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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 5,695,138 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Patricia Neal is the 1,062nd most popular actor (down from 932nd in 2019), the 1,920th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,738th in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patricia Neal ranks 1,062 out of 9,996Before her are Pedro Infante, Henry Cavill, Youn Yuh-jung, John Cusack, Fran Drescher, and John Gavin. After her are Debra Paget, Jean Sorel, Colin Farrell, Angie Dickinson, Victor French, and Jason Momoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Patricia Neal ranks 103Before her are Francisco Rabal, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Siegfried Lenz, John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, and Roger Corman. After her are Sydney Chaplin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Hugo Banzer, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Nuon Chea, and Zinaida Portnova. Among people deceased in 2010, Patricia Neal ranks 64Before her are James Black, Israel Tal, Solomon Burke, Milka Planinc, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria. After her are André Kolingba, Wolfgang Wagner, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Satoshi Kon, Alexander McQueen, and Ariel Ramírez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Neal ranks 1,920 out of 18,182Before her are Vera Wang (1949), John Cusack (1966), Fran Drescher (1957), Gloria Steinem (1934), Buddy Rich (1917), and John Gavin (1931). After her are Debra Paget (1933), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Billy Gibbons (1949), Darren Aronofsky (1969), and Angie Dickinson (1931).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Patricia Neal ranks 518Before her are Ashton Kutcher (1978), Rosanna Arquette (1959), Ed Lauter (1938), John Cusack (1966), Fran Drescher (1957), and John Gavin (1931). After her are Debra Paget (1933), Angie Dickinson (1931), Victor French (1934), Jason Momoa (1979), Sydney Chaplin (1926), and Sam Elliott (1944).

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