Neva Patterson

Acting

Born February 10, 1920, 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.

Filmography

• 1988Deadline: Madrid — Andy
• Amen
• 1986Women of Valor — Lady Judith Eason
• Berrenger's
• 1984All of Me — Gretchen
• V: The Final Battle — Eleanor Dupres
• 1983Star 80 — Playboy Executive
• V — Eleanor Dupres
• Cagney & Lacey — Muriel Lacey
• Hotel
• 1982Something So Right — Mrs. Farrow
• St. Elsewhere — Marguerite Spooner
• 1982The Rules of Marriage — Mrs. Kirby
• Dynasty
• 1981Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill — Eliza Farinpour
• 1978Nowhere to Run — Marian's Mother
• 1978The Buddy Holly Story — Mrs. Holly
• Logan's Run — Victoria Mackie
• Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
• 1977The Domino Principle — Gaddis
• 1976All the President's Men — CRP Woman
• Charlie's Angels — Warden Sorenson
• Family
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Mrs. Welch
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1976The Eccentricities of a Nightingale — Mrs. Buchanan
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975The Runaways — Alice Collingwood
• The Manhunter
• The Rockford Files — Louise Hartman
• 1974The Stranger Who Looks Like Me — Mrs. Denver
• Barnaby Jones — Bea Johnson
• Doc Elliot — Margaret Brimble
• 1973Message to My Daughter — Mrs. Oliver
• 1973The Lie — Mary Forman
• The Snoop Sisters — Maureen Larson
• Ghost Story — Mary
• The Paul Lynde Show
• The Waltons — Aunt Kate Grover Daly
• All in the Family — Ms. Maloney
• Cannon
• Great Performances — Mrs. Buchanan
• Nichols — Sara "Ma" Ketcham
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Helen Flint, Edith Burke
• 1971Skin Game — Mrs. Claggart
• Hawaii Five-O — Dolly Simmons
• My World and Welcome to It
• 1967Counterpoint — Dorothy
• Ironside — Gerry Sindall
• Felony Squad
• 1965Dear Heart — Connie
• The Lieutenant — Vera Delwyn
• The Patty Duke Show
• 1962David and Lisa — Mrs. Clemens
• 1962The Spiral Road — Louise Kramer
• Ben Casey
• Naked City — Miss Morley
• 1958Too Much, Too Soon — Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
• 1957An Affair to Remember — Lois Clark
• 1957Desk Set — Miss Warriner
• 1956The Solid Gold Cadillac — Amelia Shotgraven
• 1954Satins and Spurs — Ursula
• General Electric Theater — Cora, Ellie
• 1953Taxi — Miss Millard
• Omnibus — Mrs. Lansdowne, Mrs. Coade
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• Lux Video Theatre — Thelma, Claire Whitcombe
• Lights Out
• Suspense — Mrs. Haley, Kelly Davis
• Studio One — Ella Vining, Helen
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Elizabeth Chapin
• Kraft Television Theatre