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Patty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman. She is of Irish, and one eighth German, descent. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross. Soon after, Anna Marie became Patty, the actress. Patty started off in commercials, a few movies and some bit parts. Her first big, memorable role came when she was chosen to portray the blind and deaf Helen Keller in the Broadway version of "The Miracle Worker". The play lasted almost two years, from October 19, 1959-July 1, 1961 (Patty left in May, 1961). In 1962, The Miracle Worker (1962) became a movie and Patty won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. She was 16 years old, making her the youngest person ever to win an Oscar. She then starred in her own sitcom titled The Patty Duke Show (1963). It lasted for three seasons, and Patty was nominated for an Emmy. In 1965, she starred in the movie Billie (1965). It was a success and was the first movie ever sold to a television network. That same year, she married director Harry Falk. Their marriage lasted four years. She then starred in Valley of the Dolls (1967), which was a financial but not a critical success. In 1969, she secured a part in an independent film called Me, Natalie (1969). The film was a box-office flop, but she won her second Golden Globe Award for her performance in it. In the early 1970s, she became a mother to actors Sean Astin (with writer Michael Tell) and Mackenzie Astin (with actor John Astin). In 1976, she won her second Emmy award for the highly successful mini-series, Captains and the Kings (1976). Other successful TV films followed. She received two Emmy nominations in 1978 for A Family Upside Down (1978) and Having Babies III (1978). She then won her third Emmy in the 1979 TV movie version of The Miracle Worker (1979), this time portraying "Annie Sullivan". In 1982, she was diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. In 1984, she became President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). In 1986, she married Michael Pierce, a drill sergeant whom she met while preparing for a role in the TV movie, A Time to Triumph (1986). In 1987, she wrote her autobiography, "Call Me Anna". In 1989, she and Mike adopted a baby, whom they named "Kevin". Her autobiography became a TV movie in 1990, with Patty playing herself, from her 30s onward. In 1992, she wrote her second book, "A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depression Illness". Anna Marie Duke had a long and successful career, winning three Emmys. She was a mother and a political advocate for issues such as the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), AIDS and nuclear disarmament, all despite having Manic-Depression. She died on March 29, 2016, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Patty had proved her strength as an actress and as a person.
Movie | Power of the Air | Charlene Summers | 2018-10-02 |
Movie | Unanswered Prayers | Irene | 2012-02-07 |
Movie | Amazing Love | Helen | 2012-11-06 |
Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown | 2010-09-20 |
Series | Drop Dead Diva | Unknown | 2009-07-12 |
Movie | Love Finds A Home | Mary | 2009-04-11 |
Movie | Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door | Bridget Connolly | 2006-02-04 |
Movie | Bigger Than the Sky | Mrs. Keene / Earlene | 2005-02-18 |
Movie | Murder Without Conviction | Mother Joseph | 2004-02-12 |
Movie | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self | 2003-09-23 |
Movie | Little John | Sylvia | 2002-05-05 |
Series | First Years | Unknown | 2001-03-19 |
Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
Movie | Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story | Anne Kincaid | 2001-06-22 |
Series | Backstory | Herself - Interviewee | 2000-08-12 |
Movie | Love Lessons | Sunny Andrews | 2000-11-22 |
Movie | The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights | Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Kimberly | Dr. Feinstenberger | 1999-10-28 |
Movie | A Season for Miracles | Angel | 1999-12-12 |
Movie | When He Didn't Come Home | Faye Dolan | 1998-05-19 |
Movie | A Christmas Memory | Sook | 1997-12-21 |
Movie | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Natalie Porter | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Harvest of Fire | Annie Beiler | 1996-04-21 |
Movie | To Face Her Past | Beth Bradfield | 1996-11-12 |
Series | Amazing Grace | Hannah Miller | 1995-04-01 |
Movie | One Woman's Courage | Grace McKenna | 1994-02-27 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | Cries from the Heart | Terry | 1994-10-16 |
Movie | Family of Strangers | Beth Thompson | 1993-02-21 |
Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Alice | 1993-09-16 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | No Child of Mine | Lucille Jenkins | 1993-10-31 |
Movie | Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | Jean Williams | 1992-03-03 |
Movie | Last Wish | Betty Rollin | 1992-01-12 |
Movie | Prelude to a Kiss | Mrs. Boyle | 1992-07-10 |
Movie | A Killer Among Friends | Jean Monroe | 1992-12-08 |
Movie | Absolute Strangers | Judge Ray | 1991-04-14 |
Series | The Torkelsons | Unknown | 1991-09-21 |
Movie | Call Me Anna | Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke | 1990-11-11 |
Movie | Always Remember I Love You | Ruth Monroe | 1990-12-23 |
Movie | Amityville: The Evil Escapes | Nancy Evans | 1989-05-12 |
Movie | Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Carolyn Henry | 1989-05-21 |
Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace | Althea Sloan | 1988-02-28 |
Movie | Fatal Judgement | Anne Capute | 1988-10-18 |
Movie | Fight for Life | Shirley Abrams | 1987-03-23 |
Series | J.J. Starbuck | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Karen's Song | Karen Matthews | 1987-07-18 |
Movie | A Time to Triumph | 1986-01-07 | |
Movie | George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Martha Washington | 1986-09-21 |
Movie | Willy/Milly | Doris Niceman | 1986-11-14 |
Series | Hail to the Chief | President Julia Mansfield | 1985-04-09 |
Movie | Best Kept Secrets | Laura Dietz | 1984-03-26 |
Series | George Washington | Martha Washington | 1984-04-08 |
Movie | Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Barbara Reynolds | 1983-01-19 |
Movie | September Gun | Sister Dulcina | 1983-10-08 |
Movie | I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
Movie | By Design | Helen | 1982-05-08 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | It Takes Two | Molly Quinn | 1982-10-14 |
Movie | The Girl on the Edge of Town | Martha | 1981-04-04 |
Movie | The Women's Room | Lily | 1980-09-14 |
Movie | The Babysitter | Liz Benedict | 1980-11-28 |
Series | Women in White | Cathy Payson | 1979-02-08 |
Movie | Hanging by a Thread | Sue Grainger | 1979-05-08 |
Movie | The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan | 1979-10-14 |
Movie | Before and After | Carole Matthews | 1979-10-05 |
Movie | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | 1978-03-03 |
Movie | A Family Upside Down | Wendy | 1978-04-08 |
Movie | The Swarm | Rita | 1978-07-14 |
Movie | Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women | Sylvia Crawford | 1977-05-19 |
Movie | Fire! | Dr. Peggy Wilson | 1977-05-08 |
Movie | Curse of the Black Widow | Laura Lockwood | 1977-09-16 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Killer on Board | Norma Walsh | 1977-10-10 |
Movie | The Storyteller | Sue Davidoff | 1977-12-05 |
Series | Captains and the Kings | Bernadette Hennessey Armagh | 1976-09-30 |
Movie | Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | Hard Day at Blue Nose | Adelaide | 1974-02-12 |
Movie | Nightmare | Jan Richards | 1974-01-08 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | She Waits | Laura Wilson | 1972-01-28 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | You'll Like My Mother | Francesca Kinsolving | 1972-10-13 |
Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | Two on a Bench | Macy Kramer | 1971-11-02 |
Movie | If Tomorrow Comes | Eileen Phillips | 1971-12-07 |
Movie | My Sweet Charlie | Marlene Chambers | 1970-01-20 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | Me, Natalie | Natalie Miller | 1969-07-13 |
Series | Journey to the Unknown | Barbara King | 1968-09-26 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage | Interviewee | 1967-12-20 |
Movie | Valley of the Dolls | Neely O'Hara | 1967-12-27 |
Movie | The Daydreamer | Thumbelina (voice) | 1966-06-01 |
Movie | Billie | Billie | 1965-12-13 |
Series | Shindig! | Unknown | 1964-09-16 |
Movie | The Power and the Glory | Coral | 1963-05-31 |
Series | The Patty Duke Show | Patty Lane / Cathy Lane | 1963-09-18 |
Movie | The Miracle Worker | Helen Keller | 1962-05-23 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | Happy Anniversary | Debbie Walters | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | 4D Man | Marjorie Sutherland | 1959-10-07 |
Movie | Meet Me in St. Louis | Tootie Smith | 1959-04-26 |
Series | Kitty Foyle | Molly Scharf | 1958-01-13 |
Movie | An American Girl | Augusta Davis | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | The Goddess | Emily Ann Faulkner (Child) | 1958-06-24 |
Movie | Swiss Family Robinson | Lynda | 1958-10-12 |
Movie | Wuthering Heights | Young Cathy | 1958-05-09 |
Series | Tony Awards | Presenter | 1956-04-01 |
Series | The Perry Como Show | Unknown | 1956-09-29 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |