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Patricia Neal

1926 - 2010

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Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963) (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress). She also featured as the matriarch in the television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series it inspired, The Waltons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia Neal has received more than 6,087,178 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Patricia Neal is the 971st most popular actor (up from 1,060th in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,919th in 2019) and the 464th most popular American Actor.

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  • 6.1M

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  • 59.09

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  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patricia Neal ranks 971 out of 13,578. Before her are Jason Priestley, Cardi B, Dharmendra, Marisa Berenson, Michael Biehn, and Giancarlo Esposito. After her are Stephen Boyd, Fran Drescher, Frank Oz, Fred Ward, John Forsythe, and Lou Ferrigno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Patricia Neal ranks 93. Before her are Joan Sutherland, György Kurtág, Joachim Fest, James Stirling, Karl Richter, and Hugo Banzer. After her are David H. Hubel, Siegfried Lenz, Alan Greenspan, László Papp, Youssef Chahine, and Efraín Ríos Montt. Among people deceased in 2010, Patricia Neal ranks 56. Before her are Juliet Anderson, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Joan Sutherland, Antony Flew, Anton Geesink, and Milka Planinc. After her are John Forsythe, Hwang Jang-yop, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Wolfgang Wagner, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Giulietta Simionato.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Neal ranks 1,715 out of 20,380. Before her are Sonny Bono (1935), Michael Biehn (1956), Chuck Yeager (1923), Robert Aldrich (1918), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), and Barnett Newman (1905). After her are John Frankenheimer (1930), Fran Drescher (1957), Robert Bloch (1917), Joseph Losey (1909), Gene Roddenberry (1921), and Fred Ward (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Patricia Neal ranks 464. Before her are Rosanna Arquette (1959), Tanya Roberts (1955), Christine Baranski (1952), Elisabeth Shue (1963), Cardi B (1992), and Michael Biehn (1956). After her are Fran Drescher (1957), Fred Ward (1942), John Forsythe (1918), Lou Ferrigno (1951), Dean Stockwell (1936), and Ving Rhames (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Breakfast at Tiffany's
2E Failenson
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Oct 6th 19617.664 / 10
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Helen Benson
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Sep 28th 19517.5 / 10
A Face in the Crowd
Marcia Jeffries
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
May 29th 19577.6 / 10