Glenda Jackson
Patricia Neal
Search results
Dec 8, 1981 · Award-winning Hollywood actress Patricia Neal suffered three massive strokes and was unable to walk or talk, leaving her husband, the author Roald Dahl, to look after their children and care for her.
- (214)
- Biography, Drama
- Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page
- 1981-12-08
This period of their lives was dramatised in the television film The Patricia Neal Story (1981), in which the couple was played by Glenda Jackson and Dirk Bogarde. On August 4, 1965, Neal gave birth to a healthy daughter.
This movie is based on the true story of American actress Patricia Neal (Glenda Jackson), who suffers a series of strokes while pregnant. Under the guidance of her husband, renowned English...
- Drama
The Patricia Neal Story. 1981. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Glenda Jackson stars as Patricia Neal in a chronicle of the actress's recovery from a stroke, which she accomplished with...
Her struggles and triumphs were chronicled in the 1981 television film The Patricia Neal Story, which starred Glenda Jackson as Neal. Neal’s health problems overshadowed her later accomplishments as an actress, and—though she subsequently gave standout performances in TV and films—her career never completely recovered.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
It tells the story of the actress Patricia Neal, who has a massive stroke while still in her thirties and pregnant. She nearly dies but manages to pull through. Gradually, through speech therapy, physiotherapy, etc. and with the help of her husband, Roald Dahl, and her friends, she recovers and returns to her career as an actress.
People also ask
What happened to Patricia Neal?
How old is Patricia Neal?
What is Patricia Neal known for?
Who was Patricia Neal's daughter?
The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock (playing herself).
