Kay Linaker


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Also Known As
Kate Phillips
Died
April 18, 2008

Biography

Kay Linaker was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Linaker began her acting career with roles in such films as "Easy Money" (1936), the drama "Crack-Up" (1936) with Peter Lorre and "Road Gang" (1936). She also appeared in "The Outer Gate" (1937), the mystery "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo" (1937) with Warner Oland and "Black Aces" (1937). She continued to work steadily...

Biography

Kay Linaker was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Linaker began her acting career with roles in such films as "Easy Money" (1936), the drama "Crack-Up" (1936) with Peter Lorre and "Road Gang" (1936). She also appeared in "The Outer Gate" (1937), the mystery "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo" (1937) with Warner Oland and "Black Aces" (1937). She continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties and the forties, appearing in the dramedy "Trade Winds" (1938) with Fredric March, the Sidney Toler mystery "Charlie Chan in Reno" (1939) and the Henry Fonda western "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939). She also appeared in "Hidden Enemy" (1940). Nearing the end of her career, she tackled roles in "War Dogs" (1942), the William Gargan mystery "A Close Call For Ellery Queen" (1942) and "Two Weeks to Live" (1943). She also appeared in "Cinderella Swings It" (1943) and the comedic adaptation "Let's Face It" (1943) with Bob Hope. Linaker last wrote "The Blob" (1958). Linaker passed away in April 2008 at the age of 95.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Bring on the Girls (1945)
Commander's wife
Men on Her Mind (1944)
Eloise Palmer
Lady in the Dark (1944)
Liza's mother
Here Come the Waves (1944)
Pretty woman
Laura (1944)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
Suzanne
Two Weeks to Live (1943)
Mrs. Carmen
Cinderella Swings It (1943)
Mme. Dolores
Let's Face It (1943)
Canteen hostess
Wintertime (1943)
Wife
The More the Merrier (1943)
Miss Allen
Men of Texas (1942)
Mrs. [Sarah] Olson
The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
Hedda Smythe
War Dogs (1942)
Joan Allen
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Margo Rogers
Pittsburgh (1942)
Secretary
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Margie
Remember the Day (1942)
Society reporter
Blood and Sand (1941)
Married Bachelor (1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
Radio announcer
Glamour Boy (1941)
Mrs. Colder
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Helen Ashby [alias of Barbara Cardozo]
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Barbara Murdoch
Private Nurse (1941)
Helene
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Mrs. Bedlow
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
Mrs. Pendleton
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Brenda Tracy
Hidden Enemy (1940)
Sonya Manning
Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
Mrs. Crane
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Wyn's wife
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Flossie LaMare
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
Mrs. Porter
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Buyer
Green Hell (1940)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
Nurse
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Mrs. Russell
The Last Warning (1939)
Carla Rodriguez
Girl from Rio (1939)
Vicki
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Mrs. Demooth
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Mrs. Edwards
Man About Town (1939)
Receptionist
Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)
Jane
Personal Secretary (1938)
Flo Samson
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938)
Joan Karnoff
I Am a Criminal (1938)
Linda La Rue
Trade Winds (1938)
Grace
Crack-Up (1937)
Mrs. Fleming
Black Aces (1937)
Sandy McKenzie
The Outer Gate (1937)
Lois Borden
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
Sally Keating
The Girl from Mandalay (1936)
Jeanie Foster
Road Gang (1936)
Barbara Winston
Easy Money (1936)
Carol Carter

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