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Patricia Neal. 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 ...
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 recovery.
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Aug 11, 2010 · (From TIME's Archives: After neurosurgery, Patricia Neal fights back from her strokes.) No performer wants to be the star of her own tragedy; but Neal, who died Sunday at 84 on the...
Aug 9, 2010 · 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...
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Apr 25, 2024 · 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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Aug 9, 2010 · Actress Patricia Neal, who rebuilt a troubled career to win an Academy Award only to face a more desperate battle for survival when three strokes left her paralyzed and unable to speak or...
Aug 10, 2010 · By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times. Aug. 10, 2010 12 AM PT. Her life was marked by professional triumphs, including a Tony Award-winning debut on Broadway in Lillian Hellman’s 1946 drama ...
