Stock Photo - May 21, 1965 - Patricia Neal is back home: Academy Award winning actress, Patricia Neal, was back in her home at Great Missenden, Buckes, yesterday, on returning from Hollywood. She admitted yesterday: 'there were times when i thought i would never see my home again'. Then the actress, who sruvived three strokes and expects her fourth child in August, smiled and said 'But I was determined to return. It is so lovely here.' It was whilen she was filming Hollywood that 39-year old Pat Neal collapsed. Now she wears a patch over one eye and an iron on one leg. Life has been a continual battle against disaster. She once lost a a child through illness, and her son Theo suffered infuries after being run over by a taxi in New York. But a year ago things suddenly looked better. She won a Oscar for her part in the film 'Hud' and every director in show business wanter Patricia Neal. Then tragefy struck again. Photo shows Particia Neal relaxes with her husband and their three children Theo (left), baby Ophelia and Tessa. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)