Introduction
Neva Louise Patterson (February 10, 1920 – December 14, 2010) was an American actress.
Born on a farm near Nevada, Story County, Iowa, the daughter of a mailman and a seamstress, Patterson 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 An Affair to Remember.
Patterson's television credits included Nichols, in which she played a cantankerous elderly matriarch, The Governor & J.J., and as Eleanor Dupres in V, which she reprised in V: The Final Battle. She made guest appearances on Appointment with Adventure, The Defenders, Ben Casey, Maude, Ironside, Charlie's Angels, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Waltons, The Rockford Files, and St. Elsewhere.
On December 14, 2010, Patterson died from complications from a broken hip at age 90.
Select filmography
- Taxi (1953)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Desk Set (1957)
- An Affair to Remember (1957)
- The Spiral Road (1962)
- David and Lisa (1962)
- Dear Heart (1964)
- Counterpoint (1968)
- Skin Game (1971)
- All The President's Men (1976)
- The Domino Principle (1977)
- The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
- Star 80 (1983)
- V (1983) (TV)
- V: The Final Battle (1984) (TV)
- All of Me (1984)