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Neva Patterson is a Actor American born on 10 february 1920 at Nevada (USA)
Neva Louise Patterson (February 10, 1920 – December 14, 2010) was an American actress.
Born on a farm near Nevada, Iowa, 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.
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Birth name Neva Louise Patterson
Nationality USA
Birth 10 february 1920 at Nevada (USA)
Death 14 december 2010 (at 90 years) at Brentwood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 10 february 1920 at Nevada (USA)
Death 14 december 2010 (at 90 years) at Brentwood (USA)
Born on a farm near Nevada, Iowa, 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.
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Filmography of Neva Patterson (16 films)
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Women of Valor (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Susan Sarandon, Kristy McNichol, Alberta Watson, Valerie Mahaffey, Terry O'Quinn, Neva Patterson
Roles Lady Judith Eason
Rating57%
A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942. They are put in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan, where they spend three years of their lives. The story focuses on Lt Margaret Ann "Maggie" Jessup, the head army nurse who survived the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
All of Me (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Dana Elcar
Roles Gretchen
Rating66%
Dissatisfied 38-year-old attorney Roger Cobb (Martin) is dating his boss' daughter and is also an aspiring jazz guitarist. A difficult, eccentric millionairess named Edwina Cutwater (Tomlin) has been bedridden since childhood. Cutwater hires Roger to make some unusual final arrangements to her will.
Star 80 (1984)
, 1h43Directed by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon
Roles Playboy Executive
Rating67%
A teenaged girl, Dorothy Hoogstraten, is working at a Dairy Queen in her hometown of Vancouver, Canada when a customer in his 20s, Paul Snider, makes her acquaintance. Snider becomes her date for a school dance, over the objections of Dorothy's mother, Nelly, who does not care for his manner, dress, or attempt to ingratiate himself with the family, Dorothy's younger sister in particular.
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
, 1h53Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, Dick O'Neill
Roles Mrs. Holly
Rating71%
Buddy Holly, a teenager from Lubbock, Texas, emerges into the world of rock and roll with friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles and bass player Ray Bob Simmons, forming a trio known as The Crickets.
The Domino Principle (1977)
, 1h37Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Richard Widmark, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach
Roles Gaddis
Rating57%
Roy Tucker (Gene Hackman), serving time for the murder of his wife's first husband, is approached in prison by a man named Tagge (Richard Widmark) on behalf of a mysterious organization with an offer: in exchange for helping him escape and start a new life, Tucker must work for the organization for a few weeks. Following his escape with cellmate Spiventa (Mickey Rooney)—whom the organization immediately kills—Tucker flies to Puntarenas, Costa Rica where he is reunited with his wife Ellie (Candice Bergen). After a few idyllic days, the organization's Tagge, Pine (Edward Albert) and General Reser (Eli Wallach) return them to Los Angeles. There the details of his mission slowly unfold. He realizes he is expected to assassinate someone and refuses. The organization retaliates by kidnapping his wife.
All the President's Men (1976)
, 2h18Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander
Roles CRP Woman
Rating78%
In June 1972, a security guard (Frank Wills, playing himself) at the Watergate complex finds a door kept unlocked with tape. He calls the police, who find and arrest five burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters within the complex. The next morning, The Washington Post assigns new reporter Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) to the local courthouse to cover the story, which is thought to be of minor importance.
Skin Game (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Gordon Douglas, Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asnere, Brenda Sykes, Andrew Duggan
Roles Mrs. Claggart
Rating69%
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Counterpoint (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Political films
Actors Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen, Kathryn Hays, Anton Diffring, Ralph Nelson
Roles Dorothy
Rating62%
Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in WW2. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and when Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a big classical music fan. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed.
Dear Heart (1965)
, 1h53Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Nichols, Charles Drake, Mary Wickes
Roles Connie
Rating71%
Evie Jackson (Geraldine Page) is a middle-aged, single postmaster who is attending a postmasters' convention in New York City. Honest and somewhat tactless, she has many friends but pines for love. Harry Mork (Glenn Ford) is a womanizing advertising executive who is staying in the same hotel while he finds an apartment. Mork is engaged to Phyllis (Angela Lansbury), a woman from Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mork has been told that Phyllis has a son, whom he assumes from a photo is about 13 years old. But the photo is old and her son, Patrick (Michael Anderson, Jr.), is actually 18 years old and a bohemian. Mork is surprised to discover Patrick's true age. He is also embarrassed by Patrick's casual attitude toward women and nudity, and suspicious of Patrick's seemingly platonic relationship with fellow student Émile Zola Bernkrand (Joanna Crawford).
David and Lisa (1962)
, 1h33Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva, Lukas Haas, Karen Lynn Gorney, Neva Patterson
Roles Mrs. Clemens
Rating71%
The film starts as David Clemens (Keir Dullea) is brought to a residential treatment center by his apparently caring mother. He becomes very upset when one of the inmates brushes his hand, as he believes touches can kill him. Cold and distant, he mainly concentrates on his studies, especially that of clocks, which he appears to be obsessed with. We later learn that he has a recurring dream in which he murders people by means of a giant clock.
The Spiral Road (1962)
, 2h25Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Neva Patterson, Philip Abbott, Geoffrey Keen
Roles Louise Kramer
Rating60%
Dr. Anton Drager (Rock Hudson) travels to Java to study the effects of leprosy under an expert on the subject, Dr. Brits Jansen (Burl Ives). The two physicians have many of the same views scientifically, but are philosophically a mismatch, because Drager does not share the older Jansen's belief in the One True Triune Living God of the Bible.
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
, 2h1Directed by Art Napoleon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist II, Martin Milner, Neva Patterson, Ray Danton
Roles Blanche Oehrichs / Michael Strange
Rating63%
Fourteen-year-old Diana Barrymore is being raised by her domineering mother, a poet. Her father, the famed actor John Barrymore, has not laid eyes on Diana for 10 years, but they share an evening on his boat before John abandons her again.
Desk Set (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Joan Blondell, Gig Young, Dina Merrill, Neva Patterson
Roles Miss Warriner
Rating71%
Desk Set takes place at the "Federal Broadcasting Network" (exterior shots are of Rockefeller Center, headquarters of NBC). Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is in charge of its reference library, which is responsible for researching and answering questions on all manner of topics, such as the names of Santa's reindeer. She has been involved for seven years with rising network executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young), with no marriage in sight.
An Affair to Remember (1957)
, 1h59Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities, Children's films
Actors Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt, Fortunio Bonanova, Robert Q. Lewis
Roles Lois Clark
Rating73%
Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant), a well-known playboy and dilettante in the arts, meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) aboard the Transatlantic ocean liner SS Constitution en route from Europe to New York. Each is involved with someone else. After a series of chance meetings aboard the ship, they establish a friendship. When Terry joins Nickie on a brief visit to his grandmother when the ship anchors near her home at Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean coast, she sees Nickie with new eyes and their feelings blossom into love. During their visit, it is revealed that Nickie has had a talent for painting, but has dropped said trait due to his critical attitude towards his own art. As the ship returns to New York City, they agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months' time, if they have succeeded in ending their relationships and starting new careers.
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
, 1h39Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, John Williams, Hiram Sherman, Neva Patterson
Roles Amelia Shotgraven
Rating74%
At a shareholders meeting for International Projects, a billion dollar corporation, John T. Blessington (John Williams) announces that he is replacing Edward L. McKeever (Paul Douglas), the company's founder, president and chairman of the board, as McKeever is resigning to go work for the federal government in Washington DC. Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday), a minority stockholder with just ten shares of stock, drives its arrogant, self-serving executives to distraction with her incessant questioning during this and subsequent meetings.