Patricia Neal

They had five children. Peterson's father is a doctor who specializes in otolaryngology. She was married to writer Roald Dahl from 1953 to 1983. She has acted in about 16 different movies and television shows. In 1988 Neal published an autobiography, As I Am. Peterson went on to make other movies, none of which have achieved the box-office success of Can't Buy me Love. In 1981 Glenda Jackson played her in a television movie, The Patricia Neal Story. Amanda Peterson and Patrick Dempsey subsequently appeared on covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others for a considerable amount of time.

Robinson in The Graduate, but turned it down, feeling it had come too soon after her stroke. Prior to that, Peterson had a starring role in The Explorers, and she also acted with Robert De Niro. She was offered the role of Mrs. Peterson and co-star Patrick Dempsey obtained teen idol status after the release of the 1987 movie. She did not, however, reprise her role of the mother in the series. Amanda Peterson (born July 8, 1971 in Greeley, Colorado) is an actress who gained much fame during the late 1980s, when she portrayed Cindy Mancini, a Tucson, Arizona high-school student, in the movie Can't Buy me Love. Neal starred in the television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which proved to be the pilot episode for The Waltons.

In 1965 she suffered a series of strokes, and went through extensive rehabilitation, returning in 1968 to star in The Subject Was Roses, for which she was again nominated for an Oscar. In 1963, Neal won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Hud. She suffered a nervous breakdown in that year when her affair with Cooper came to an end, but she recovered, and returned in 1957 to star in A Face in the Crowd. Neal starred in The Breaking Point, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Operation Pacific before 1952.

Her appearance that same year in The Fountainhead led to a long romantic affair with her co-star, Gary Cooper. In 1949, she debuted in film opposite Ronald Reagan in John Loves Mary. She studied drama at Northwestern University, then appeared on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for Voice of the Turtle. Born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky, she grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Patricia Neal (born January 20, 1926) is an American actress.