Kristy McNichol

group for abused children in Los Angeles. They had five children. Kristy McNichol is host of the annual "Kristy McNichol Celebrity Tennis Tournament," benefitting the H.E.L.P. She was married to writer Roald Dahl from 1953 to 1983. McNichol's feature film credits include Only When I Laugh, Little Darlings, White Dog, and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. In 1988 Neal published an autobiography, As I Am. In 1988, she started playing the character of Barbara Weston on Empty Nest, but had to leave midway through the show's run when she was diagnosed with depression. In 1981 Glenda Jackson played her in a television movie, The Patricia Neal Story.

In 1976, she was cast as Buddy in Family, for which the actress earned Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1976 and 1978. Robinson in The Graduate, but turned it down, feeling it had come too soon after her stroke. Her first stint as a series regular came with the role of Patricia Apple in Apple's Way in 1974. She was offered the role of Mrs. She began her career with guest appearances on such series as Starsky and Hutch and The Bionic Woman. She did not, however, reprise her role of the mother in the series. Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962) is an American actress, most known for her role as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on the drama Family, which she played from 1976 to 1980. 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.