Tennesee-born Patricia Neal brought her broad cheekbones and wide mouth with its great grin to Hollywood... (Learn more)
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Patricia Neal’s Milestones
| Joined Alvina Krause's theater company in Eagles Mere, PA | |
| Joined amateur theater group The Tennessee Valley Players | |
| 1942 | Left high school; joined the Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA, as understudy/assistant stage manager |
| 1943 | Enrolled at Northwestern University to study drama |
| 1945 | Left university; went to NYC; understudied Vivian Vance in John van Druten's "The Voice of the Turtle"; replaced Vance for two weeks during play's Chicago run; adopted stage name Patricia Neal |
| 1946 | Summer try-out in "Devil Takes a Whittler" led to New York stage debut, "Another Part of the Forest", on Broadway; also toured with show; won Tony Award |
| 1947 | Went to Holllywood; signed 7-year contract with Warner Bros. |
| 1948 | Feature film acting debut, "John Loves Mary", actually released after "The Fountainhead" |
| 1951 | Dropped by Warners; inked 3-picture deal with Fox |
| 1952 | Began making TV appearances |
| 1952 | Returned to Broadway in revival of "The Children's Hour" |
| 1953 | Married Roald Dahl and became based in Great Britain |
| 1955 | On Broadway again in "A Roomful Of Roses" |
| 1956 | Replaced Barbara Bel Geddes in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway |
| 1957 | Starred opposite Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd" |
| 1959 | Returned to Broadway in "The Miracle Worker" |
| 1961 | Kept George Peppard as her toy-boy in Blake Edwards' "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
| 1962 | Delivered Oscar-winning turn opposite Paul Newman in "Hud" |
| 1965 | Four days into filming of John Ford's "7 Women" suffered the first of a series of strokes |
| 1968 | Returned to features after strokes with Oscar-nominated starring role in "The Subject Was Roses" |
| 1971 | Played Olivia Walton in "The Homecoming--A Christmas Story" (CBS) |
| 1979 | Played Richard Thomas's mother in TV-movie remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" (CBS) |
| 1981 | Glenda Jackson played Neal and Dirk Bogarde, Roald Dahl, in the CBS TV biopic "The Patricia Neal Story" |
| 1988 | Published autobiography "As I Am" (written with Richard Deneut) |
| 1989 | Portrayed Shelley Winter's sister in "An Unremarkable Life" |
| 1993 | Performed the role of Peter's Grandmother in the Disney Channel's miniseries "Heidi" |
| 1997 | Appeared as interviewee in "Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero" for A&E's "Biography" series |
| 1999 | Portrayed the octogenarian Cookie in Robert Altman's comedy "Cookie's Fortune" |
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