{{Short description|Scottish actress (1931–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{infobox person | name = Pat Heywood | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|08|01|df=yes}} | birth_name = Patricia Neville | birth_place = Gretna Green, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|06|26|1931|08|01|df=yes}} | death_place = | education = Bristol Old Vic Theatre School | spouse = {{marriage|Oliver Neville|1964|2021|end=died}} | occupation = Stage and screen actress | years_active = 1954–1993 }}
'''Patricia Neville''' (1 August 1931 – 26 June 2024), professionally known as '''Pat Heywood''', was a Scottish character actress who appeared in stage productions, films and television. She was married to Oliver Neville, the former principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
==Life and career== Heywood was born on 1 August 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovguide.com/pat-heywood-9202a8c04000641f8000000000709ffa|title=Pat Heywood|website=OVGuide|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061759/https://www.ovguide.com/pat-heywood-9202a8c04000641f8000000000709ffa|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> She was one of five children of engineer John David Heywood. She was educated at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, transferring to the theatre company afterwards and appearing in their production of ''Salad Days'' as Rowena in 1954. The same year the entire production transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London, where it played for five years, a record for a musical at the time.
In 1968, she debuted in film aged 36, as Juliet's nurse in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet'', followed by small roles in ''Staircase'' (1969) and ''Battle of Britain'' (1969). Her next role was as a maid in the psychodrama ''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'' (1970) by Freddie Francis. After that film she was seen (often in supporting roles or short appearances) in comedies, thrillers and horror films. Her other film roles include parts in ''All the Way Up'' (1970), ''Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (1971), ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971, where she played Ethel Christie, the wife of serial killer John Christie), ''Young Winston'' (1971, as Winston Churchill's nurse), ''Bequest to the Nation'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1987, as Lynda's aunt Millie), ''Young Toscanini'' (1988), ''Getting It Right'' (1989), and Franco Zeffirelli's ''Sparrow'' (1993).
In 1978, Heywood played Nelly in the BBC's television production of Emily Brontë's ''Wuthering Heights''. She appeared on the television miniseries ''Root into Europe''. She played Dickon's mother in the 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame version of ''The Secret Garden''. She was also in the ''Inspector Morse'' episode "Second Time Around".
Heywood was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1969.
===Personal life and death=== In 1964, Heywood married the actor and director Oliver Neville, after meeting him at the Bristol Old Vic. Neville had two children from a previous marriage and Heywood was thenceforth their stepmother. Heywood and Neville did not have any children together.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Coveney | first1=Michael | title=Pat Heywood obituary | work=The Guardian | date=31 July 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jul/31/pat-heywood-obituary }}</ref>
Neville died in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Coveney | first1=Michael | title=Pat Heywood obituary | work=The Guardian | date=31 July 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jul/31/pat-heywood-obituary }}</ref> Heywood died on 26 June 2024, aged 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pat Neville (née Heywood) |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-july-24-2024-xg86kvxh2 |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=The Times |date=24 July 2024}}</ref><ref> {{Cite web |date=2024-07-26 |title=Pat Heywood, the Nurse in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet,' Dies at 92 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pat-heywood-dead-franco-zeffirelli-romeo-juliet-1235959069/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Pat Heywood obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jul/31/pat-heywood-obituary |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=31 July 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |- |1968|| ''Romeo and Juliet'' || The Nurse || Feature film |- |1969|| ''Staircase'' || Nurse || Feature film |- |1969|| ''Battle of Britain'' || WRAF Cpl. Seymour (uncredited) || Feature film |- |1970|| ''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'' || Nanny || Feature film |- |1970|| ''All the Way Up'' || Hilda Midway || Feature film |- |1971|| ''10 Rillington Place'' || Ethel Christie || Feature film |- |1971|| ''Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' || Dr. Mason || Feature film |- |1972|| ''Young Winston'' || Mrs. Everest || Feature film |- |1973|| ''Bequest to the Nation'' || Emily || Feature film |- |1987|| ''Wish You Were Here'' || Aunt Millie || Feature film |- | 1987 || ''The Secret Garden'' || Dickon's mother || TV movie |- |1988|| ''Young Toscanini'' || Madre Allegri || Feature film |- |1989|| ''Getting It Right'' || Mrs. Lamb || Feature film |- |1993|| ''Sparrow'' || Sister Teresa || Feature film |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |- |1972 |''Public Eye'' (episode: "Horse and Carriage") |Lil |TV series |- |1974 |''Village Hall'' (episode: "Distant Islands") |Norma Wellbeloved |TV series |- |1976 |Lucky feller |Mrs Mepstead |TV series |- | 1978 || ''Wuthering Heights'' || Nelly || TV series |- | 1984 || ''I Thought You'd Gone (TV sitcom)'' ||Alice|| TV series |- | 1991 || ''Inspector Morse'' (episode: "Second Time Around")||Mrs. Mitchell | TV series |- |1992 |''Root into Europe'' |Muriel |TV miniseries |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0382411|name=Pat Heywood}}
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