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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neva Patterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Skin Game
as Mrs. Claggart
1971
The Buddy Holly Story
as Mrs. Holly
1978
Desk Set
as Miss Warriner
1957
An Affair to Remember
as Lois Clark
1957
Counterpoint
as Dorothy
1967
Too Much, Too Soon
as Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
1958
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Amelia Shotgraven
1956
Dear Heart
as Connie
1965
David and Lisa
as Mrs. Clemens
1962
The Lie
as Mary Forman
1973
Nowhere to Run
as Marian's Mother
1978
Taxi
as Miss Millard
1953
The Runaways
as Alice Collingwood
1975
Deadline: Madrid
as Andy
1988
All the President's Men
as CRP Woman
1976
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Eliza Farinpour
1981
Message to My Daughter
as Mrs. Oliver
1973
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
as Mrs. Buchanan
1976
Women of Valor
as Lady Judith Eason
1986
The Domino Principle
as Gaddis
1977
