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Patricia Neal (1926-2010) was an Oscar®-winning American actress. She was best known for her film roles in 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and in her Oscar winning role in 1963’s Hud. Her IMDb page shows 73 acting credits from 1949-2009. This page will rank 25 Patricia Neal movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, and bit parts were not included in the rankings.
Patricia Neal Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Patricia Neal Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly interesting facts about Patricia Neal
1. Patsy Louise Neal was born in Packard, Whitley County, Kentucky in 1926.
2. Patricia Neal studied drama at Northwestern University. Her classmates included Cloris Leachman, Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Charlton Heston, Martha Hyer and Agnes Nixon.
3. In 1947, Patricia Neal won the inaugural Tony® award for Best Actress in Another Part of the Forest.
4. During the filming of The Fountainhead (1949), Neal began an affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper, whom she had met in 1947 when she was 21 and he was 46. We generally stick to movie talk here at UMR. But there is much more to this story if you do some digging.
5. Patricia Neal married author Roald Dahl in 1953. They had 5 children together. Sadly they lost one (Olivia 1955-1962) of their children to measles encephalitis and another one (Theo 1960-) was seriously injured at the age of 4 months. Neal and Dahl divorced in 1983.
6. While pregnant in 1965, Neal suffered three burst cerebral aneurysms and was in a coma for three weeks. She survived with the assistance of Dahl and a number of volunteers, who developed a grueling style of therapy that fundamentally changed the way stroke patients were treated.
7. Glenda Jackson played Patricia Neal in the television movie The Patricia Neal Story (1981). The movie looked at the profound challenges faced by Neal and her husband after Neal suffered the stroke in Fact #5. Dirk Bogarde played Roald Dahl. Both Jackson and Bogarde earned Golden Globe® nominations for their work in the movie.
8. Patricia Neal played Olivia Walton in 1971’s The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. That was the pilot episode for the television show, The Waltons (1971-1981). She was supposed to continue the role but her health problems prevented this.
9. Patricia Neal never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar®.
10. Check out Patricia Neal‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Patricia Neal was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the current list she has worked with.
12 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Passage (1979)
13 MARTIN SHEEN The Subject Was Roses (1968)
44 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Passage (1979)
123 JULIANNE MOORE Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
206 RIP TORN A Face in the Crowd (1957)
257 JIM BROADBENT The Passage (1979)
267 NED BEATTY Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
269 GLENN CLOSE Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
303 CLORIS LEACHMAN Happy Mother’s Day, Love George (1973)
307 MICKEY ROONEY Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
377 RITCHIE MONTGOMERY COOKIE’S FORTUNE (1999)
407 GEORGE KENNEDY In Harm’s Way (1965)
617 MAKO An Unremarkable Life (1989)
699 MATT MALLOY COOKIE’S FORTUNE (1999)
721 CHARLES S. DUTTON AN UNREMARKABLE LIFE (1989)
721 CHARLES S. DUTTON COOKIE’S FORTUNE (1999)
816 ANTHONY QUINN The Passage (1979)
934 SHELLEY WINTERS An Unremarkable Life (1989)
The following actors were on the 2000 list but have since fallen off; all worked with her.
