Patricia Neal

Author : Stephen Michael Shearer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813180724

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Patricia Neal by Stephen Michael Shearer Pdf

Major Motion Picture Adaptation Coming Soon The internationally acclaimed actress Patricia Neal (1926–2010) was a star on stage, film, and television for more than sixty years. On Broadway she appeared in such lauded productions as Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, winning the first Tony award. In Hollywood she starred opposite the likes of John Wayne, Paul Newman, John Garfield, and Gary Cooper in some thirty films. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Alma Brown in Hud, which earned her the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress. But there was much more to Neal's life. She was born in Packard, Kentucky, though she spent most of her childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. For a time, Neal became romantically involved with Gary Cooper, her married costar in The Fountainhead. In 1953, Neal wed famed children's author Roald Dahl, a match that would bring her five children and thirty years of dramatic ups and downs. At the pinnacle of her screen career, Neal suffered a series of strokes which left her in a coma for twenty-one days, and Variety even ran a headline erroneously stating that she had died. After a difficult recovery, Neal returned to film acting, earning a second Academy Award nomination for The Subject Was Roses (1968). She appeared in several television movie roles in the 1970s and 1980s and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic TV Movie in 1971 for The Homecoming. Adapted as a major motion picture (filmed as An Unquiet Life) starring Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes, and Sam Heughan, Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life is the first critical biography detailing the actress's impressive film career and remarkable personal life. Author Stephen Michael Shearer conducted numerous interviews with Neal, her professional colleagues, and her intimate friends and was given access to the actress's personal papers. The result is an honest and comprehensive portrait of an accomplished woman who lived her life with determination and bravado.

Author : Patricia Neal
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451626002

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As I am by Patricia Neal Pdf

The acclaimed autobiography from the Tony and Academy Award-winning actress casts Patricia Neal in her greatest role—as the indomitable heroine of her own incredible real-life story: “Destined for bestsellerdom” (Library Journal). Throughout her triumphant career, Patricia Neal faced a series of devastating challenges and losses, sometimes privately, sometimes before an audience of millions. By age twenty-one, the self-confident, determined, Southern-bred actress had starred in a Broadway hit, won a Tony, was “the toast of New York” and was featured on a Life cover—only the first of many triumphs in a celebrity life. “In this account, Neal writes candidly about her numerous love affairs, both transient and profound, such as a liaison with Gary Cooper and her twenty-five-year marriage to writer Roald Dahl. More arresting are the tragedies that beset her, including the deaths of two of her five children and, at age thirty-nine, a massive stroke suffered when she was at the peak of her career and carrying her fifth child. Her heroic struggle to regain her speech, mobility, and mental capacities adds another dimension to an already courageous human being” (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Randy Bonneville
Publisher : BearManor Media
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Patricia Neal: A Comprehensive Career Retrospective by Randy Bonneville Pdf

All about the career of the Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress, Patricia Neal.

Author : Craig Neal,Patricia Neal,Cynthia Wold
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605096704

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The Art of Convening by Craig Neal,Patricia Neal,Cynthia Wold Pdf

"Meetings are a waste of time," is a sentiment many of us share, which is tragic, because meetings bring us together as human beings. To achieve the kind of meaning or breakthrough results most of us really year for when we gather, the key quality needed is authentic engagement: a genuine expression of what is true for us, and an attentive listening to what is true for others. Why it so often eludes us can be a matter of habit, distrust, lack of attention, or fear. As co-founder of Heartland Inc., Craig and Patricia Neal have led over 170 of their acclaimed Thought Leader Gatherings with leaders from over 800 diverse organizations. Their new book shares for the first time the unique and powerful Art of Convening model -- developed in these gatherings and refined over six years of intensive trainings -- that brings authentic engagement and meaning to any group brought together for any purpose. Convening goes beyond facilitating. Convening creates an environment in which all voices are heard, profound exchanges take place, and transformative action results. The heart of this book is the Convening Wheel -- a series of nine steps, or Aspects, that bring the practices and principles needed for authentic engagement together as a whole. The book provides exercises, stories, and questions to help you master both the inner and outer dimensions of this work -- because, in convening, the state of the Convener is equally as important as the physical preparations. Convening works in any setting and can be adapted to virtually any group process. With this book you have all the tools you need to develop this essential life and leadership skill, one that will lead to improved outcomes in your organization, community, family, and relationships.

Author : Stephen Tapert
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781978808058

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Best Actress by Stephen Tapert Pdf

Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen, this lavishly illustrated book offers a captivating historical, social, and political examination of the first 75 women--from Janet Gaynor to Emma Stone--to have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress.t Actress.

