Patricia Neal

Acting · Born 1926-01-20 · Packard, Kentucky, USA

Biography

Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Known for

• Flying By (2009)
• Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise (2008)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic (2006)
• Fantastic Mr. Dahl (2005)
• Bright Leaves (2004)
• Private Screenings: Patricia Neal (2004)
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
• The John Garfield Story (2003)
• Making The Earth Stand Still (2001)
• Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (2000)
• Cookie's Fortune (1999)
• Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)
• Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
• A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
• Caroline? (1990)
• An Unremarkable Life (1989)
• Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
• Shattered Vows (1984)
• The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
• Ghost Story (1981)
• The Passage (1979)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
• A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)