32 KIRK DOUGLAS In Harm’s Way (1965)
41 BURGESS MEREDITH Hay que matar a B. (1975)
41 BURGESS MEREDITH In Harm’s Way (1965)
48 MARTIN BALSAM Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
50 JEFF COREY Bright Leaf (1950)
52 JAMES MASON The Passage (1979)
53 CHARLES BRONSON Diplomatic Courier (1952)
56 HENRY FONDA In Harm’s Way (1965)
67 PAUL NEWMAN Hud (1963)
100 IAN WOLFE Something for the Birds (1952)
129 CURT JURGENS Psyche 59 (1964)
133 WALTER MATTHAU A Face in the Crowd (1957)
165 R.G. ARMSTRONG A Face in the Crowd (1957)
169 JOHN DEHNER Three Secrets (1950)
179 JOHN WAYNE In Harm’s Way (1965)
179 JOHN WAYNE Operation Pacific (1951)
189 VAL AVERY Hud (1963)
221 JOHN CRAWFORD Raton Pass (1951)
222 BESS FLOWERS It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
222 BESS FLOWERS Operation Pacific (1951)
222 BESS FLOWERS Something for the Birds (1952)
222 BESS FLOWERS Washington Story (1952)
236 LEE MARVIN Diplomatic Courier (1952)
238 PATRICK O’NEAL In Harm’s Way (1965)
245 SLIM PICKENS In Harm’s Way (1965)
266 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Baxter! (1973)
271 PETER BROCCO The Breaking Point (1950)
271 PETER BROCCO Three Secrets (1950)
296 KENNETH TOBEY Three Secrets (1950)
319 DONALD MOFFAT Cookie’s Fortune (1999) (Donald passed away in the last week)
321 LAUREN BACALL Bright Leaf (1950)
338 IAN BANNEN Psyche 59 (1964)
359 KARL MALDEN Diplomatic Courier (1952)
365 STEPHANIE AUDRAN Hay que matar a B. (1975)
379 ANN DORAN The Fountainhead (1949)
405 MICHAEL LONSDALE The Passage (1979)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA Diplomatic Courier (1952)
431 MARIANNE STONE Baxter! (1973)
451 DANA ANDREWS In Harm’s Way (1965)
454 LUIS BARBOO Hay que matar a B. (1975)
459 DABBS GREER Diplomatic Courier (1952)
459 DABBS GREER Week-End with Father (1951)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
467 VAN JOHNSON Washington Story (1952)
477 BRITT EKLAND Baxter! (1973)
548 VALENTINA CORTESE Nido de viudas (1977)
585 HAMILTON CAMP Week-End with Father (1951)
592 WHIT BISSELL Hud (1963)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE The Breaking Point (1950)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE The Fountainhead (1949)
613 JOHN LE MESURIER Immediate Disaster (1954)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Ghost Story (1981)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Hud (1963)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA A Face in the Crowd (1957)
690 PARLEY BAER Something for the Birds (1952)
691 GEORGE PEPPARD Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
707 DARREN MCGAVIN Hay que matar a B. (1975)
768 SAMANTHA EGGAR Psyche 59 (1964)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Operation Pacific (1951)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Diplomatic Courier (1952)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Operation Pacific (1951)
816 CARLETON YOUNG The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Washington Story (1952)
824 FRANK WILCOX The Fountainhead (1949)
824 FRANK WILCOX Three Secrets (1950)
889 ROBERT BROWN The Passage (1979)
919 LARRY HAGMAN In Harm’s Way (1965)
936 JOSE NIETO Hay que matar a B. (1975)
961 NICKY BLAIR Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
980 VICTOR MATURE Something for the Birds (1952)
989 BRUCE CABOT In Harm’s Way (1965)
990 STEFAN SCHNABEL Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Pat worked with 22 Oscar winners.
ANTHONY QUINN The Passage (1979)
AUDREY HEPBURN Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Happy Mother’s Day, Love George (1973)
DONALD CRISP BRIGHT LEAF (1950)
EDMUND GWENN Something for the Birds (1952)
GARY COOPER Bright Leaf (1950)
GARY COOPER It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
GARY COOPER The Fountainhead (1949)
GEORGE KENNEDY In Harm’s Way (1965)
HENRY FONDA In Harm’s Way (1965)
JACK ALBERTSON THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (1968)
JANE WYMAN It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
JIM BROADBENT The Passage (1979)
JOAN CRAWFORD It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
JOHN WAYNE In Harm’s Way (1965)
JOHN WAYNE Operation Pacific (1951)
JULIANNE MOORE Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
KARL MALDEN Diplomatic Courier (1952)
LEE MARVIN Diplomatic Courier (1952)
MARTIN BALSAM Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Ghost Story (1981)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Hud (1963)
PAUL NEWMAN Hud (1963)
SHELLEY WINTERS An Unremarkable Life (1989)
VAN HEFLIN Week-End with Father (1951)
WALTER MATTHAU A Face in the Crowd (1957)
I’ve seen just 5 of the 25 films listed, they are – Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Operation Pacific, In Harm’s Way, Ghost Story and my favorite of her films – The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Patricia Neal gets to speak the immortal line “Klaatu Barada Nikto” to the robot Gort in that all time great sci-fi classic. Good to see it doing well on the charts.
I may have seen Hud, can’t remember for sure.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Tally count. Flora 10, me 8 and you at 5. I had no doubt that you would be calling out The Day The Earth Stood Still….which is why I was sure to include a photo from that classic movie. As I was researching this page…I came across…The Venusian, also called Stranger from Venus. It was never released in North America because it was so close to Day The Earth Stood Still…that the producers were worried about getting sued. So have you checked that movie out?
