Neva Patterson
Biography
Neva Louise Patterson (10 February 1920 – 14 December 2010) was an American character actress.
Born on a farm near Nevada in Story County in central Iowa, she and her parents moved to New York City in 1938. She made her Broadway debut in 1947's The Druid Circle. In 1952, she played "Helen Sherman" in The Seven Year Itch. Her first feature movie was the 1953 film Taxi; other film credits include The Buddy Holly Story, All of Me, and as Cary Grant's fiancee in An Affair to Remember.
Her television credits included Nichols, starring with James Garner, The Governor & J.J., with Dan Dailey, and as Eleanor Dupres in V, which she reprised in V: The Final Battle. She made guest appearances on Appointment with Adventure, The Defenders, Ironside, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, and St. Elsewhere.
Patterson died from complications from a broken hip at age 90.
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Filmography
Deadline: Madrid
1988
as Andy
Women of Valor
1986
as Lady Judith Eason
All of Me
1984
as Gretchen
Star 80
1983
as Playboy Executive
Something So Right
1982
as Mrs. Farrow
The Rules of Marriage
1982
as Mrs. Kirby
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
as Eliza Farinpour
The Buddy Holly Story
1978
as Mrs. Holly
Nowhere to Run
1978
as Marian's Mother
The Domino Principle
1977
as Gaddis
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
1976
as Mrs. Buchanan
All the President's Men
1976
as CRP Woman
The Runaways
1975
as Alice Collingwood
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
as Mrs. Denver
Message to My Daughter
1973
as Mrs. Oliver
The Lie
1973
as Mary Forman
Skin Game
1971
as Mrs. Claggart
Counterpoint
1967
as Dorothy
Dear Heart
1965
as Connie
David and Lisa
1962
as Mrs. Clemens
The Spiral Road
1962
as Louise Kramer
Too Much, Too Soon
1958
as Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
Desk Set
1957
as Miss Warriner
An Affair to Remember
1957
as Lois Clark