Actress Patricia Neal Dies...

[ronboy]

Patricia Neal was one of those rare Hollywood actreses that had both beauty and talent in abundance.

She was always in control of her performance, and was always right on the mark.

While the strokes she suffered in the 1960's had changed her voice somewhat, she still was able to command and control whatever scene she was in.

I remember her best from her television roles, as the original Olivia Walton in the CBS holiday movie "The Homecoming" (which was the basis for "The Walton's" TV series), and as a dieing mother trying to find homes for her children on "Little House on The Prairie," as well as her commercial endorsements for Anacin.

Miss Neal's passing is truly a major loss for the whole entertainment industry.

 

[seven_sins]

It is amazing that she recovered so well from the strokes. At the time she had them, the miracle drugs we have today were not available. She was wonderful in Hud and I am glad she got an Academy Award for her performance.

 

[BostonPirate]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmwDeD4lSE[/ame]

 

[gsdx]

It is amazing that she recovered so well from the strokes. At the time she had them, the miracle drugs we have today were not available.

Her doctors were convinced she wouldn't. She surprised everybody.

 

[BostonPirate]

just watched the day the earth stood still.

Still a classic

 

[Joshua_me]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmwDeD4lSE

^ LUV her reaction shot @1:37 ! So beautifully done.

(Plus, it's always a hoot to watch the heteros flirt... )

 

[Latimer]

I've only seen her in Breakfast at Tiffany's where she plays an older woman who's keeping a younger man, a very hot George Peppard. I just checked birthdates and amazingly, at the time the movie was filmed, Patricia Neal was 34, George Peppard was 32 and Audrey Hepburn was 31.

 

[Joshua_me]

^ Wow.

I'd completely forgotten about her being in Breakfast at Tiffany's !

She was good in that as well....

 

[01solara]

She was truly a hollywod great. There are plenty of young stars these days but not so many great actors. I loved her in Cookies Fortune. It was a silly but awesome movie. Her part was entirely too short but she filled the screen. She was almost as good at comedy as drama and she was damn good with drama. She was a good TN girl like the recently departed much too young Dixie Carter. They were both incredibly strong and brave women that never forget who they were or where they came from. Both were able to go home and be down to earth real people. I miss them already. I fear we may not see their like again.

 

[BostonPirate]

Dixie Carter????

no

I had no idea

 

[01solara]

Dixie Carter????

no

I had no idea

She grew up in a small town not far from Memphis. She spent a lot of time here when she was growing up and stopped by to do radio interviews now and again when she was in town. She was a graduate of the University of Memphis and her family flew in here to be driven to her funeral. She and Hal Holbrook seemed to have a very solid relationship. She was a genuine Southern Belle through and through. Tough as nails and soft as silk and sexy as hell.

 

[BostonPirate]

She grew up in a small town not far from Memphis. She spent a lot of time here when she was growing up and stopped by to do radio interviews now and again when she was in town. She was a graduate of the University of Memphis and her family flew in here to be driven to her funeral. She and Hal Holbrook seemed to have a very solid relationship. She was a genuine Southern Belle through and through. Tough as nails and soft as silk and sexy as hell.

I didn't know she's passed away.

that makes me so sad.

 

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