![]() ![]() After a difficult recovery, Neal returned to film acting, earning a second Academy Award nomination for The Subject Was Roses (1968). At the pinnacle of her screen career, Neal suffered a series of strokes which left her in a coma for twenty-one days, and Variety even ran a headline erroneously stating that she had died. In 1953, Neal wed famed children's author Roald Dahl, a match that would bring her five children and thirty years of dramatic ups and downs. For a time, Neal became romantically involved with Gary Cooper, her married costar in The Fountainhead. She was born in Packard, Kentucky, though she spent most of her childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Alma Brown in Hud, which earned her the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress.īut there was much more to Neal's life. In Hollywood she starred opposite the likes of John Wayne, Paul Newman, John Garfield, and Gary Cooper in some thirty films. On Broadway she appeared in such lauded productions as Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, winning the first Tony award. ![]() The internationally acclaimed actress Patricia Neal (1926–2010) was a star on stage, film, and television for more than sixty years. ![]() Major Motion Picture Adaptation Coming Soon ![]()
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