Kate Linder Biography
Kate Linder is an American actress, best known for her role as Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless, which she has played since 1982.
Kate Linder Career
Linder graduated with a BA in theatre arts from San Francisco State University. During that time, Linder also began working as a flight attendant for Transamerica Airlines. After graduation, she found work on television, including roles on Archie Bunker’s Place and Bay City Blues.
In 1982, Linder was cast as Esther Valentine on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. In addition to her work on television, she serves as a flight attendant for United Airlines.
She has been starring on The Young and the Restless for 30 years and is also one of two Daytime Governors at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, who present the Emmys.
She is also the national spokesperson for The ALS Association and is active with TV Cares, ATAS’s AIDS fundraising and awareness organization, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and national spokesperson for March of Dimes Canada’s Conductive Education Program.
For her contributions in television, Kate Linder earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is the third actor to earn a star on the Walk of Fame solely on the merits of acting on a soap opera, after Jeanne Cooper and 2005 honoree Susan Lucci.
Linder made her film debut, in the 2000s, after 30 years in daytime, starring in a number of independent productions such as Hysteria and Erased.
On April 30, 2018, she appeared in a 30 minute television interview talk show with Host Ken Boxer on “Ken Boxer Live,” taped in Santa Barbara, California.
Kate Linder Age
Linder was born on November 2, 1947 in Pasadena, California, United States. She is 76 years old as of 2023.
Kate Linder Height
Linder stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Kate Linder Family
Linder was born in Pasadena, California, United States to her loving parents Ralph Wolveck and Molly Wolveck. Sadly her father passed away in 2013 and her mother passed away in 2023. Linder was raised alongside her brother Randy.
Kate Linder Husband
Linder was married to Dr. Ronald L. Linder from 1976 until his death in 2017. She has three stepchildren from his first marriage, Jay, Jon, and Karyn.
Kate Linder Net Worth
Kate has an estimated net worth of $3 million which she has earned from her acting career.