KEENE, N.H. - Kate Phillips, who had mostly supporting roles in more than 50 films during the 1930s and '40s and co-wrote the 1958 cult movie "The Blob," has died, said her son, Bill. She was 94.

Phillips, who died April 18 at Cheshire Medical Center, went by the name of Kay Linaker. She had small parts in a number of popular films, such as "Drums Along the Mohawk," "Blood and Sand," "Laura," and a number of the "Charlie Chan" detective movies.

One of her most notable roles was a rich society matron who marries Ginger Rogers' former husband in the 1940 film, "Kitty Foyle." She visits an upscale department store with her young son and is waited on by the working-class Rogers, not knowing the two have something in common. Rogers won an Oscar for her performance.

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