Patricia Neal

Biography

Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal) 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.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Milena Maryska

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Little House on the Prairie

Julia Sanderson

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Studio One

Miriam Leslie

Studio One

Caroline Mann

Ben Casey

Checkmate

Fran Davis

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2009	Flying By	Margie
2008	Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
2006	Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic	Self
2005	Fantastic Mr. Dahl	Self
2004	Bright Leaves
2004	Private Screenings: Patricia Neal	Self
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self
2003	The John Garfield Story	Self
2001	Making The Earth Stand Still	Self
2000	Inside 'You Only Live Twice'	Self
1999	Cookie's Fortune	Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
1998	Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero	Self
1995	Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey	Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992	A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story	Antonia Morgan
1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	Self
1990	Caroline?	Miss Trollope
1989	An Unremarkable Life	Frances McEllany
1984	Love Leads the Way: A True Story	Mrs. Frank
1984	Shattered Vows	Sister Carmelita
1981	The Patricia Neal Story	Patricia Neal (uncredited)
1981	Ghost Story	Stella Hawthorne
1979	The Passage	Mrs. Bergson
1979	All Quiet on the Western Front	Paul's Mother
1978	A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story	Mrs. Gehrig
1978	The Bastard	Marie Charboneau
1977	Tail Gunner Joe	Margaret Chase Smith
1977	Widows' Nest	Lupe
1976	The American Woman: Portraits of Courage	Narrator
1975	B. Must Die	Julia
1975	Eric	Lois Swensen
1974	Things in Their Season	Peg Gerlach
1973	Happy Mother's Day, Love George	Cara
1973	Baxter!	Dr. Roberta Clemm
1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor	Self (archive footage)
1971	The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	Olivia Walton
1971	The Road Builder	Maura Prince
1968	The Subject Was Roses	Nettie Cleary
1968	Pat Neal Is Back	Self
1965	In Harm's Way	Lt. Maggie Hayes
1965	The Making of A Movie	Herself
1964	Psyche 59	Alison Crawford
1963	Hud	Alma Brown
1961	Breakfast at Tiffany's	2E Failenson
1957	A Face in the Crowd	Marcia Jeffries
1954	Stranger from Venus	Susan North
1954	La tua donna	Countess Germana de Torri
1952	Diplomatic Courier	Joan Ross
1952	Washington Story	Alice Kingsley
1952	Something for the Birds	Anne Richards
1951	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Helen Benson
1951	Operation Pacific	Mary Stuart
1951	Week-End with Father	Jean Bowen
1951	Raton Pass	Ann Challon
1950	Three Secrets	Phyllis Horn
1950	The Breaking Point	Leona Charles
1950	Bright Leaf	Margaret Jane Singleton
1949	The Fountainhead	Dominique Francon
1949	It's a Great Feeling	Patricia Neal (uncredited)
1949	The Hasty Heart	Sister Margaret Parker
1949	John Loves Mary	Mary McKinley
1949	Breakdowns of 1949	Self
1947	Blow-Ups of 1947	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
1993	Heidi	Grandmother
1984	Glitter
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Milena Maryska
1974	Little House on the Prairie	Julia Sanderson
1972	Ghost Story	Ellen Alexander
1972	Kung Fu	Sara Kingsley
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1962	Zero One
1961	Ben Casey
1960	Checkmate	Fran Davis
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter
1953	The Oscars	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lois Swensen
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Paul's Mother
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Miss Trollope
1950	Your Show of Shows
1948	Studio One	Miriam Leslie
1948	Studio One	Caroline Mann