Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) 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.

Filmography

• 2009Flying By — Margie
• 2008Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
• 2004Bright Leaves
• 1999Cookie's Fortune — Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
• 1995Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey — Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Heidi — Grandmother
• 1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story — Antonia Morgan
• 1990Caroline? — Miss Trollope
• 1989An Unremarkable Life — Frances McEllany
• Glitter
• 1984Love Leads the Way: A True Story — Mrs. Frank
• Murder, She Wrote — Milena Maryska
• 1984Shattered Vows — Sister Carmelita
• 1981Ghost Story — Stella
• 1981The Patricia Neal Story — Patricia Neal (uncredited)
• 1979All Quiet on the Western Front — Paul's Mother
• 1979The Passage — Mrs. Bergson
• 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story — Mrs. Gehrig
• The Bastard — Marie Charboneau
• 1977Tail Gunner Joe — Margaret Chase Smith
• 1977Widows' Nest — Lupe
• 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage — Narrator
• 1975B. Must Die — Julia
• 1975Eric — Lois Swensen
• Little House on the Prairie — Julia Sanderson
• 1974Things in Their Season — Peg Gerlach
• 1973Baxter! — Dr. Roberta Clemm
• 1973Happy Mother's Day, Love George — Cara
• Ghost Story — Ellen Alexander
• Kung Fu — Sara Kingsley
• 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas Story — Olivia Walton
• 1971The Road Builder — Maura Prince
• 1968The Subject Was Roses — Nettie Cleary
• 1965In Harm's Way — Lt. Maggie Hayes
• 1964Psyche 59 — Alison Crawford
• Espionage — Jeanne
• 1963Hud — Alma Brown
• Zero One
• Ben Casey
• 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's — 2E Failenson
• Checkmate — Fran Davis
• Special for Women — Ruth Evans
• 1957A Face in the Crowd — Marcia Jeffries
• 1957The Playroom — Margaret Flood
• 1954La tua donna — Germana De Torri
• 1954Stranger from Venus — Susan North
• 1952Diplomatic Courier — Joan Ross
• 1952Something for the Birds — Anne Richards
• 1952Washington Story — Alice Kingsley
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Lois Swensen, Paul's Mother, Miss Trollope
• 1951Operation Pacific — Mary Stuart
• 1951Raton Pass — Ann Challon
• 1951The Day the Earth Stood Still — Helen Benson
• 1951Week-End with Father — Jean Bowen
• 1950Bright Leaf — Margaret Jane Singleton
• 1950The Breaking Point — Leona Charles
• 1950Three Secrets — Phyllis Horn
• Your Show of Shows
• 1949It's a Great Feeling — Patricia Neal (uncredited)
• 1949John Loves Mary — Mary McKinley
• 1949The Fountainhead — Dominique Francon
• 1949The Hasty Heart — Sister Margaret Parker
• Studio One — Miriam Leslie, Caroline Mann

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2006Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic — Self
• 2005Fantastic Mr. Dahl — Self
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• 2003The John Garfield Story — Self
• 2001Making The Earth Stand Still — Self
• 2000Inside 'You Only Live Twice' — Self
• 1998Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero — Self
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor — Self (archive footage)
• 1968Pat Neal Is Back — Self
• 1965The Making of A Movie — Herself
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• 1949Breakdowns of 1949 — Self
• 1947Blow-Ups of 1947 — Self