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Patricia Neal

Acting Born Jan 20, 1926 Packard, Kentucky, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Murder, She Wrote

as Milena Maryska

Little House on the Prairie

as Julia Sanderson
Film

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as 2E Failenson

Full filmography

  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Milena Maryska
  • Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Julia Sanderson
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Ben Casey (1961)
  • Studio One (1948) as Miriam Leslie
  • Studio One (1948) as Caroline Mann
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Checkmate (1960) as Fran Davis
  • Ghost Story (1972) as Ellen Alexander
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) as 2E Failenson
  • Your Show of Shows (1950)
  • Espionage (1963) as Jeanne
  • Zero One (1962)
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Lois Swensen
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Paul's Mother
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Miss Trollope
  • Glitter (1984)
  • Hud (1963) as Alma Brown
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) as Helen Benson
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) as Paul's Mother
  • Heidi (1993) as Grandmother
  • In Harm's Way (1965) as Lt. Maggie Hayes
  • Special for Women (1960) as Ruth Evans