Kay Linaker

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".

Known For

Madame Dolores

Cinderella Swings It

Mrs. Wayne Russell

Charlie Chan in Reno

Joan Karnoff

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Linda Pendleton

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Helen Ashby

Charlie Chan in Rio

Margo Rogers

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Linda La Rue

I Am a Criminal

Brenda Tracy

Buck Benny Rides Again

Sally Keating

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Liza's Mother

Lady in the Dark

Vicki

Girl from Rio

Nurse

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Flossie La Mare

Mystery Sea Raider

Self

Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress

Carol Carter

Easy Money

Barbara Winston

Road Gang

It Happened Tomorrow

Lois Borden

The Outer Gate

Flo Sampson

Personal Secretary

Mrs. Fleming

Crack-Up

Wyn's Wife

Kitty Foyle

Helene

Private Nurse

Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)

Blood and Sand

Grace (Uncredited)

Trade Winds

Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Receptionist (uncredited)

Man About Town

Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Mrs. Demooth

Drums Along the Mohawk

Jeanie Barton Foster

The Girl from Mandalay

Sandy McKenzie

Black Aces

Self

Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland

Showroom Buyer (uncredited)

The Invisible Woman

Woman in Cafe (uncredited)

Green Hell

Woman (uncredited)

Laura

Carla Rodriguez

The Last Warning

Joan Allen

War Dogs

Hedda Smythe

The Night Before the Divorce

Jane

Hotel for Women

Mrs. John Crane

Free, Blonde and 21

Mrs. Sarah Olsen

Men of Texas

Barbara Murdock

They Dare Not Love

Society Reporter

Remember the Day

Mrs. Madge Carmen

Two Weeks to Live

Sonia Manning

Hidden Enemy

Eloise Palmer

Men on Her Mind

Mrs. Emily Colder

Glamour Boy

Miss Allen (uncredited)

The More the Merrier

Canteen Hostess

Let's Face It

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

48

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-07-19

Place of Birth

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As

Kay Phillips