Patricia Neal ca. 1950. Patricia Neal movies: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' 'A Face in the Crowd' Back in 1949, few would have predicted that Gary Cooper's leading lady in King Vidor's The Fountainhead would go on to win a Best Actress Academy Award 15 years later. Patricia Neal was one of those performers – e.g., Jean Arthur, Anne Bancroft – whose film career didn't start out all that well, but who, by way of Broadway, managed to both revive and magnify their Hollywood stardom. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” series, Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Sunday, Aug. 16, '15, to Patricia Neal. This evening, TCM is showing three of her best-known films, in addition to one TCM premiere and an unusual latter-day entry. 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Robert Wise was hardly a genre director. A former editor (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons...
- 8/16/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Actress and pioneer of the civil rights movement Ruby Dee died on Wednesday at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. She was 91.
Ruby Dee Dies
Dee began her lengthy career on the stage, working steadily on Broadway during the 40s. She appeared in 12 shows during the decade, including South Pacific (1943), Walk Hard (1944), Arsenic and Old Lace (1946) and John Loves Mary (1946).
The Jackie Robinson Story in 1950 was Dee’s breakout film, in which she played Rae Robinson. She went on to play Ruth Younger in the A Raisin in the Sun movie, and appear in a number of other films, including Edge of the City, Gone Are the Days , The Incident and Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. She received an Oscar nomination for her work in 2007’s American Gangster alongside Denzel Washington.
Dee was also a constant presence on the small screen, making appearances on a number of TV series.
Ruby Dee Dies
Dee began her lengthy career on the stage, working steadily on Broadway during the 40s. She appeared in 12 shows during the decade, including South Pacific (1943), Walk Hard (1944), Arsenic and Old Lace (1946) and John Loves Mary (1946).
The Jackie Robinson Story in 1950 was Dee’s breakout film, in which she played Rae Robinson. She went on to play Ruth Younger in the A Raisin in the Sun movie, and appear in a number of other films, including Edge of the City, Gone Are the Days , The Incident and Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. She received an Oscar nomination for her work in 2007’s American Gangster alongside Denzel Washington.
Dee was also a constant presence on the small screen, making appearances on a number of TV series.
- 6/12/2014
- Uinterview
NBC
There’s an ineffable quality that makes a pair of TV characters work together, usually a combination of writing, chemistry, and some unknown third ingredient. Whatever it is, having it on a show usually guarantees success. These two characters bring out the best (or worst, depending on the type of show it is) in one another, and when they’re together, everything else seems to click into place. It’s all about the give and take between the characters, and how they balance one another out.
Interestingly enough, few of these pairings end up romantically, although the folks over at Tumblr might have a few choice words to say about that. For the most part, these are just rock solid platonic relationships that somehow manage to dominate the show. It’s only natural that a lot of these pairings have stood the test of time, and the ones that...
There’s an ineffable quality that makes a pair of TV characters work together, usually a combination of writing, chemistry, and some unknown third ingredient. Whatever it is, having it on a show usually guarantees success. These two characters bring out the best (or worst, depending on the type of show it is) in one another, and when they’re together, everything else seems to click into place. It’s all about the give and take between the characters, and how they balance one another out.
Interestingly enough, few of these pairings end up romantically, although the folks over at Tumblr might have a few choice words to say about that. For the most part, these are just rock solid platonic relationships that somehow manage to dominate the show. It’s only natural that a lot of these pairings have stood the test of time, and the ones that...
- 3/22/2014
- by Audrey Fox
- Obsessed with Film
Oscar-winning film star who displayed great courage in her return to the screen
Perhaps the most famous line spoken on screen by the actor Patricia Neal, who has died of lung cancer aged 84, was "Klaatu barada nikto!" in Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). These incomprehensible words, uttered to a robot which carries her into a spaceship, save the world from destruction. Neal won her Oscar for a more down-to-earth performance, as the cynical, world-weary housekeeper Alma Brown in Martin Ritt's contemporary western, Hud (1963). "It was a tough part to cast," Ritt remarked. "This woman had to be believable as a housekeeper and still be sexy. It called for a special combination of warmth and toughness, while still being very feminine. Pat Neal was it."
Perhaps the most telling indication of Neal's gifts was the fact that, although the role was quite a brief one, the...
Perhaps the most famous line spoken on screen by the actor Patricia Neal, who has died of lung cancer aged 84, was "Klaatu barada nikto!" in Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). These incomprehensible words, uttered to a robot which carries her into a spaceship, save the world from destruction. Neal won her Oscar for a more down-to-earth performance, as the cynical, world-weary housekeeper Alma Brown in Martin Ritt's contemporary western, Hud (1963). "It was a tough part to cast," Ritt remarked. "This woman had to be believable as a housekeeper and still be sexy. It called for a special combination of warmth and toughness, while still being very feminine. Pat Neal was it."
Perhaps the most telling indication of Neal's gifts was the fact that, although the role was quite a brief one, the...
