Joined amateur theater group The Tennessee Valley Players

Left high school; joined the Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA, as understudy/assistant stage manager

Enrolled at Northwestern University to study drama

Joined Alvina Krause's theater company in Eagles Mere, PA

Left university; went to NYC; understudied Vivian Vance in John van Druten's "The Voice of the Turtle"; replaced Vance for two weeks during play's Chicago run; adopted stage name Patricia Neal

Summer try-out in "Devil Takes a Whittler" led to New York stage debut, "Another Part of the Forest", on Broadway; also toured with show; won Tony Award

Went to Holllywood; signed 7-year contract with Warner Bros.

Feature film acting debut, "John Loves Mary", actually released after "The Fountainhead"

Dropped by Warners; inked 3-picture deal with Fox

Returned to Broadway in revival of "The Children's Hour"

Began making TV appearances

Married Roald Dahl and became based in Great Britain

On Broadway again in "A Roomful Of Roses"

Replaced Barbara Bel Geddes in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway

Starred opposite Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd"

Returned to Broadway in "The Miracle Worker"

Kept George Peppard as her toy-boy in Blake Edwards' "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Delivered Oscar-winning turn opposite Paul Newman in "Hud"

Four days into filming of John Ford's "7 Women" suffered the first of a series of strokes

Returned to features after strokes with Oscar-nominated starring role in "The Subject Was Roses"

Played Olivia Walton in "The Homecoming--A Christmas Story" (CBS)

Played Richard Thomas's mother in TV-movie remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" (CBS)

Glenda Jackson played Neal and Dirk Bogarde, Roald Dahl, in the CBS TV biopic "The Patricia Neal Story"

Published autobiography "As I Am" (written with Richard Deneut)

Portrayed Shelley Winter's sister in "An Unremarkable Life"

Performed the role of Peter's Grandmother in the Disney Channel's miniseries "Heidi"

Appeared as interviewee in "Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero" for A&E's "Biography" series

Portrayed the octogenarian Cookie in Robert Altman's comedy "Cookie's Fortune"