Who do you think was the most resilient actress in Old Hollywood? Who inspires you with the ways they overcame their personal struggles?
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Meeting Gary 02:56 - Going Public and Patricia’s One Regret 05:09 - Ending the Affair 06:42 - Playing House with a Children’s Author 07:46 - Strength to Survive Strokes 09:17 - Outro
Patricia Neal doesn’t give herself enough credit for everything she’s done. One of her final films was called The Unremarkable Life, but she led anything but. As soon as her career started, it began to balloon, but that’s not the most interesting thing about her. What makes her shine is the way she overcame the difficult parts of her remarkable life. She had a steamy affair with Gary Cooper. They connected as soon as they shot their first movie together.
Their connection wasn’t enough to save them. The pressures of keeping secrets were too great. That extended beyond hiding the relationship itself to a secret no one but they knew about. It started making Gary sick. His family hated Patricia. They had to call it off. Patricia wanted children, so she had to find a new partner. She married famous children’s book author Roald Dahl. One of their children got a serious brain condition after being hit by a vehicle as a baby. Another died of measles.
Patricia also had her own health struggles. Three strokes put so much strain on her that the papers printed her obituaries. They would not have been accurate without Roald to find the right therapies and push her to recover. That didn’t mean their relationship was sound. She got a taste of her own medicine when he left her for another woman. In her final years, she enjoyed being single and her career thrived. Would she have changed anything if she could?
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Patricia Neal Has 1 Regret From Her Affair with Gary Cooper
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