Cates’s film career was launched as Linda Barrett, the “experienced” girl who had all the right moves with a carrot in the cafeteria and coming out of a pool in her bikini. All she really did was manage to give a bunch of bad advice to Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh). At least she defended Stacy’s tarnished honor when Mike Damone (Robert Romanus) bailed on her—which was really the least she could have done if you really think about it…