Description: Patricia Neal by Stephen Michael Shearer A comprehensive portrait of accomplished, international star Patricia Neal. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The internationally acclaimed actress Patricia Neal has been a star on stage, film, and television for nearly sixty years. On Broadway she appeared in such lauded productions as Lillian Hellmans Another Part of the Forest, for which she won the very first Tony Award, and The Miracle Worker. In Hollywood she starred opposite the likes of Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Paul Newman, Fred Astaire, and Tyrone Power in some thirty films. Neal anchored such classic pictures as The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Face in the Crowd, and Breakfast at Tiffanys, but she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Alma Brown in Hud, which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1963. But there has been much, much more to Neals life. She was born Patsy Louise Neal on January 20, 1926, in Packard, Kentucky, though she spent most of her childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. Neal quickly gained attention for her acting abilities in high school, community, and college performances. Her early stage successes were overshadowed by the unexpected death of her father in 1944. Soon after she left New York for Hollywood in 1947, Neal became romantically involved with Gary Cooper, her married co-star in The Fountainhead, an attachment which brought them both a great deal of notoriety in the press and a great deal of heartache in their personal lives. In 1953, Neal married famed childrens author Roald Dahl, a match that would bring her five children and thirty years of dramatic ups and downs. In 1961, their son, Theo, was seriously injured in an automobile accident and required multiple neurosurgeries and years of rehabilitation; the following year their daughter, Olivia, died of measles. At the pinnacle of her screen career, Patricia Neal suffered a series of strokes which left her in a coma for twenty-one days. Variety even ran a headline erroneously stating that she had died. At the time, Neal was pregnant with her and Dahls fifth child, Lucy, who was born healthy a few months later. After a difficult recovery, Neal returned to film acting, earning a second Academy Award nomination for The Subject Was Roses. She appeared in a number of television movie roles in the 1970s and 1980s and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic TV Movie in 1971 for her role in The Homecoming.Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life is the first critical biography detailing the actresss impressive film career and remarkable personal life. Author Stephen Michael Shearer has conducted numerous interviews with Neal, her professional colleagues, and her intimate friends and was given access to the actresss personal papers. The result is an honest and comprehensive portrait of an accomplished woman who has lived her life with determination and bravado. Author Biography Stephen Michael Shearer, who has worked as a professional actor, has written for The Film Collectors Registry and contributed research to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He is also the author of Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr. Table of Contents A Note from Kirk DouglasPreface to the Paperback EditionPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Chapter 26Chatper 27Chapter 28AppendixNotesSelected BibliographyIndex Review "Mr. Shearer has done a terrific job of organizing an enormous amount of material into a cohesive narrative.... Patricia Neals extraordinary strength in the most terrible adversity is her true story, and that is where the strength of Shearers book lies." -- Stage and Cinema"Patricia Neal has traveled the road from triumph to despair in ways few of us can imagine. There is sincerity and dedication behind this work." -- Paul Newman"Screen legend Neals life was filled with tragedies and triumphs, and Shearer unveils an impressive portrait of the actress.... Readers of As I Am, Neals 1988 memoir, will seek out this biography for more of the actresss absorbing and inspirational story." -- Publishers Weekly Review Quote "Screen legend Neals life was filled with tragedies and triumphs, and Shearer unveils an impressive portrait of the actress.... Readers of As I Am , Neals 1988 memoir, will seek out this biography for more of the actresss absorbing and inspirational story." -- Publishers Weekly Feature Published to coincide with the film release of An Unquiet Life starring Keeley Hawes and Hugh Bonneville. Details ISBN0813180716 Author Stephen Michael Shearer Short Title Patricia Neal Language English Year 2021 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0813180716 ISBN-13 9780813180717 Format Paperback Subtitle An Unquiet Life Pages 520 Imprint The University Press of Kentucky Place of Publication Lexington Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-03-16 NZ Release Date 2021-03-16 US Release Date 2021-03-16 Publication Date 2021-03-16 UK Release Date 2021-03-16 Publisher The University Press of Kentucky Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY B We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Patricia Neal: an Unquiet Life
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Language: English
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Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Publication Year: 2021
Author: Stephen Michael Shearer
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages: 520 Pages