Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Known for

Acting

Born

January 20, 1926

Birthplace

Packard, Kentucky, USA

Died

August 8, 2010 (aged 84)

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.

Best known work

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hud
Hud
1963
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
1972
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Cookie's Fortune
Cookie's Fortune
1999
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
1981

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Flying By

    as Margie

  2. 2008

  3. 2006

  4. 2005

  5. 2004

  6. 2003

  7. 2003

  8. 2001

  9. 2000

  10. 1999

    Cookie's Fortune

    as Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt

  11. 1998

  12. 1995

    Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

    as Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)

  13. 1993

    HeidiTV

    as Grandmother (2 episodes)

  14. 1992

  15. 1991

  16. 1990

    Caroline?

    as Miss Trollope

  17. 1989

    An Unremarkable Life

    as Frances McEllany

  18. 1984

    Shattered Vows

    as Sister Carmelita

  19. 1984

  20. 1984

    Murder, She WroteTV

    as Milena Maryska (1 episode)

  21. 1984

  22. 1981

    Ghost Story

    as Stella

  23. 1981

    The Patricia Neal Story

    as Patricia Neal (uncredited)

  24. 1979

  25. 1979

    The Passage

    as Mrs. Bergson

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