- 8/9/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Patricia Neal, the smoky-voiced actress who won an Oscar opposite Paul Newman in "Hud," has died. She was 84.
The star of stage and screen passed away in her Martha's Vineyard home after a battle with lung cancer, according to the New York Times.
Neal's life was marked by extreme highs and lows. Near the beginning of her career, she was disappointed in the Ronald Reagan comedy "John Loves Mary" and even in the coveted role of Dominique Francon in "The Fountainhead" with Gary Cooper. She also scored a Tony on Broadway for her part in Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest."
During this time she carried on a three-year love affair with the much older and married Cooper, who eventually broke it off when he refused to leave his wife. After a few mediocre movies, she dropped Hollywood and reunited with Hellman to star in "The Children's Hour.
The star of stage and screen passed away in her Martha's Vineyard home after a battle with lung cancer, according to the New York Times.
Neal's life was marked by extreme highs and lows. Near the beginning of her career, she was disappointed in the Ronald Reagan comedy "John Loves Mary" and even in the coveted role of Dominique Francon in "The Fountainhead" with Gary Cooper. She also scored a Tony on Broadway for her part in Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest."
During this time she carried on a three-year love affair with the much older and married Cooper, who eventually broke it off when he refused to leave his wife. After a few mediocre movies, she dropped Hollywood and reunited with Hellman to star in "The Children's Hour.
- 8/9/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, 84, died Sunday at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts. Neal received a Best Actress Academy Award in 1964 for her role as housekeeper Alma in Hud opposite Paul Newman. She was also nominated for an Oscar in 1968 for The Subject was Roses, but lost out to co-winners Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
Patricial Neal in The Fountainhead
Patricia Neal began her film career in 1949 at the age of 21 starring with Ronald Reagan in John Loves Mary. She starred in such films as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Fountainhead.
Neal suffered a series of strokes in 1965, a year after winning the Best Actress Oscar for Hud. She was left paralyzed and unable to speak, but eventually recovered enough to return to the silver screen.
Her role in The Fountainhead was the beginning of a three year romance for Neal with co-star Gary Cooper.
Patricial Neal in The Fountainhead
Patricia Neal began her film career in 1949 at the age of 21 starring with Ronald Reagan in John Loves Mary. She starred in such films as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Fountainhead.
Neal suffered a series of strokes in 1965, a year after winning the Best Actress Oscar for Hud. She was left paralyzed and unable to speak, but eventually recovered enough to return to the silver screen.
Her role in The Fountainhead was the beginning of a three year romance for Neal with co-star Gary Cooper.
- 8/9/2010
- by Cameron
- SnarkFood.com
Patricia Neal, the Oscar-winning actress whose life off-screen contained as much drama, tragedy, and inspiration as any of her film or theater roles, died Sunday at her home in Martha's Vineyard of lung cancer; she was 84.
An Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe winner, Neal was just as well-known for the trials, tribulations and triumphs she lived through, including a nervous breakdown, the death of one of her children, and a series of strokes that left her in a three-week coma while pregnant at the age of 39. Her subsequent rehabilitation, with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, led to yet another chapter of her acting career, as well as her pioneering for the cause of stroke rehabilitation.
Born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky in 1926, Neal grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and studied acting at Northwestern University before heading to New York, where she began her long and illustrious stage career, winning a Tony Award in 1946 for Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, which attracted the attention of Hollywood. Though she filmed the comedy John Loves Mary first in 1949 -- a film in which she played the Mary to future President Ronald Reagan's John -- it was the second film she made that year which introduced her to audiences with a huge splash: the highly-anticipated adaptation of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, where she played conflicted, imperious heroine Dominique Francon opposite Gary Cooper's stalwart architect Howard Roark, already a famed character thanks to the success of Rand's novel. Though actress Barbara Stanwyck championed the project to Warner Bros., the studio ultimately cast the unknown 22-year-old Neal opposite the 47-year-old Cooper.
An Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe winner, Neal was just as well-known for the trials, tribulations and triumphs she lived through, including a nervous breakdown, the death of one of her children, and a series of strokes that left her in a three-week coma while pregnant at the age of 39. Her subsequent rehabilitation, with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, led to yet another chapter of her acting career, as well as her pioneering for the cause of stroke rehabilitation.
Born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky in 1926, Neal grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and studied acting at Northwestern University before heading to New York, where she began her long and illustrious stage career, winning a Tony Award in 1946 for Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, which attracted the attention of Hollywood. Though she filmed the comedy John Loves Mary first in 1949 -- a film in which she played the Mary to future President Ronald Reagan's John -- it was the second film she made that year which introduced her to audiences with a huge splash: the highly-anticipated adaptation of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, where she played conflicted, imperious heroine Dominique Francon opposite Gary Cooper's stalwart architect Howard Roark, already a famed character thanks to the success of Rand's novel. Though actress Barbara Stanwyck championed the project to Warner Bros., the studio ultimately cast the unknown 22-year-old Neal opposite the 47-year-old Cooper.
