Celebrate 40 years of “Esther Valentine” with actress Kate Linder live in The Locher Room. Kate made her debut on CBS’s The Young and the Restless 40 years ago this month and remains a vital member of the top-rated daytime drama’s cast.

Kate received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 10, 2008 where then-LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Y&R co-creator Lee Phillip Bell and castmate Jeanne Cooper spoke. In addition to her role as Esther, Kate has had roles in the feature films Hysteria (2012) and Erased (2013), Miss Meadows (2014), Garry Marshall's Mother's Day (2016), Voice from the Stone (2017) The Charnel House (2017) and Echo Boomers (2020). She will be seen next in the features Charlie Matthau's Book of Leah and Shriver.

If you're Kate Linder, you don't quit your job as a United Airlines flight attendant because you’re cast for a one-day, one-line role on The Young and the Restless. Linder has done both jobs simultaneously for the 40 years she’s been on the show.

Kate was named celebrity spokesperson for The ALS Association in early 2005. Her late brother-in-law was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in December 2004 and Kate went to Washington, DC many times to lobby for more funds to fight this disease with no cure. Kate is also active with many AIDS charities, Habitat for Humanity, and the Los Angeles Mission. For the past few years, Linder has proudly served as Grand Marshal for the Lupus Foundation of America’s Walk to End Lupus Now. Kate continues to be very active with the March of Dimes Canada and is the Ambassador for their Conductive Education Program.

Original Airdate: 4/6/2022