemy	Sonia Manning	Movie	1940
Drums Along the Mohawk	Mrs. Demooth	Movie	1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Nurse	Movie	1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island	Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm	Movie	1939
Girl from Rio	Vicki	Movie	1939
Hotel for Women	Jane	Movie	1939
Man About Town	Receptionist (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Charlie Chan in Reno	Mrs. Wayne Russell	Movie	1939
Young Mr. Lincoln	Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Trade Winds	Grace (Uncredited)	Movie	1938
I Am a Criminal	Linda La Rue	Movie	1938
The Last Warning	Carla Rodriguez	Movie	1938
Personal Secretary	Flo Sampson	Movie	1938
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo	Joan Karnoff	Movie	1937
Black Aces	Sandy McKenzie	Movie	1937
The Outer Gate	Lois Borden	Movie	1937
Crack-Up	Mrs. Fleming	Movie	1936
Easy Money	Carol Carter	Movie	1936
The Girl from Mandalay	Jeanie Barton Foster	Movie	1936
Road Gang	Barbara Winston	Movie	1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan	Sally Keating	Movie	1936
The Blob	Original Film Writer	Movie	—