This is a terrible truth: I had not heard anything about her in years, and I didn't know she was still alive til I read that she passed on August 8, 2010 at age 84, of lung cancer in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
I remember her best as the mother in "The Miracle Worker," 1959. Here's her enormous filmography, as provided by Wikipedia, proving that talented old dames do get to act!
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | John Loves Mary | Mary McKinley | |
| The Fountainhead | Dominique Francon | ||
| It's a Great Feeling | Herself | cameo | |
| The Hasty Heart | Sister Parker | ||
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Margaret Jane Singleton | |
| The Breaking Point | Leona Charles | ||
| Three Secrets | Phyllis Horn | ||
| 1951 | Operation Pacific | Lt. (j.g.) Mary Stuart | |
| Raton Pass | Ann Challon | ||
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Helen Benson | ||
| Week-End with Father | Jean Bowen | ||
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier | Joan Ross | |
| Washington Story | Alice Kingsley | ||
| Something for the Birds | Anne Richards | ||
| 1954 | Your Woman | Contessa Germana de Torri | |
| Stranger from Venus | Susan North | ||
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Marcia Jeffries | |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | 2-E (Mrs. Failenson) | |
| 1963 | Hud | Alma Brown | Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award National Board of Review Award New York Film Critics Nominated – Golden Globe |
| 1964 | Psyche '59 | Alison Crawford | |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Lt. Maggie Haynes | BAFTA Award |
| 1968 | Pat Neal Is Back | Herself | short subject |
| The Subject Was Roses | Nettie Cleary | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1971 | The Night Digger | Maura Prince | |
| 1973 | Baxter! | Dr. Roberta Clemm | |
| Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Cara | ||
| 1974 | "Kung-Fu; Blood of the Dragon" | Sarah | TV 2-part episode |
| 1975 | B Must Die | Julia | |
| 1977 | Widow's Nest | Lupe | |
| 1979 | The Passage | Mrs. Bergson | |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Paul's Mother | |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Stella Hawthorne | |
| 1989 | An Unremarkable Life | Frances McEllany | |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Herself | documentary |
| 1993 | "Heidi" | Grandmother | |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Jewel Mae 'Cookie' Orcutt | |
| From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | Herself | documentary | |
| 2000 | For the Love of May | Grammy May | short subject |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Herself | documentary |
| Bright Leaves | Herself | documentary | |
| 2007 | The Fairy Tale Story of Sylvia's Baklava | Herself | documentary feature film |
| 2008 | Shattered Glory | Mrs. Wyatt | |
| 2009 | Flying By | Margie |
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