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Broadway Veteran Neva Patterson Dies at 90

Neva Patterson
Neva Patterson

Broadway veteran Neva Patterson died on Tuesday, December 14 at her home in Brentwood, California due to complications from a broken hip, according to The Los Angeles Times. She was 90 years old.

Patterson made her Broadway debut in The Druid Circle in 1947, with additional Broadway appearances in The Ivy Green, I Know My Love, Ring Round the Moon, The Long Days, Lace on Her Petticoat, The Seven Year Itch, Double in Hearts, Speaking of Murder, Make a Million, and Romantic Comedy.

Among her many film and television credits were An Affair to Remember, Desk Set, The Governor & J.J., and the NBC TV movie V, and its sequel V: The Final Battle.

She is survived by her daughter, Megan Lee and her son, Filippo Quaretti-Lee; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.