Neva Louise Byers Patterson

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

• Name	Neva Louise Byers Patterson
  Born	10 Feb 1920	Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Dec 2010	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [2]
  Buried	Y  [3]
  Person ID	I170238	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	George L. Patterson,   b. 20 May 1890, Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 0Sep 1976, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Marjorie Zoa Marie Byers,   b. 2 Nov 1896, Story County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 19 May 1981, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1916	Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F22059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Gallagher
  Married	1948
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F67211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Michael Ellis
  Married	22 Mar 1953
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F67212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	James Henderson Lee,   b. 4 Jan 1923, Michigan, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 2002, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1957
  Children	1. Megan Lee  [Adopted]   2. Filippo Quaretti Lee  [Adopted]
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F67213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biography for Neva Patterson Date of Birth 10 February 1920, Nevada, Iowa, USA Date of Death 14 December 2010, Brentwood, California, USA (complications from a broken hip) Birth Name Neva Louise Patterson Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Biography The arch and edgy, somewhat hard-looking, dark-haired Neva Patterson, known by face perhaps as opposed to name, was a familiar presence in heavily-styled drama of the 1950s and 1960s. Christened Neva Louise Patterson in 1920 (some sources incorrectly state 1922) to a mailman father and seamstress mother, she was born and raised in Nevada. She loved putting on plays at home (along with her brother, Harlon) and eventually worked as an usher at Nevada's Circle Theatre. Neva graduated from high school in 1937 and found secretarial jobs to make do until she moved to New York the next year. She worked long and hard at such jobs as secretary, hotel singer and bit part performer before finally making her Broadway bow in "The Druid Circle" in 1947. By this time she had married a professional dancer, but they divorced in 1948. More plays came her way: "Ring 'Round the Moon" (1950), "Susan and God" (1951), "The Cocktail Party" (1951) and "The Seven-Year Itch" (1952). Television became a viable medium for her in the late 1940s, and by 1957 she had more than 400 dramas to her credit. Neva appeared sporadically in film and supported herself with roles in such prominent fare as Taxi (1953), her debut; The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956); Desk Set (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957), as Cary Grant's socialite fiancée; Too Much, Too Soon (1958) as Diana Barrymore's mother, writer Blanche Oelrichs (aka Michael Strange); David and Lisa (1962); Dear Heart (1964); and Counterpoint (1967), to name a few. Her brittle, overwrought ladies were notoriously glamorous, usually business-oriented and, more often than not, quite overbearing. Neva continued in this fashion with a flux of TV roles and graced such short-lived series as "The Governor & J.J." (1969) as the secretary to governor Dan Dailey in 1969; "Nichols" (1971), wherein she played a powerful, corruptible matriarch opposite James Garner; and 1974's _"Doc Elliot" (1974)_, as a widow and frequent confidante to medic James Franciscus. None of these lasted more than a season. In 1980 the actress made a brief Broadway comeback as a replacement in "Romantic Comedy". She later had recurring roles in the TV movie "V: The Final Battle" (1984) and in the series "Webster" (1983), "St. Elsewhere" (1982) and "Berrenger's" (1985). Married three times, she adopted two children with her third husband, writer James Lee, who died in 2002. Neva, who retired in the early 1990s, passed away at age 90 of complications from a pelvic fracture in December of 2010. IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net Spouse James Lee (15 September 1957 - 2 July 2002) (his death) 2 children Michael Ellis (22 March 1953 - 1956) (divorced) Thomas Gallagher (? - 1948) (divorced) Trivia: Sister of Harlon Patterson. Adoptive mother of Megan Lee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S360] Iowa Births and Christenings, 1800 - 1999, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Neva Louise Byers Patterson Birth Date: 10 Feb 1920 Birth Place: New Albany, Story, Iowa Father's Name: Geo Patterson Mother's Name: Marjorie Byers FHL Film Number: 1404578 [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Neva Louise Patterson SSN: 484-05-6953 Last Residence: 90049 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Born: 10 Feb 1920 Died: 14 Dec 2010 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951) [S927] Obituary. By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times December 16, 2010 Neva Patterson, a character actress who portrayed Cary Grant's fiancee in the 1957 movie "An Affair to Remember" in a career that spanned six decades and more than 100 film and TV roles, has died. She was 90. Patterson died Tuesday at her Brentwood home of complications from a broken hip, said her daughter, Megan Lee. The actress was a veteran of Broadway when she was cast as Lois, the socialite who would not make it to the altar with Grant in "An Affair to Remember." "She just loved the fact that she kissed Cary Grant the first day on the set," her daughter said. "She really loved Cary Grant." The characters she played were often "brittle, overwrought ladies, notoriously glamorous, usually business-oriented, and more often than not, quite overbearing," according to an Internet Movie Database description that her family seconded. After making her film debut in "Taxi" (1953), Patterson appeared in more than a dozen movies. She played a worried mother in the well-reviewed "David and Lisa," a 1962 film about two teens with mental illness who fall in love. In the 1957 movie "Desk Set" she portrayed Spencer Tracy's prim, uptight computer expert and assistant. On television, Patterson was the governor's secretary in the CBS sitcom "The Governor & J.J." that starred Dan Dailey and originally aired from 1969 to 1970. She also played a powerful matriarch opposite James Garner on "Nichols," a short-lived 1971 western on NBC. Neva Louise Patterson was born Feb. 10, 1920, on a farm outside Nevada, Iowa, and was named for a friend of her mother's, not her hometown, she told the Des Moines Register in 2002. Patterson, the daughter of a letter carrier and his seamstress wife, moved to New York City in 1938. On Broadway, Patterson debuted in "The Druid Circle," one of 10 plays that she appeared in on the Great White Way between 1947 and 1959. Originating the role of Helen Sherman in 1952 in "The Seven Year Itch" on Broadway was a highlight of Patterson's life, her daughter said. During the play's run, the twice-divorced Patterson met James Lee, who worked in the prop department. After they married in the late 1950s, the couple adopted their daughter as an infant and a 13-year-old Italian boy. Lee became a writer best known for contributing to the 1977 miniseries "Roots." He died at 79 in 2002. She taught herself to speak six languages and always had a quip at the ready, her daughter said. In the early 1980s, Patterson played an ambitious mother in the science-fiction NBC-TV movie "V" and its sequel, the miniseries "V: The Final Battle." Fan mail and unexpected visitors continued to show up at her door, her family said. Last month, five "V" fans from France brought gifts and a request for her autograph. In addition to her daughter, Megan Lee of Brentwood, Patterson is survived by her son, Filippo Quaretti-Lee of Florida; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. valerie.nelson [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: George L. Patterson (I48028)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I48028&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: He did marry in Iowa.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M6QF-NMR/p41930 Iowa census with children:https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/1Y6T-3GS/p_10221494014 claire rassman [S637] Iowa Marriages 1809 - 1992. Groom's Name: George Patterson Groom's Birth Date: 1891 Groom's Birthplace: Harrison Co., Indiana Groom's Age: 25 Bride's Name: Majorie Byers Bride's Birth Date: 1897 Bride's Birthplace: Story Co., Iowa Bride's Age: 19 Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1916 Marriage Place: Nevada, Story, Iowa Groom's Father's Name: Robert Patterson Groom's Mother's Name: Sophia Fiesck Bride's Father's Name: John Byers Bride's Mother's Name: Sarah Price Gear Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02591-7 System Origin: Iowa-EASy Source Film Number: 1403712 Reference Number: 4662