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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Patricia Neal, the Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress, was born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky, where her father managed a coal mine and her mother was the daughter of the town doctor. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended high school. She was first bit by the acting bug at the age of 10, after attending an evening of monologues at a Methodist church. She subsequently wrote a letter to Santa Claus, telling him, "What I want for Christmas is to study dramatics". She won the Tennessee State Award for dramatic reading while she was in high school.
She apprenticed at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, when she was 16-years-old, between her junior and senior years in high school. After studying drama for two years at Northwestern University, she headed to New York City and landed the job as an understudy in The Voice of the Turtle (1947). It was the producer of the play that had her change her name from Patsy Louise to Patricia. After replacing Vivian Vance in the touring company of "Turtle", she won a role in a play that closed in Boston and then appeared in summer stock. She won the role of the teenage "Regina" in Lillian Hellman's play, Another Part of the Forest (1948), for which she won a Tony Award in 1947. Subsequently, she signed a seven-year contract with Warner Bros.
In the first part of her film career, her most impressive roles were in The Fountainhead (1949), opposite Gary Cooper, with whom she had three-year-long love affair, and in director Robert Wise's sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which she made at 20th Century-Fox. Warners hadn't been thrilled with her and let her go before her contract was up, so she signed with Fox. With her film career stagnating, she returned to Broadway and achieved the success that eluded her in films, appearing in the revival of Hellman's play, The Children's Hour (1961), in 1952. She met and married writer, Roald Dahl, in 1953, and they would have five children in 30 years of marriage.
In 1957, she had one of her finest roles in Elia Kazan's parable about the threat of mass-media demagoguery and home-grown fascism in A Face in the Crowd (1957). Before she had appeared in the movie, Neal had taken over the role of "Maggie" in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), the Broadway smash that had been directed by Kazan. Returning to the stage, she appeared in the London production of Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and co-starred with Anne Bancroft in the Broadway production of The Miracle Worker (1962).
After appearing in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), she had what was arguably her finest role, as Alma the housekeeper, in Hud (1963) opposite Paul Newman. The film was a hit and Neal won the Best Actress Oscar. In 1965, she suffered a series of strokes that nearly killed her. She was filming John Ford's film, 7 Women (1965), at the time, and had to be replaced by Anne Bancroft (who would later take a role she turned down, that of "Mrs. Robinson" in The Graduate (1967)). Neal was pregnant at the time.
She underwent a seven-hour operation on her brain and survived, later delivering her fifth child. She underwent rehabilitation supervised by her husband. She had turned down The Graduate (1967) as she had not recovered fully from her stroke. When she returned to the screen, in 1968 in The Subject Was Roses (1968), she suffered from memory problems. According to her director, Ulu Grosbard, "The memory element was the uncertain one. But when we started to shoot, she hit her top level. She really rises to the challenge. She has great range, even more now than before".
She received an Oscar nomination for her work. Subsequently, new acting roles equal to her talent were sparse. She did receive three Emmy nominations, the first for originating the role of "Olivia Walton" in the 1971 TV movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971), that gave birth to the TV show The Waltons (1972).
Patricia Neal died on August 9, 2010 in Edgarton, Massachusetts from lung cancer. She was 84 years old.- Actor
- Producer
Charlie Davao was born on 7 October 1934 in Iloilo City, Philippines. He was an actor and producer, known for The Killing of Satan (1983), Pamilya Banal (1989) and Deo Dador: Berdugo ng Munti (1993). He died on 8 August 2010 in Manila, Philippines.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Jack Parnell was born on 6 August 1923 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (1973), The Arthur Askey Show (1961) and The Benny Hill Show (1957). He was married to Monique Bonneau. He died on 8 August 2010 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK.- Actor
Adolphus Hankins was born on 10 March 1941 in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Betty Hankins. He died on 8 August 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Stunts
- Actor
Chuck Hart was born on 28 January 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Maverick (1994), Manhunter (1986) and Wild Wild West (1999). He died on 8 August 2010 in Sun Valley, California, USA.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Foued Nassah was born on 5 June 1962 in Paris, France. He was an actor and producer, known for A Prophet (2009), Wonder Boy - De sueur et de sang (1994) and Cash Truck (2004). He died on 8 August 2010 in Paris, France.- Adela Escartín was born on 26 October 1913 in Santa María de Guía, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. She was an actress, known for Curro Jiménez (1976), Aventura (1944) and Altar mayor (1944). She died on 8 August 2010 in Madrid, Spain.
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Orestes Trucco was born on 27 February 1925 in Salliquelo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a producer and director, known for Do What You Want (1973), Mami (1971) and La aventura explosiva (1977). He died on 8 August 2010 in Carolina, Puerto Rico.- Matthew Simmons was born on 7 April 1943 in Layton, Maine, USA. He died on 8 August 2010 in North Haven, Maine, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Horst Dantz was born in 1915 in Berlin, Germany. He was a costume designer, known for Festival (1960), Folio (1955) and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968). He died on 8 August 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Actor
- Producer
David Ellsworth was born on 25 June 1930 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Unconditional Love (1995), Rollover (1981) and American Playhouse (1980). He died on 8 August 2010 in Osterville, Massachusetts, USA.- Music Department
Sikandar Alam was born on 27 July 1939 in Cuttack district, Orissa, India. He is known for Adina Megha (1970), Mamata (1975) and Amada Bata (1964). He died on 8 August 2010 in Cuttack, Cuttack district, Orissa, India.- Sally Palmblad was born on 23 December 1908 in Kärråkra, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Odygdens belöning (1937), Svensson ordnar allt! (1938) and Unga hjärtan (1934). She was married to Kurt Bendix. She died on 8 August 2010 in Sweden.
- Dave Dixon was born in 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for NBA 2K9 (2008) and Rebound: A Basketball Story (2009). He died on 8 August 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Don Liberto was born on 10 June 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Aladdin (1967), Toni Twin Time (1950) and The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954). He died on 8 August 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.