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Dec 8, 1981 · With Glenda Jackson, Dirk Bogarde, Ken Kercheval, Jane Merrow. Award-winning Hollywood actress Patricia Neal suffered three massive strokes and was unable to walk or talk, leaving her husband, the author Roald Dahl, to look after their children and care for her.
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- Biography, Drama
- Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page
- 1981-12-08
This period of their lives was dramatised in the television film The Patricia Neal Story (1981), in which the couple was played by Glenda Jackson and Dirk Bogarde. On August 4, 1965, Neal gave birth to a healthy daughter.
Under the guidance of her husband, renowned English author Roald Dahl (Dirk Bogarde), Neal begins to heal, but it seems unlikely that she will fully regain her ability to speak and walk.
- Drama
Nov 18, 2019 · A look at the profound challenges faced by actress Patricia Neal and her husband, writer Roald Dahl, after Neal suffered a severe stroke. Director: Anthony Harvey & Anthony Page.
The Patricia Neal Story. 1981. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Glenda Jackson stars as Patricia Neal in a chronicle of the actress's recovery from a stroke, which she accomplished...
The Patricia Neal Story: An Act of Love (1981) After finishing her first day of filming on John Ford’s 7 Women (1966), Patricia Neal returned home to resume her more routine daily chores. Later that night, while bathing her daughter, she was struck down by a series of strokes that left her in coma lasting three weeks.
The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock (playing herself).
