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Kate Linder has portrayed Esther Valentine on CBS' The Young and the Restless since April, 1982. The popular daytime drama has been the #1 rated soap opera every week for over 30 years. In 2008, Linder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Linder has a busy feature film career as well, she was in the feature films Hysteria, Erased, Miss Meadows, Garry Marshall's Mother's Day, Voice from the Stone and The Charnel House. Linder also co-stars in Charlie Matthau's upcoming feature, Book of Leah, Echo Boomers and Shriver.

Linder has been the celebrity spokesperson for The ALS Association for over a decade since her late brother-in-law's initial diagnosis and is especially active with The ALS Association's Golden West Chapter. She has lobbied Congress on their behalf and won several of their national and state volunteer awards for her service. Linder was a longtime board member for SAG-AFTRA and a former two-time Governor of the Television Academy. She is active with countless charities that benefit research and support for health-related and LGBT causes. Linder also hosts annual charity teas in Canada that benefit the March of Dimes Canada's Conductive Education program, for which she also serves as ambassador. Linder also works with the Los Angeles Mission, has been the Grand Marshal of the Walk to End Lupus Now Los Angeles twice and has made several trips visiting troops with the USO.

Website: KateLinder.com Twitter: @KATELINDER Instagram: @katelinderyr Facebook: @officialkatelinder

Is a flight attendant for United Airlines.

Daytime Governor of the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences (ATAS).

Board Member of The American Federation of Television and Radio (AFTRA).

Was awarded Peace One Earth medallion for years of service to the USO.

On April 21, 2022, The Hollywood Museum began displaying an exhibit to honor Kate Linder&#39;s 40th Anniversary portraying Esther Valentine on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0069658/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Young and the Restless (1973)</a> featuring her first script from her first appearance on the show, her character&#39;s uniform and feather duster along with photos and a video feature on her by Soaps.com.

Received her Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre arts from San Francisco State University (SFSU).

Best Actress in a comedy, North Hollywood Artistic Director Achievement Awards, for &quot;Sex is Good for You&quot; at the Secret Rose Theatre.

Kate Linder has portrayed Esther Valentine on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0069658/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Young and the Restless (1973)</a> for over 40 years.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 10, 2008.

Kate LInder has been the Celebrity Spokesperson and Celebrity Ambassador for the ALS Network for 20 years, ever since her late brother-in-law was diagnosed with ALS. She has been leading their Walk and Roll to Cure ALS every year and she participates in their annual ALS Network Champions for Cures &amp; Care Gala. She has been awarded their Essey Award and other awards for her work and dedication to this cause.

Appears in the play &quot;Bee-Luther-Hatchee&quot; at the Tamarind Theater in Hollywood, California. (August 1999)

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