# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kay-linaker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:42:44.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kay-linaker"
name: "Kay Linaker"
slug: "kay-linaker"
description: "Mary Katherine Linaker 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, Kate Phillips, as a screenwriter, notably for the cult film The Blob (1958). She is credited with coining the name \"The Blob\" for the movie, which was originally titled The Molten Meteor."
tagline: "American actress (1913-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kay_Linaker_1930s.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1913-07-13"
deathDate: "2008-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             0.5309734513274337
  historical:           9.417676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510989/"
    handle:    "nm0510989"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "کی لنکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "كاي لينكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "كاى لينكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "کی لیناکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Linaker"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2526263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56528"
    title: "Kay Linaker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump