Neva Patterson, who played an ambitious mother in NBC’s science-fiction movie V and its sequel, the miniseries V: The Final Battle, died December 14 at the age of 90:

Fan mail and unexpected visitors continued to show up at her door, her family said. Last month, five “V” fans from France brought gifts and a request for her autograph.

Her best-known role was playing Cary Grant’s fiancée in the 1957 movie An Affair to Remember.