Veteran actress Kate Linder is anything but restless.
Starring in the legendary soap opera “The Young and the Restless“For more than four decades, Linder has been an anomaly in Hollywood – she has a legitimate second career as a flight attendant, a job she keeps for the sake of responsibility.
“It’s really interesting because one day I’m on set, the next day I’m here doing this Hollywood Christmas parade, and then I get to serve coffee at 35,000 feet,” Linder said. Us every week on Sunday of its unique schedule. “You don’t forget who you are that way. It keeps you grounded.”
Kate Linder, 77, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She appeared in “The Young and the Restless” for over four decades and in a handful of films. (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Family Film and TV Awards)
The actress, now 77, joined the series in 1982 as the anonymous maid and confidante of late actress Jeanne Cooper’s character, Katherine Chancellor. Linder was offered a contract and a name for her character – Esther Valentine – in 1985, thanks to Cooper, who used the name in rehearsal.
Kate Linder joined “The Young and the Restless” in 1982, getting a contract and a character name, Esther Valentine, in 1985. (CBS via Getty Images)
Appearing in over 2,000 episodes and earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008, Linder is not jaded.
“I’ve seen a lot of people sometimes believe their own press,” she shared. “I feel very lucky to be doing what I’m doing. It’s all I ever wanted to do. No one in my family was in the business, so it was always like taking a step forward and two steps back, and yet, what luck and what chance do I have?
Kate Linder at the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards in June 2024. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
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That’s why she still works as a flight attendant for United Airlines, where she says, yes, she gets recognized sometimes.
“I was standing at the gate, ready to get on a plane, and this woman looked at me and she said, ‘Kate Linder? No, it’s not,'” she recalls. “And I said, ‘I was when I woke up.’ So something is wrong. I don’t know what’s wrong. She couldn’t believe I was going to work on this flight. And she ended up being on that flight.”
Kate Linder as Esther Valentine stars alongside Bryton James as Devon Hamilton in an episode of the soap. (Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images)
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“I’ve seen a lot of people sometimes believe their own press.”
In 2022, Linder explained her initial apprehension about revealing her job as a flight attendant. “At first I didn’t tell anyone because I thought they would take me less seriously as an actress,” she said. Closer every week. “But then, over the years, I would meet viewers on the plane and tell these wonderful stories. I thought as long as I continued to do both of these jobs well, I would continue to do them.”
After playing the same character for several decades, Linder said every day was unfamiliar, even though it might seem monotonous. “It’s like real life because you just don’t know what’s going to happen when you wake up in the morning. I don’t know what Esther is going to do, or what’s going to happen, or what what’s going to happen. I’m always very excited to read the scripts and find out. That’s what makes it exciting to me, I’m very proud of our show.
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