Cast & creator
Neva Patterson
Best known for Great Performances, Hawaii Five-O, Ironside
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: Neva Louise Patterson
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film credits
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television credits
81
1947–1988 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
Great Performances
Mrs. Buchanan
1971
Hawaii Five-O
Dolly Simmons
1969
Ironside
Gerry Sindall
1967
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
Warden Sorenson
1976
Dynasty
1981
The Rockford Files
Louise Hartman
1974
St. Elsewhere
Marguerite Spooner
1982
The Waltons
Aunt Kate Grover Daly
1972
Cannon
1971
Naked City
Miss Morley
1958
Studio One
Ella Vining
1948Studio One
Helen
1948
Hotel
1982
Cagney & Lacey
Muriel Lacey
1982
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
Elizabeth Chapin
1948
Ben Casey
1961
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mrs. Welch
1976
All in the Family
Ms. Maloney
1971
Barnaby Jones
Bea Johnson
1973
Omnibus
1952Omnibus
Mrs. Lansdowne
1952Omnibus
Mrs. Coade
1952
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Felony Squad
1966
Suspense
Mrs. Haley
1949Suspense
Kelly Davis
1949
Family
1976
Lights Out
1949
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Helen Flint
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Edith Burke
1971
The Patty Duke Show
1963Lux Video Theatre
Thelma
1950Lux Video Theatre
Claire Whitcombe
1950
Amen
1986
Ghost Story
Mary
1972
Nichols
Sara "Ma" Ketcham
1971
The Manhunter
1974
The Lieutenant
Vera Delwyn
1963
S.W.A.T.
1975
Logan's Run
Victoria Mackie
1977
V
Eleanor Dupres
1983
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
All the President's Men
CRP Woman
1976
My World and Welcome to It
1969
V: The Final Battle
Eleanor Dupres
1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Doc Elliot
1973Doc Elliot
Margaret Brimble
1973
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
The Snoop Sisters
Maureen Larson
1973
General Electric Theater
Cora
1953General Electric Theater
Ellie
1953
An Affair to Remember
Lois Clark
1957
Berrenger's
1985
All of Me
Gretchen
1984
The Domino Principle
Gaddis
1977
David and Lisa
Mrs. Clemens
1962
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Amelia Shotgraven
1956
The Buddy Holly Story
Mrs. Holly
1978
Star 80
Playboy Executive
1983
The Spiral Road
Louise Kramer
1962
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Eliza Farinpour
1981
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mrs. Denver
1974
Counterpoint
Dorothy
1967
Desk Set
Miss Warriner
1957
Skin Game
Mrs. Claggart
1971
Too Much, Too Soon
Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
1958
The Rules of Marriage
Mrs. Kirby
1982
Message to My Daughter
Mrs. Oliver
1973
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Mrs. Buchanan
1976
Dear Heart
Connie
1965
The Lie
Mary Forman
1973
Deadline: Madrid
Andy
1988
Something So Right
Mrs. Farrow
1982
Women of Valor
Lady Judith Eason
1986
Taxi
Miss Millard
1953
Nowhere to Run
Marian's Mother
1978
Satins and Spurs
Ursula
1954
The Runaways
Alice Collingwood
1975