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Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson ...
Patricia Neal was an Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress who starred in films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hud and Breakfast at Tiffany's. She also appeared in Broadway plays, TV shows and wrote a memoir about her stroke and recovery.
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Aug 11, 2010 · No performer wants to be the star of her own tragedy; but Neal, who died Sunday at 84 on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, proved herself a towering figure of physical...
Patricia Neal, American motion picture actress known for her deeply intelligent performances, usually as tough-minded independent women, and for her rehabilitation and triumphant return to films following a series of strokes. Learn more about Neal’s life and career in this article.
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Patricia Neal, who made her way from Kentucky’s coal country to Hollywood and Broadway, winning an Academy Award and a Tony, but whose life alternated almost surreally between triumph and...
Aug 10, 2010 · Neal’s Oscar-winning role as the weary housekeeper in “Hud,” starring Paul Newman as the ruthless son of a Texas rancher, came in the wake of two family tragedies.
Aug 10, 2010 · Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, whose life was marred by tragedy, has died at the age of 84, her family said. The husky-voiced Neal won an Academy Award for her role in the 1963 film Hud...
