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ABOUT PATRICIA NEAL (1926 - )
Patricia Neal was born on January 20, 1926 in Packard,
Kentucky.
In 1947, the first time that Broadway's Tony Awards
were presented, Patricia Neal won theActress (Dramatic)
Award for ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST.
In the early 1960s Patricia Neal struggle back
from a debilitating stroke her story was chronicled
in the film, THE PATRICIA NEAL STORY, starring Glenda
Jackson.
The entertainment newspaper Variety, mistakenly
reported in their February 22, 1965 headline that
Patricia Neal had died from her multiple strokes
five days earlier. In truth, she remained in a coma
for 21 days. Pregnant at the time, her daughter
Lucy was born healthy. In 1953 Patricia Neal married
writer Roald Dahl in 1953 later divorced in the
1980s, Neal is Grandmother of model/actress Sophie
Dahl.
Patricia Neal received the Women's International
Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1986. As the
house keeper Alma in HUD (1963), Patricia Neal gave
an Oscar winning performance. Neals commitment to
the rehabilitation center at Fort Sanders Regional
Medical Center led the Center to dedicate it in
1978 as The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center
Published in 1988 Patricia Neal's autobiography
AS I AM, details her relationships with Cooper and
Dahl.
In 1949 Patricia Neal debuted opposite Ronald Reagan
in JOHN LOVES MARY (1949).
Neal's role in THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) resulted
in a long, and much publicized, affair with the
film's married star, Gary Cooper.
Patricia Neal second Best Actress nomination
was for:
THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (68)
Patricia Neal's other credits include:
THE FOUNTAINHEAD
IT'S A GREAT FEELING
THE HASTY HEART
BRIGHT LEAF
OPEATION PACIFIC
DIPLOMATIC COURIER
THE
DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
WEEKEND WITH FATHER
SOMETHING FOR THE BIRDS
A FACE IN THE CROWD
BREAKFAST
AT TIFFANY'S
PSYCHE
IN HARM'S WAY
THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES
THE NIGHT DIGGER
THE PASSAGE
GHOST STORY
AN UNREMARKABLE LIFE
COOKIE'S FORTUNE
CHEKHOV AND SHDANOFF
FOR THE LOVE OF MAY
Neal's television credits include:
THE HOMECOMING
RUN STRANGER RUN
THINGS IN THEIR SEASON
ERIC
TAIL GUNNER JOE
THE BASTARD
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
LOVE LEADS THE WAY
CAROLINE?
A MOTHER'S RIGHT: THE ELIZABETH MORGAN STORY
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