- 8/9/2010
- IMDb News
The Oscar-winning actor Patricia Neal has died aged 84. We look back over her career in clips
Write-ups of the life of Patricia Neal, who died from lung cancer in Martha's Vineyard yesterday, tend to be dominated by two things: her marriage to the author Roald Dahl, and her fall into a coma for three weeks when pregnant with their fifth child (Dahl subsequently oversaw her rehabilitation). But look back over clips of Neal's career and her remarkable talent and intensity once more come into sharp focus. With her deep, sardonic voice, her blazing eyes and pickaxe cheekbones, Neal was a most imposing leading lady. But she was also good-humoured, with a great, uninhibited cackle and a sly sideways glance that suggested a fine sense of fun.
After a spell in the theatre, Neal made her film debut in 1949 alongside Ronald Reagan in wartime bigamy comedy John Loves Mary. Billed in the trailer as "lovely,...
Write-ups of the life of Patricia Neal, who died from lung cancer in Martha's Vineyard yesterday, tend to be dominated by two things: her marriage to the author Roald Dahl, and her fall into a coma for three weeks when pregnant with their fifth child (Dahl subsequently oversaw her rehabilitation). But look back over clips of Neal's career and her remarkable talent and intensity once more come into sharp focus. With her deep, sardonic voice, her blazing eyes and pickaxe cheekbones, Neal was a most imposing leading lady. But she was also good-humoured, with a great, uninhibited cackle and a sly sideways glance that suggested a fine sense of fun.
After a spell in the theatre, Neal made her film debut in 1949 alongside Ronald Reagan in wartime bigamy comedy John Loves Mary. Billed in the trailer as "lovely,...
- 8/9/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
American actress Patricia Neal has died at the age of 84. The Academy Award winner died of lung cancer at her home on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts on Sunday (08.08.10). The actress made her movie debut in the 1949 comedy ''John Loves Mary'', in which she starred opposite the late former Us President Ronald Reagan. The star had endured a life filled with tragedy. Following an unhappy affair with her 'Fountainhead' co-star Gary Cooper - during which she became pregnant and had an abortion - she married British author Roald Dahl, writer of numerous children's stories such as 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'James ..
- 8/9/2010
- Virgin Media - Movies
Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal died of lung cancer at her home on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts this past Sunday.
Neal made her movie debut in the 1949 comedy John Loves Mary, in which she starred opposite the late former Us President Ronald Reagan.
The actress had endured a life filled with tragedy.
Following an unhappy affair with her Fountainhead co-star Gary Cooper — during which she became pregnant and had an abortion — she married British author Roald Dahl, writer of numerous children's stories such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach".
In 1960, the couple's infant son suffered brain damage after the pram he was in was struck by a taxi in New York City.
After moving to England with her husband, the couple's seven-year-old daughter died from measles encephalitis in 1962.
In 1964, she received the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the movie Hud, in which...
Neal made her movie debut in the 1949 comedy John Loves Mary, in which she starred opposite the late former Us President Ronald Reagan.
The actress had endured a life filled with tragedy.
Following an unhappy affair with her Fountainhead co-star Gary Cooper — during which she became pregnant and had an abortion — she married British author Roald Dahl, writer of numerous children's stories such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach".
In 1960, the couple's infant son suffered brain damage after the pram he was in was struck by a taxi in New York City.
After moving to England with her husband, the couple's seven-year-old daughter died from measles encephalitis in 1962.
In 1964, she received the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the movie Hud, in which...
- 8/9/2010
- CinemaSpy
Patricia Neal, the Oscar-winning actress whose life was as dramatic and inspirational as anything she did on stage and screen, died Sunday of lung cancer at her home in Edgartown, Mass. She was 84.
Most identifiable playing characters of strong will and resilience, Neal won her Academy Award for her portrayal of a demoralized housewife in "Hud" (1963), opposite Paul Newman, then earned another nomination for "The Subject Was Roses" (1968), playing the pitiful mother of a returning war victim (Martin Sheen).
In February 1965, after the first day of filming "Seven Women," Neal -- then 39 and three months pregnant -- suffered three strokes caused by a brain hemorrhage as she was bathing to her 8-year-old daughter, Tessa. She was in a coma for three weeks.
She emerged unable to speak, her memory erased and her right side paralyzed. Neal was confined to a wheelchair at first, but her husband, British writer Roald Dahl,...
Most identifiable playing characters of strong will and resilience, Neal won her Academy Award for her portrayal of a demoralized housewife in "Hud" (1963), opposite Paul Newman, then earned another nomination for "The Subject Was Roses" (1968), playing the pitiful mother of a returning war victim (Martin Sheen).
In February 1965, after the first day of filming "Seven Women," Neal -- then 39 and three months pregnant -- suffered three strokes caused by a brain hemorrhage as she was bathing to her 8-year-old daughter, Tessa. She was in a coma for three weeks.
She emerged unable to speak, her memory erased and her right side paralyzed. Neal was confined to a wheelchair at first, but her husband, British writer Roald Dahl,...
- 8/8/2010
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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