Patricia Neal: Oscar-Winning Actress of Hud Dies at 84

Patricia Neal was an American actress. Born on January 20, 1926, in Packard, Kentucky, she grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and studied drama at Northwestern University.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hud (1963) and was nominated again for The Subject Was Roses. Her other films include The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Fountainhead and Breakfast at Tiffany's. She won a Tony Award for Another Part of the Forest.

She suffered a series of strokes in 1965 while pregnant and recovered through her husband Roald Dahl's rehabilitation program. They divorced in 1983. She died of lung cancer in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 2010, at age 84.

Achievements: Academy Award for Hud (1963), Tony Award (1947).

Birth: January 20, 1926 - Packard, Kentucky.

Profession: Actress.

Interesting Facts: She was married to author Roald Dahl for 30 years.