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The internationally acclaimed actress Patricia Neal 19262010 was a star on stage film and television for more than sixty years She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Alma Brown in Hud which earned her the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress
But there was much more to Neals life She was born in Packard Kentucky though she spent most of her childhood in Knoxville Tennessee In 1953 Neal wed famed childrens author Roald Dahl a match that would bring her five children and thirty years of dramatic ups and downs At the pinnacle of her screen career Neal suffered a series of strokes which left her in a coma for twentyone days and Variety even ran a headline erroneously stating that she had died She appeared in several television movie roles in the 1970s and 1980s and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic TV Movie in 1971 for The Homecoming
Patricia Neal An Unquiet Life is the first critical biography detailing the actresss impressive film career and remarkable personal life Author Stephen Michael Shearer conducted numerous interviews with Neal her professional colleagues and her intimate friends and was given access to the actresss personal papers The result is an honest and comprehensive portrait of an accomplished woman who lived her life with determination and bravado
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