Author : Cynthia O'Neal
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609800796

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Talk Softly by Cynthia O'Neal Pdf

Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Nureyev. And then she changed course suddenly, surprisingly, and completely. The AIDS epidemic hit the arts community hard, and after seeing the multitude of people facing an unfamiliar and stigmatized disease completely alone, Cynthia walked into the fray. With the support of longtime friend Mike Nichols, she founded Friends in Deed and soon found herself spending her days in hospitals, cramped rooms, and dirty apartments, anywhere a patient needed a hug, a hand held, or confidence boosted. And when Patrick became ill and passed away in 1994, Cynthia had to work through her own grief instead of someone else’s and found her life transformed again. Talk Softly is the story of a life well-lived—with passion and compassion, in celebration of the joy of each moment, and with the ability to surprise yourself when you least expect to.

Author : Anne McCracken,Mary Semel
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1568385560

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A Broken Heart Still Beats by Anne McCracken,Mary Semel Pdf

A Broken Heart Still Beats Softcover

Author : Donald Sturrock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439189764

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Storyteller by Donald Sturrock Pdf

Originally published in hardcover in 2010.

Author : Stephen Michael Shearer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250013668

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Gloria Swanson by Stephen Michael Shearer Pdf

Gloria Swanson defined what it meant to be a movie star, but her unforgettable role in Sunset Boulevard overshadowed the true story of her life. Now Stephen Michael Shearer sets the record straight in the first in-depth biography of the film legend. Swanson was Hollywood's first successful glamour queen. Her stardom as an actress in the mid-1920s earned her millions of fans and millions of dollars. Realizing her box office value early in her career, she took control of her life. Soon she was not only producing her own films, she was choosing her scripts, selecting her leading men, casting her projects, creating her own fashions, guiding her publicity, and living an extravagant and sometimes extraordinary celebrity lifestyle. She also collected a long line of lovers (including Joseph P. Kennedy) and married men of her choosing (including a French marquis, thus becoming America's first member of "nobility"). As a devoted and loving mother, she managed a quiet success of raising three children. Perhaps most important, as a keen businesswoman she also was able to extend her career more than sixty years. Her astounding comeback as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard catapulted her back into the limelight. But it also created her long-misunderstood persona, one that this meticulous biography shows was only part of this independent and unparalleled woman.

Author : Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 9780815411406

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Gary Cooper by Jeffrey Meyers Pdf

This definitive biography of a Hollywood icon portrays Gary Cooper as a man of complex and sophisticated tastes, as well as large appetites.

Author : Lisa Neal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781741763508

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Feeding the Bump by Lisa Neal Pdf

Delicious recipes and nutritional advice for pre-conception, pregnancy and beyond.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1932899359

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Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers Vintage Movie Poster Auction #607 by Ivy Press Pdf

Author : Patricia C. Franks
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838917565

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Records and Information Management by Patricia C. Franks Pdf

This book's authoritative blend of theory and practice makes it a matchless resource for everyone in the archives and records management field.

Author : Ronald L. Davis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806133295

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Duke by Ronald L. Davis Pdf

Traces the life story of the famous actor from his beginnings in Winterset, Iowa, to his death in 1979, becoming a legendary character in his own right

Author : Tom Solomon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781383469

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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine by Tom Solomon Pdf

Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous write of children’s books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Right from his earliest days to the end of his life, Dahl was intrigued by what doctors do, and why they do it. During his lifetime, he and his family suffered some terrible medical tragedies: Dahl nearly died when his fighter plane went down in World War II; his son had severe brain injury in an accident; and his daughter died of measles infection of the brain. But he also had some medical triumphs: he dragged himself back to health after the plane crash, despite a skull fracture, back injuries, and blindness; he was responsible for inventing a medical device (the Wade-Dahl-Till valve) to treat his son's hydrocephalus (water on the brain), and he taught his first wife Patricia to talk again after a devastating stroke. His medical interactions clearly influenced some of his writing – for example the explosive potions in George’s Marvellous Medicine. And sometimes his writing impacted on events in his life – for example the research on neuroanatomy he did for his short story William and Mary later helped him design the valve for treating hydrocephalus. In this unique book, Professor Tom Solomon, who looked after Dahl towards the end of his life, examines Dahl’s fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl’s life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, the book uses Dahl’s medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Solomon is an award-winning science communicator, and he effortlessly explains the medical concepts underpinning the stories, in language that everyone can understand. The book is also peppered with anecdotes from Dahl’s late night hospital discussions with Solomon, which give new insights into this remarkable man’s thinking as his life came to an end.