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

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as 2E Failenson

The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Helen Benson

Little House on the Prairie

as Julia Sanderson

Murder, She Wrote

as Milena Maryska

Hud

as Alma Brown

A Face in the Crowd

as Marcia Jeffries

Kung Fu

as Sara Kingsley

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Paul's Mother

Cookie's Fortune

as Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt

Ghost Story

as Stella Hawthorne