I don't know that she was the best choice for Dominique Francon in the Fountainhead, but she WAS sleeping with Cooper, and that helped her onscreen performance.
There are lots of male actors who are uniformly excellent in everything they do, but not nearly as many female ones, and Neal was one of the best. The story of her stroke and super messed up private life is fascinating too. If you haven't seen her in The Homecoming (the pilot for The Waltons, where she plays the mother, and the kids are there, but the father basically isn't) then I highly recommend seeking it out, as it is one of the handful of best TV movies ever made. Bruce On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Freeman Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my all time favorite actors....another true legend lost. And Bruce > how could you forget THE FOUNTAINHEAD (you could literally see her drool > over Cooper and his um...jackhammer, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (running > interference between her son and creepy Michael Rennie and BREAKFAST AT > TIFFANY'S......the original cougar! Great film performances and survivor. > RIP > > NY Times Article: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/movies/09neal.html?_r=1&hp > > fwf > > > > > On Aug 8, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > > She was great in Hud and The Subject Was Roses, and as the original Mrs. > Walton on TV (I wonder where I can find Mexican LCs on these?). > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100809/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_patricia_neal;_ylt=AuhyETbMY7_oX97ZrQeIBNKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJxb3E0OTdvBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwODA5L3VzX29iaXRfcGF0cmljaWFfbmVhbARjcG9zAzkEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA29zY2FyLXdpbm5pbg-- > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
