Actress Neva Patterson dies

December 17th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Los Angeles, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Veteran actress Neva Patterson had died at the age of 90 years. She died from complications resulting from a broken hip. Her death was announced to the public by her daughter, Megan Lee. Megan revealed that her mother passed away at her home in California.

The actress will be well known for her role in the movie - An Affair to Remember. Megan revealed that her mother was particularly emotionally attached to the movie because of the fact that she was kissed by the legendary Cary Grant. Megan revealed that her mother really loved Grant and was very excited that on her first set, she got to kiss him.

In the 1957 movie, Patterson played the fiancé of Grant and that brought them really close on the set. Patterson also played several other roles in several other movies but it was the mini series, V and subsequently V: The Final Battle that got her many fans.

Megan told reporters that her mother had several fans because of the miniseries series and they kept writing and visiting her until recently that it stopped.

She is survived by her daughter, Megan, her son, Filippo Quaretti-Lee and eight other grand and great grandchildren.

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