Kay Linaker
Acting
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".
Born: July 19, 1913
Place of Birth: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Free, Blonde and 21
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Laura
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Young Mr. Lincoln
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
The Last Warning
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
The More the Merrier
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
It Happened Tomorrow
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Remember the Day
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Kitty Foyle
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Filmography
as Woman (uncredited)
as Eloise Palmer
as Liza's Mother
as Canteen Hostess
as Miss Allen (uncredited)
as Mrs. Madge Carmen
as Madame Dolores
as Joan Allen
as Mrs. Sarah Olsen
as Hedda Smythe
as Margo Rogers
as Society Reporter
as Mrs. Emily Colder
as Helen Ashby
as Helene
as Guest of Doña Sol (uncredited)
as Barbara Murdock
as Wyn's Wife
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
as Flossie La Mare
as Brenda Tracy
as Linda Pendleton
as Mrs. John Crane
as Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
as Sonia Manning
as Mrs. Demooth
as Nurse
as Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm
as Vicki
as Jane
as Receptionist (uncredited)
as Mrs. Wayne Russell
as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
as Grace (Uncredited)
as Carla Rodriguez
as Linda La Rue
as Flo Sampson
as Joan Karnoff
as Sandy McKenzie
as Lois Borden
as Mrs. Fleming
as Carol Carter
as Jeanie Barton Foster
as Barbara Winston
as Sally Keating