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Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

1926-01-20

Packard, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal) 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.

Best known for:

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Little House on the Prairie

Murder, She Wrote

Hud

A Face in the Crowd

Kung Fu

All Quiet on the Western Front

Cookie's Fortune

Ghost Story

The Fountainhead

In Harm's Way

The Breaking Point

Operation Pacific

The Passage

Heidi

It's a Great Feeling

Diplomatic Courier

Stranger from Venus

The Road Builder

The Subject Was Roses

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Bright Leaf

Psyche 59

Three Secrets

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Filmography:

Studio One (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Miriam Leslie, Caroline Mann
The Fountainhead (1949)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Dominique Francon
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Patricia Neal (uncredited)
The Hasty Heart (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Sister Margaret Parker
John Loves Mary (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Mary McKinley
The Breaking Point (1950)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Leona Charles
Three Secrets (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Phyllis Horn
Bright Leaf (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Margaret Jane Singleton

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Helen Benson
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Lois Swensen, Paul's Mother, Miss Trollope
Operation Pacific (1951)
4.6
APPEREAD AS:
Mary Stuart
Week-End with Father (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Jean Bowen
Raton Pass (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Ann Challon
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Joan Ross
Washington Story (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Alice Kingsley
Something for the Birds (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Anne Richards

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Stranger from Venus (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Susan North
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Marcia Jeffries
Checkmate (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Fran Davis
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
2E Failenson
Hud (1963)
6
APPEREAD AS:
Alma Brown
Psyche 59 (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Alison Crawford
In Harm's Way (1965)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Lt. Maggie Hayes
The Subject Was Roses (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Nettie Cleary
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Olivia Walton
The Road Builder (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Maura Prince
Kung Fu (1972)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Sara Kingsley
Ghost Story (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Ellen Alexander
Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Cara
Baxter! (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Roberta Clemm
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
Julia Sanderson
Things in Their Season (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Peg Gerlach
B. Must Die (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Julia
Eric (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Lois Swensen
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Margaret Chase Smith
Widows' Nest (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Lupe
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Gehrig
The Bastard (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Marie Charboneau
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Paul's Mother
The Passage (1979)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Bergson
Ghost Story (1981)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Stella Hawthorne
The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Patricia Neal (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Milena Maryska
Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Frank
Shattered Vows (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Sister Carmelita
An Unremarkable Life (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Frances McEllany
Caroline? (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Trollope
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Antonia Morgan
Heidi (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandmother
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
Flying By (2009)
APPEREAD AS:
Margie