Neva Patterson

Movie Actress

Birthday February 10, 1920

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Nevada, IA

DEATH DATE Dec 14, 2010 (90)

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About

She starred in more than 100 titles on TV and film throughout six decades, and was immortalized by her role in the comedy An Affair to Remember.

Before Fame

She started as a secretary and a hotel singer before landing her first Broadway role in 1947.

Trivia

On television, as well on stage, she tended to play prim, and sometimes icy characters. She played an alien-collaborator mother on the sci-fi mini-series V.

Family Life

Her third husband, James Lee, wrote for the influential TV miniseries Roots.

Associated With

Her favorite part in playing the fiancee of Cary Grant on An Affair to Remember was kissing the handsome star her first day on set.