Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Patricia Neal, anAcademy Award-winning actress, died at 84 of lung cancer at her home inEdgartown,Massachusetts,United States in the presence of her family. "She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured: with indomitable grace, good humor and a great deal of her self-described stubbornness," said her family.
Neal won an Academy Award, or Oscar, for her portrayal of a middle aged housekeeper in the 1963 filmHud. In 1965, she suffered a series of strokes but later returned to acting, earning an Oscar nomination for her performance inThe Subject Was Roses and threeEmmy nominations.
Her filmography includesThe Fountainhead (1949),The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) andA Face in the Crowd (1957). She also played the role of Olivia Walton inThe Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971).
She marriedRoald Dahl in 1953 and they had five children, of whom one died of measles at the age of 7. They divorced in 1983 when she came to know of his affair with her best friend.
"Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison," she said in her 1988 biography,As I Am.
The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Centre inKnoxville,Tennessee, U.S.A is named after the actress and looks after people suffering from strokes and spinal cord and brain injuries. Knoxville is also the place where she grew up.
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