Acting credits
47
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kay Linaker
Acting
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Movies: 49Series: 0Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 56528
IMDb ID: nm0510989
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1913
Died: April 18, 2008
Age: 94
Place of birth: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 2007
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q2526263
Also known as
Kay Phillips • Mary Katherine Linaker • Kate Phillips • Lynn Acker
Other jobs
Original Film Writer (1)Screenplay (1)
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".
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Movie credits linked with Kay Linaker.
Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland
as Self
2007 Movie
The Blob
Original Film Writer
Movie
6.2
The Blob
Screenplay
1958 Movie
7.6
Laura
as Woman (uncredited)
1944 Movie
6.7
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 Movie
4.0
Men on Her Mind
as Eloise Palmer
1944 Movie
4.3
Lady in the Dark
as Liza's Mother
1944 Movie
4.5
Let's Face It
as Canteen Hostess
1943 Movie
6.9
The More the Merrier
as Miss Allen (uncredited)
1943 Movie
2.0
Two Weeks to Live
as Mrs. Madge Carmen
1943 Movie
Cinderella Swings It
as Madame Dolores
1943 Movie
4.7
War Dogs
as Joan Allen
1942 Movie
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sarah Olsen
1942 Movie
4.5
The Night Before the Divorce
as Hedda Smythe
1942 Movie
5.2
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Margo Rogers
1942 Movie
7.0
Remember the Day
as Society Reporter
1941 Movie
6.0
Glamour Boy
as Mrs. Emily Colder
1941 Movie
6.2
Charlie Chan in Rio
as Helen Ashby
1941 Movie
Private Nurse
as Helene
1941 Movie
6.5
Blood and Sand
as Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)
1941 Movie
6.0
They Dare Not Love
as Barbara Murdock
1941 Movie
5.7
The Invisible Woman
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
1940 Movie
6.6
Kitty Foyle
as Wyn's Wife
1940 Movie
3.0
Mystery Sea Raider
as Flossie La Mare
1940 Movie