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Very good dramatic actress. RIP

1 posted on 08/09/2010 5:52:48 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW

2 posted on 08/09/2010 5:56:01 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)

Heavy smoker, one of the main reasons for her distinctive voice characteristics.

3 posted on 08/09/2010 5:57:55 AM PDT by traderrob6

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6 posted on 08/09/2010 5:58:55 AM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)

7 posted on 08/09/2010 5:59:34 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)

She could sure fill out a Navy nurse uniform.

9 posted on 08/09/2010 6:05:11 AM PDT by skookum55 ("Why is the market going down? Because communism isn't bullish." Unknown trader, CNBC, July 2010.)

10 posted on 08/09/2010 6:05:37 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)

14 posted on 08/09/2010 6:09:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)

	08/08/2010 9:12:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 11 replies AP - Google ^ \| August 8, 2010 Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.

Oscar-winner actress Patricia Neal dies at age 84
	08/08/2010 9:12:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 11 replies AP - Google ^ \| August 8, 2010 Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.

Oscar-winner actress Patricia Neal dies at age 84
	08/08/2010 9:08:41 PM PDT · by PROCON · 59 replies AP ^ \| Aug. 8, 2010 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, said longtime friend Bud Albers of Knoxville. Neal was already an award-winning Broadway actress when she won her Oscar for her role as a housekeeper to the Texas father (Melvyn Douglas) battling his selfish, amoral son (Paul Newman).

15 posted on 08/09/2010 6:09:57 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa

21 posted on 08/09/2010 6:40:20 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))

She was terrific in A Face In The Crowd with an especially good Andy Griffith.

22 posted on 08/09/2010 6:47:35 AM PDT by Oratam

The really good actors are dying and leaving us with the dreck and dregs. I enjoyed several of her films and am happy to consider myself one of her fans.

Thanks for the great films, Ms. Neal. God rest your soul and give her family and loved ones peace, knowing that she is safe and home.

23 posted on 08/09/2010 6:48:57 AM PDT by DustyMoment

She starred with Gary Cooper in the movie based on the Ayn Rand novel, The Fountainhead.

27 posted on 08/09/2010 8:58:19 AM PDT by sportutegrl

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	08/08/2010 9:12:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 11 replies AP - Google ^ \| August 8, 2010 Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.

Oscar-winner actress Patricia Neal dies at age 84
	08/08/2010 9:12:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 11 replies AP - Google ^ \| August 8, 2010 Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.

Oscar-winner actress Patricia Neal dies at age 84
	08/08/2010 9:08:41 PM PDT · by PROCON · 59 replies AP ^ \| Aug. 8, 2010 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, said longtime friend Bud Albers of Knoxville. Neal was already an award-winning Broadway actress when she won her Oscar for her role as a housekeeper to the Texas father (Melvyn Douglas) battling his selfish, amoral son (Paul Newman).