
Acting · 90 years old
Nevada, Iowa, USA
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.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Mrs. Buchanan

All in the Family
Ms. Maloney

V
Eleanor Dupres

All the President's Men
CRP Woman

The Rockford Files
Louise Hartman

Quincy, M.E.

Kraft Television Theatre

An Affair to Remember
Lois Clark

V: The Final Battle
Eleanor Dupres

David and Lisa
Mrs. Clemens

Family

The Waltons
Aunt Kate Grover Daly

The Snoop Sisters
Maureen Larson

The Buddy Holly Story
Mrs. Holly

Hawaii Five-O
Dolly Simmons

Ghost Story
Mary

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mrs. Welch

Desk Set
Miss Warriner

Nowhere to Run
Marian's Mother