Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Birthday: 1926-01-20

Place of Birth: 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.

Movies

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. ...

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The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destru...

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The Patricia Neal Story
The Patricia Neal Story

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966...

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Diplomatic Courier
Diplomatic Courier

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret in...

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A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd

The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local medi...

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Ghost Story
Ghost Story

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old sec...

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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite...

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Hud
Hud

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents ...

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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical mom...

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It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b...

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Cookie's Fortune
Cookie's Fortune

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of rea...

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Operation Pacific
Operation Pacific

During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firin...

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Three Secrets
Three Secrets

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California...

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In Harm's Way
In Harm's Way

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second...

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The Breaking Point
The Breaking Point

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals....

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The Passage
The Passage

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist a...

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Flying By
Flying By

A real estate developer goes to his 25th high school reunion without his wife, and finds his old tee...

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Bright Leaf
Bright Leaf

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market....

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The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart

In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in d...

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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they a...

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The Road Builder
The Road Builder

The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival ...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...

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Caroline?
Caroline?

Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the story of a mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter ...

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Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Happy Mother's Day, Love George

An adopted teen who runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother, in the hopes of p...

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Stranger from Venus
Stranger from Venus

Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a...

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The Subject Was Roses
The Subject Was Roses

Timmy Cleary returns to his Bronx home at the end of World War II and is soon disillusioned to find ...

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B. Must Die
B. Must Die

In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have all ...

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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers t...

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Week-End with Father
Week-End with Father

Two single parents shock their children by falling in love....

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Washington Story
Washington Story

A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is...

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Psyche 59
Psyche 59

An industrialist's wife tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind....

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An Unremarkable Life
An Unremarkable Life

The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic fe...

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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting t...

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Raton Pass
Raton Pass

Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia...

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Baxter!
Baxter!

A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents....

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Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to ...

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John Loves Mary
John Loves Mary

After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence w...

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Something for the Birds
Something for the Birds

A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way...

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The Bastard
The Bastard

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to Engla...

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Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Based on the true story of Morris Frank and the first U.S. Seeing Eye Dog, Buddy....

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La tua donna
La tua donna

During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from ...

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Pat Neal Is Back
Pat Neal Is Back

This short focuses on Patricia Neal's return to motion pictures three years after she suffered a nea...

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Making The Earth Stand Still
Making The Earth Stand Still

A documentary about the 1951 sci-fi film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," featuring clips from the f...

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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated wi...

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Widows' Nest
Widows' Nest

The arrival of some unwanted visitors interrupts the peaceful Cuban home life of sisters Dolores, Ca...

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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....

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Blow-Ups of 1947
Blow-Ups of 1947

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947....

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Things in Their Season
Things in Their Season

The son in a close-knit family of Wisconsin dairy farmers decides to get married and move out of the...

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Fantastic Mr. Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Dahl

Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine....

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Breakdowns of 1949
Breakdowns of 1949

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949....

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Shattered Vows
Shattered Vows

At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life and...

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director O...

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Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"...

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Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern tradi...

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Eric
Eric

The disease: incurable. The odds: insurmountable. But Eric will not surrender! An unforgettable true...

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The John Garfield Story
The John Garfield Story

This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he d...

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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding sk...

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Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"....

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A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Based on the custody case involving Elizabeth Morgan and the subsequent Elizabeth Morgan Act....

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Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise

A documentary about Ian Fleming....

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Private Screenings: Patricia Neal
Private Screenings: Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal discusses her career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne....

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The Making of A Movie
The Making of A Movie

The Making of In Harm's Way (1965)...

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The Playroom
The Playroom

Three siblings return home when their mother wins a "Mother of the Year" award from a magazine....

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