Kay Linaker

Kay Linaker

Birthday: 1913-07-19

Place of Birth: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

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".

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Cinderella Swings It
Cinderella Swings It

Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices ...

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Charlie Chan in Reno
Charlie Chan in Reno

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murde...

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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between r...

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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more m...

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Charlie Chan in Rio
Charlie Chan in Rio

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan beco...

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A Close Call for Ellery Queen
A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters....

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I Am a Criminal
I Am a Criminal

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his ma...

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Buck Benny Rides Again
Buck Benny Rides Again

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of ri...

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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hosp...

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Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark

A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her li...

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Girl from Rio
Girl from Rio

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York....

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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Ariz...

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Mystery Sea Raider
Mystery Sea Raider

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" ...

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Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress
Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress

Short documentary on Kay Linaker....

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Easy Money
Easy Money

Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean ...

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Road Gang
Road Gang

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a ...

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It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings...

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The Outer Gate
The Outer Gate

Bob Terry is in love with Lois Borden the daughter of his employer, John Borden. When some bonds are...

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Personal Secretary
Personal Secretary

Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband....

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Crack-Up
Crack-Up

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage....

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Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's ...

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Private Nurse
Private Nurse

In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware that he...

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Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who neverth...

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Trade Winds
Trade Winds

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa...

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Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modes...

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Man About Town
Man About Town

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t...

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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a wor...

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Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the M...

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Black Aces
Black Aces

When Len Stoddard wins Ted Ames ranch in a poker game he sends his brother Jake along with Ted to ta...

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The Girl from Mandalay
The Girl from Mandalay

John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Fost...

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Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland
Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland

A short documentary on the life and, particularly, last days of the Swedish actor, Warner Oland...pr...

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The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that wil...

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Green Hell
Green Hell

A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure....

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Laura
Laura

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating....

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The Last Warning
The Last Warning

In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate t...

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War Dogs
War Dogs

A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog....

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The Night Before the Divorce
The Night Before the Divorce

Marital comedy with a dash of murder....

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Hotel for Women
Hotel for Women

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling....

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Free, Blonde and 21
Free, Blonde and 21

Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; an...

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Men of Texas
Men of Texas

A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in ...

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They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a bea...

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Remember the Day
Remember the Day

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him ...

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Two Weeks to Live
Two Weeks to Live

When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that ...

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Hidden Enemy
Hidden Enemy

Reporter vs. German spies and their new metal....

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Men on Her Mind
Men on Her Mind

A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a si...

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Glamour Boy
Glamour Boy

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays ...

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The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C....

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Let's Face It
Let's Face It

A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to ge...

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