Patricia Neal, actress, at home with four children
The end of the road back; Less than three years after she almost died from three strokes which left her partially paralysed, Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal is to return to the screen. She will leave for America next weekend to spend three months working on a new film. This courageous woman, who is the wife of writer Roald Dahl, has fought a long battle against disaster one of her children died after an illness and her son Theo was seriously injured in an accident in New York, and when she was at the height Of her career, Having won an Oscar for her performance in Hud Pat was struck down by her illness. but during these troubled times, Pat, who now lives contentedly with her family in Great Missenden, had no doubts about her recovery; her youngest child was born while she was still partly paralysed. And now the end is in sight - and Pat feels that the effort of three months work will really put her back on her feet. Photo Shows Patricia Neal is happy to be serenaded by her children - (l to r) Lucy, Ophelia and Theo, and Theo's friend Micheal Cock