Hud is a movie that I have seen once…..but have yet to return. Newman is good in the movie…Neal and Douglas are awesome….yet I found that one depressing….seems I stay away from watching depressing movies when re-watching movies. Life is just too short.
Good stuff as always.
Patricia Neal’s acting career didn’t start until relatively late in the Classic Era of movies, her first flick being in 1949. Nowadays she is another one of those important stars of yesteryear who is almost forgotten and this Cogerson page is the first time I personally have seen her name mentioned in a movie appraisal for some years. However The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Centre which provides intensive treatment for strokes, brain injury etc is dedicated to her and apparently when she was alive she spent a lot of time there helping raise the morale of the afflicted.
Also I see above that Glenda Jackson played Patricia in the 1981 TV Movie Patricia Neal Story, rated a fine 74% by IMDB. Even when I am familiar with a subject or a star’s biography I usually learn something fresh from a new Cogerson page and until Bruce mentioned it above I didn’t know that Dirk Bogarde had played the famous Roald Dahl in that Patricia Neal movie. My many followers on this site will know that Sir Dirk and Sir Maurice Micklewhite are my two fave Brit movie stars. Dahl wrote the screenplay for Patricia’s 1971 The Night Digger which with a 60% rating above just about classifies as a “good” movie on Cogerson site. Overall Patricia had 28 acting awards and 36 nominations.
It gets even better because I note that Patricia has just benefited on this site from a reproduction of a positive review by a renowned film critic, and those Cogerson regulars who have got their priorities right will appreciate that praise from the gentleman concerned is better for Pat than if she had given all 50 places on AFI’s legends Lists!
Anyway I greatly admired Patricia’s acting especially in A Face in the Crowd and as the wealthy older matron who “kept” young George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany’s so “Vote Up” to this new page profiling a prominent actress whose movie career heyday was in the third decade of the talkies thru the early 1960s and Oscar glory.
Hey Bob. Thanks for checking out our Patricia Neal page. Well…between the Joel book you received lately and this UMR page…..you are getting over run with Neal tributes….if only we could get Steve to do a You Tube video….though he says his epic Christmas video was the last of the year.
Shocked that you, a huge Dirk Bogarde fan did not know that about him playing Dahl in a movie….and a movie that earned Bogarde some critical to notice…..very shocking…are you sure you are a Bogarde fan?….lol.
Not sure she is a AFI legend….but she was a solid actresses….looking at the actresses out there now….she seems to be in the same field as Glenn Close or Sissy Spacek….great actresses..but far from being a celebrity like Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie.
Good feedback as always.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the feedback.
I agree with all your comments but would qualify them by saying that for my money Patricia had more substance than Jennifer Anison who, courtesy of Friends is I think very over-hyped as a big screen star. – last 6 movies over 5 years overall adjusted domestic gross of approx $230 million, average per movie around $38 million.
I have seen 10 Patricia Neal movies, including 8 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The highest rated film I have NOT seen is The Hasty Heart.
The LOWEST rated film I have seen is Bright Leaf.
Favourite Patricia Neal Movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Breaking Point
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Hud
The Fountainhead
A Face in the Crowd
Other Patricia Neal Films I’ve Seen:
Operation Pacific
In Harm’s Way
The Subject Was Roses
Bright Leaf
Hey Flora. Thanks for the feedback on Patricia Neal. I have seen 8 of her movies…including the Top 7 UMR movies……got off to such a good start….and then only 1 watched of her last 18 movies. So your tally of 10 tops my total and Steve’s total. My first miss is The Hasty Heart as well. Maybe one day we will both track down that movie. I have seen all of your favorites with the exception of The Breaking Point. Hepburn is lovely in Tiffany’s but overall, I was not too impressed with that classic movie. I would say The Day The Earth Stood Still and A Face In The Crowd are my favorites. I have wanted to see The Subject Was Roses for a very long time. One of the few Best Supporting Actor winning movies that I have not seen. Good feedback as always. Hope you holidays go well…and if you have some concerts…hope they go even better. Good feedback.
“Poor films, a tragic romance with Gary Cooper, debilitating stokes, and the illness of her children have continually sabotaged Patricia Neal’s career. It’s amazing – and a tribute to her talent – that she contributed as much as she did.” – Rating The Movie Stars Book
Joel’s 4 Star Patricia Neal Movie Roles
The Hasty Heart (1949)
Three Secrets (1950)
The Breaking Point (1950)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
A Face In The Crowd (1957)
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
Hud (1963)
The Subject Was Roses (1968)