Kay Linaker
Biography
Kay Linaker was an American actress and screenwriter known for her work in B movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts after graduating from New York University. She began with supporting roles on Broadway and then signed a film contract with Warner Bros., which noticed her in Jackson White at the Providencetown Theater. Her screen debut came in The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936), and she had a notable leading part in The Girl from Mandalay (1936). She appeared in Kitty Foyle (1940). As a screenwriter she used the name Kate Phillips and was notably credited on The Blob (1958), for which she coined the title. Later she taught film studies at Keene State College from 1980 to 2006 and taught acting and screenwriting at Hampshire Country School. She died in 2008.
94years old at death
- Born Pine Bluff
- Died Keene
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Mary Katherine Linaker
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 4 years1939 to 1943
Every film, newest first
- 1943Two Weeks to LiveIMDb rating 5.5
- 1940Kitty FoyleIMDb rating 6.9
- 1939Charlie Chan in RenoIMDb rating 7.0
- 1939Drums Along the MohawkIMDb rating 7.0
- 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceIMDb rating 6.3
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Big break
Linaker was signed by Warner Bros. after a talent scout spotted her performing in Jackson White at the Providencetown Theater, following her supporting work on Broadway.
A change of course
Linaker went on to teach at Keene State College in New Hampshire, working in its film studies department from 1980 until 2006.
Kay Linaker movies on Netflix
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Eddie Collins appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Eddie Collins's page
Irving Bacon's page
Ward Bond's page
Robert Lowery's page
Online
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