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Kay Linaker

Acting · Born July 19, 1913 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

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".

Kay Linaker movies and shows

  • Laura1944
  • The Blob1958
  • The More the Merrier1943
  • Kitty Foyle1940
  • Drums Along the Mohawk1939
  • Young Mr. Lincoln1939
  • The Invisible Woman1940
  • It Happened Tomorrow1944
  • Green Hell1940
  • Blood and Sand1941
  • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island1939
  • Road Gang1936
  • Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise1940
  • Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo1937
  • War Dogs1942
  • Free, Blonde and 211940
  • Charlie Chan in Reno1939
  • Charlie Chan in Rio1941
  • Crack-Up1936
  • Glamour Boy1941
  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence1939
  • They Dare Not Love1941
  • Let's Face It1943
  • A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942