Portrait of Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Acting

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.

Born: January 20, 1926

Place of Birth: Packard, Kentucky, USA

Filmography

2009
Flying By

as Margie

1999
Cookie's Fortune

as Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
Heidi

as Grandmother

1990
Caroline?

as Miss Trollope

1989
An Unremarkable Life

as Frances McEllany

1984
Shattered Vows

as Sister Carmelita

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Milena Maryska

1981
Ghost Story

as Stella Hawthorne

1981
The Patricia Neal Story

as Patricia Neal (uncredited)

1979
1979
The Passage

as Mrs. Bergson

1978
The Bastard

as Marie Charboneau

1977
1977
Tail Gunner Joe

as Margaret Chase Smith

1975
Eric

as Lois Swensen

1975
B. Must Die

as Julia

1974
1974
Little House on the Prairie

as Julia Sanderson

1973
Baxter!

as Dr. Roberta Clemm

1973
1972
Kung Fu

as Sara Kingsley

1972
Ghost Story

as Ellen Alexander

1971
The Road Builder

as Maura Prince

1968
The Subject Was Roses

as Nettie Cleary

1965
In Harm's Way

as Lt. Maggie Hayes

1964
Psyche 59

as Alison Crawford

1963
Hud

as Alma Brown

1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's

as 2E Failenson

1960
Checkmate

as Fran Davis

1957
The Playroom

as Margaret Flood

1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Marcia Jeffries

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1954
Stranger from Venus

as Susan North

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Something for the Birds

as Anne Richards

1952
Washington Story

as Alice Kingsley

1952
Diplomatic Courier

as Joan Ross

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lois Swensen

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Paul's Mother

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Miss Trollope

1951
1951
Raton Pass

as Ann Challon

1951
Operation Pacific

as Mary Stuart

1950
Three Secrets

as Phyllis Horn

1950
The Breaking Point

as Leona Charles

1950
Bright Leaf

as Margaret Jane Singleton

1949
The Hasty Heart

as Sister Margaret Parker

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Patricia Neal (uncredited)

1949
The Fountainhead

as Dominique Francon

1949
John Loves Mary

as Mary McKinley

1948
Studio One

as Miriam Leslie

1948
Studio One

as Caroline Mann

1947