Neva Patterson
Biography
Neva Patterson was an American actress who began on radio in Chicago and sang with dance bands before making her Broadway debut in The Druid Circle in 1947. She grew up on a farm near Nevada, Iowa, and moved to New York in 1938. Her stage work included The Seven Year Itch, in which she played Helen Sherman, and Romantic Comedy in 1979. Among her films were An Affair to Remember (1957) and Desk Set (1957), and she also appeared in The Buddy Holly Story. On television she played Ma Ketchum in Nichols, Maggie McCloud in The Governor & J.J., Muriel Lacey in Cagney and Lacey and Eleanor Dupres in V and V: The Final Battle, and she hosted the game show Manhattan Honeymoon. She died in 2010.
90years old at death
- Born Nevada
- Died Brentwood
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Neva Louise Patterson
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 28 years1956 to 1984
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First role
Patterson made her Broadway debut in 1947 in The Druid Circle, after earlier acting on radio in Chicago and singing for dance bands.
A change of course
Patterson took on hosting duties for the ABC game show Manhattan Honeymoon, a role that came alongside her acting career.
Neva Patterson movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Neva Patterson shares two films with Richard Deacon, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Richard Deacon's page
Gailard Sartain's page
Eric Roberts's page
Gene Hackman's page
Edward Asner's page
Cary Grant's page
All films by Leo McCarey
All films by Carl Reiner
Steve RashDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Steve Rash
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