Neva Louise Patterson10 February 1920 14 December 2010 was an American character actress Born on a farm near Nevada in Story County in central Iowa she and her parents moved to New York City in 1938 She made her Broadway debut in 1947s 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 as Cary Grants fiancee in An Affair to Remember Her television credits included Nichols starring with James Garner The Governor JJ with Dan Dailey and as Eleanor Dupres in V which she reprised in V The Final Battle She made guest appearances on Appointment with Adventure The Defenders Ironside Barnaby Jones The Dukes of Hazzard and St Elsewhere Patterson died from complications from a broken hip at age 90 Description above from the Wikipedia article Neva Patterson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia