Kay Linaker
American actress (1913-2008) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 94
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).
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2008Died18 April 20081958
The BlobFilm, Writer1944
It Happened TomorrowFilm
Men on Her MindFilm, 1944Eloise Palmer1943
Let's Face ItFilm, Canteen Hostess1942
A Close Call for Ellery QueenFilm, Margo Rogers1941
Blood and SandFilm, Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in RioFilm, 1941Helen Ashby1940
Buck Benny Rides AgainFilm, Brenda Tracy1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure IslandFilm, Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm
Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceFilm, 1939Nurse1938
I Am a CriminalFilm, Linda La Rue1937
Black AcesFilm, Sandy McKenzie1936
Crack-UpFilm, Mrs. Fleming
Easy MoneyFilm, 1936Carol Carter1913Born13 July 1913
The BlobFilm, Writer1944It Happened TomorrowFilmMen on Her MindFilm, 1944Eloise Palmer1943Let's Face ItFilm, Canteen Hostess1942A Close Call for Ellery QueenFilm, Margo Rogers1941Blood and SandFilm, Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)Charlie Chan in RioFilm, 1941Helen Ashby1940Buck Benny Rides AgainFilm, Brenda Tracy1939Charlie Chan at Treasure IslandFilm, Egyptian Princess EctoplasmHeaven with a Barbed Wire FenceFilm, 1939Nurse1938I Am a CriminalFilm, Linda La Rue1937Black AcesFilm, Sandy McKenzie1936Crack-UpFilm, Mrs. FlemingEasy MoneyFilm, 1936Carol Carter1913Born13 July 1913People around Kay
Close ties
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Young Mr. Lincoln and Blood and Sand
Robert Lowery Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
John Ford Directed Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
James Whale Directed Green Hell and They Dare Not Love
Norman Foster Directed Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Sidney Toler Also in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Alfred Newman Wrote Young Mr. Lincoln and Blood and Sand
Victor Sen Yung Also in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Mary Beth Hughes Also in Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
Sidney Lanfield Directed Bring on the Girls (1945)
Kathleen Howard Also in Laura and Blossoms in the Dust
Marjorie Weaver Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Edward Fielding Also in Blossoms in the Dust and Kitty Foyle
Pauline Moore Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Charles Tannen Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Fay Helm Also in Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Sam Ash Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Henry Fonda Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
John Carradine Also in Blood and Sand (1941)
Bryan Foy Produced Road Gang (1936)
Howard Hickman Also in Blossoms in the Dust and Crack-Up
Sig Arno Also in Bring on the Girls (1945)
Edwin Maxwell Also in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)- Eugene Forde Directed Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Known for
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Laura 1944
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939
The More the Merrier 1943
It Happened Tomorrow 1944
Kitty Foyle 1940
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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About this person
She is credited with coining the name "The Blob" for the movie, which was originally titled The Molten Meteor.
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2008 · aged 94
