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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-02-10 (105 years old)

Place of Birth

Nevada, Iowa, USA

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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Known For

Acting

1988

1986

Women of Valor as Lady Judith Eason

1985

1984

All of Me as Gretchen
V: The Final Battle as Eleanor Dupres

1983

Star 80 as Playboy Executive
V as Eleanor Dupres

1982

1981

1978

The Buddy Holly Story as Mrs. Holly
Nowhere to Run as Marian's Mother

1977

1976

1975

The Runaways as Alice Collingwood

1974

1973

The Lie as Mary Forman
Message to My Daughter as Mrs. Oliver
Barnaby Jones as Bea Johnson
The Snoop Sisters as Maureen Larson
Doc Elliot as Margaret Brimble

1972

Ghost Story as Mary
The Waltons as Aunt Kate Grover Daly

1971

Skin Game as Mrs. Claggart
All in the Family as Ms. Maloney
Nichols as Sara "Ma" Ketcham
Great Performances as Mrs. Buchanan

1969

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Dolly Simmons

1967

Counterpoint as Dorothy
Ironside as Gerry Sindall

1966

1965

Dear Heart as Connie

1963

1962

David and Lisa as Mrs. Clemens
The Spiral Road as Louise Kramer

1961

1958

Too Much, Too Soon as Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
Naked City as Miss Morley

1957

Desk Set as Miss Warriner
An Affair to Remember as Lois Clark

1956

The Solid Gold Cadillac as Amelia Shotgraven

1954

1953

1952

Omnibus as Mrs. Lansdowne
Omnibus as Mrs. Coade

1951

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Claire Whitcombe

1949

Suspense as Mrs. Haley
Suspense as Kelly Davis

1948