Tribute to Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal : 

Patricia Neal January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010 http://www.crazy4cinema.com/Actress/imgs/neal.jpg

Slide 2: 

Patsy Louise Neal was born in Packard, Whitley County, Kentucky, to William Burdette and Eura Petrey Neal. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended Knoxville High School, and studied drama at Northwestern University. Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. http://www.littlegoldenguy.com/pimgs/PatriciaNeal.jpg

Slide 3: 

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. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4434314210_47f250c146.jpg

Slide 4: 

She made her screen debut in 1949's "John Loves Mary," that also starred Jack Carson and Ronald Reagan. http://www.bartertheatre.com/about/images/neal_patricia.jpg

Slide 5: 

Began a relationship with Gary Cooper on the sets of ‘The Fountainhead’ (1949). He was forty-seven, she was twenty-two. But the relationship did not last too long. http://img.movieberry.com/static/photos/2654/6_midi.jpg , http://www.absolvewinelounge.com/blog/media/blogs/followourprogress/cooper-gary-photo-xl-gary-cooper-6231378.jpg Gary Cooper

Slide 6: 

Neal met British writer Roald Dahl at a dinner party hosted by Lillian Hellman in 1951. They got married on July 2, 1953, at Trinity Church in New York. http://sharing.wpri.com/sharewlin//photo/2010/08/09/AP530702016_20100809030512_640_480.JPG

Slide 7: 

In 1947, the first time that Broadway's Tony Awards were presented, she won the Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) Award for "Another Part of the Forest." http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OQmEa5OKyOI/Saqvap7_o4I/AAAAAAAANA8/cOcyJkL6mo0/s400/PatriciaNealDeal02.jpg

Slide 8: 

She made a grand return to the screen after her strokes in 1968, winning an Oscar nomination for her performance in "The Subject Was Roses." http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:JvnbCpgDHVp5qM:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjEyOTU4MjUxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTI5NDM2._V1._SX367_SY450_.jpg&t=1

Slide 9: 

Neal was already an award-winning Broadway actress when she won her Oscar for her role as a housekeeper to the Texas father (Melvyn Douglas) battling his selfish, amoral son (Paul Newman). http://sharing.wpri.com/sharewlin//photo/2010/08/09/AP6704100137_20100809030516_640_480.JPG

Slide 10: 

On March 4, 2007, she received one of the two Lifetime Achievement Awards presented annually by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University, following a screening of her classic film A Face in the Crowd (1957) (Roy Scheider was the other honoree). http://sharing.wpri.com/sharewlin//photo/2010/08/09/AP060611034921_20100809030449_640_480.JPG

Slide 11: 

In 1978, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville dedicated the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in her honor. It helps people recover from strokes and spinal cord and brain injuries. http://anthonygeorge.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/patricia-neal-by-david-shankbone.jpg

Slide 12: 

Her family said her dedication to the rehab center and advocacy for stroke sufferers was a great source of hope for them and their families and a "constant inspiration to our family." http://www.nysocialdiary.com/i/partypictures/02_23_09/oscars/642-Patricia-Neal-&-______.jpg

Neal's autobiography, As I Am, was published in 1988. : 

Neal's autobiography, As I Am, was published in 1988. In her 1988 autobiography, "As I Am," she wrote, "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison." http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:9GPlL10eCpZHxM:http://image.xyface.com/image/p/artist-patricia-neal/patricia-neal-322769.jpg&t=1

Slide 14: 

PATRICIA NEAL TRIBUTE

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal died on August 8, 2010, of lung cancer. : 

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal died on August 8, 2010, of lung cancer. http://sharing.wpri.com/sharewlin//photo/2010/08/09/Obit-Patricia-Neal_Gree_20100809030449_640_480.JPG