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Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal 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 in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963). She also featured as the m…
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entertainment · American stage and film actress (1926–2010) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · also Patricia Neal, Patsy Louise Neal, Neal
Born 20 January 1926 · Died 8 August 2010 · Q191027
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2026· 1 entry
2010· 1 entry
Died 2010-08-08.
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1988· 2 entries
In her autobiography, As I Am (1988), Neal wrote: "A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."
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“A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.”
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1983· 1 entry
Following Dahl's 11-year affair with Felicity D'Abreu, a set designer he met when she worked with Neal on a Maxim Coffee advertisement, Neal's marriage ended in divorce
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1981· 1 entry
This period of their lives was dramatized in the television film The Patricia Neal Story (1981), in which the couple was played by Glenda Jackson and Dirk Bogarde.
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1978· 2 entries
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, dedicated the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in her honor
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When she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at a cocktail party on London's Park Lane
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1972· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for The Waltons (1972).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for In Harm's Way (1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Neal gave birth to a healthy daughter, Lucy
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1964· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Hud (1964).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Hud (1964).
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1962· 1 entry
Their daughter Olivia died at age 7 from measles encephalitis
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1960· 1 entry
Their son Theo, four months old, suffered brain damage when his baby carriage was struck by a taxicab in New York City
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1955· 1 entry
Starred in Edith Sommer's A Roomful of Roses, staged by Guthrie McClintic
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1951· 1 entry
Neal ended their relationship in late December 1951.
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1949· 2 entries
Followed by another role with Reagan in The Hasty Heart the same year
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Coincided with her affair with married co-star Gary Cooper; she worked with him again in Bright Leaf (1950)
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1948· 1 entry
Either during filming or after finishing work on The Fountainhead (1949), Neal began an affair with her married co-star Gary Cooper, whom she had met in 1947 when she was 21 and he was 46
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Another Part of the Forest (1947).
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Awarded Theatre World Award for Another Part of the Forest (1947).
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-01-20.
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