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.

Filmography 80

Movies (62)

Flying By
2009
Margie
Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
2008
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
2006
Self
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
2005
Self
Private Screenings: Patricia Neal
2004
Self
Bright Leaves
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self
The John Garfield Story
2003
Self
Making The Earth Stand Still
2001
Self
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
2000
Self
Cookie's Fortune
1999
Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
Antonia Morgan
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Self
Caroline?
1990
Miss Trollope
An Unremarkable Life
1989
Frances McEllany
Shattered Vows
1984
Sister Carmelita
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
Mrs. Frank
Ghost Story
1981
Stella Hawthorne
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
Patricia Neal (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Paul's Mother
The Passage
1979
Mrs. Bergson
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
Mrs. Gehrig
Widows' Nest
1977
Lupe
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
Margaret Chase Smith
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
Narrator
Eric
1975
Lois Swensen
B. Must Die
1975
Julia
Things in Their Season
1974
Peg Gerlach