Home > Patricia Neal

Born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky , she grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. She studied drama at Northwestern University, then appeared on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for Voice of the Turtle . In 1949, she debuted in film opposite Ronald Reagan in John Loves Mary . Her appearance that same year in The Fountainhead led to a long romantic affair with her co-star, Gary Cooper.

Neal starred in The Breaking Point , The Day the Earth Stood Still and Operation Pacific before 1952. She suffered a nervous breakdown in that year when her affair with Cooper came to an end, but she recovered, and returned in 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t to star in A Face in the Crowd .

In 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey, Neal won the Academy Award for Best ActressThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen for her performance in HudFor other meanings of Hud, see this article Hud is a 1963 film which tells the story of a modern-day cowboy who conflicts with his father over the best way to keep their ranch from dying. It stars Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wil. In 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N she suffered a series of strokes, and went through extensive rehabilitation, returning in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the to star in The Subject Was RosesThe Subject Was Roses is a 1968 film which tells the story of a young soldier who comes home to find that his parents' marriage is on the verge of collapse. It stars Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen. The movie was adapted by Frank D. Gilroy, for which she was again nominated for an Oscar.

Neal starred in the television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story , which proved to be the pilot episode for The Waltons. She did not, however, reprise her role of the mother in the series. She was offered the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, but turned it down, feeling it had come too soon after her stroke.

In 1981 Glenda Jackson played her in a television movie, The Patricia Neal Story. In 1988 Neal published an autobiography, As I Am.

She was married to writer Roald Dahl from 1953 to 1983. They had five children.