
Patty Duke
Anna Marie Duke (December 14, 1946 - March 29, 2016), known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Beginning her acting career in commercials and playing bit parts in television and movies, her breakthrough role was as Helen Keller in the Broadway version of "The Miracle Worker" (1959 - 1961). For the 1962 film adaptation, Duke reprised her role, which won the Academy Award for best supporting actress - at age 16, she was the youngest person ever to win an Oscar (a record later broken by Tatum O'Neal in 1973). Other early films included Billie (1965), Valley of the Dolls (1967), and Me, Natalie (1969). On television, Duke starred in the popular teen sitcom The Patty Duke Show (1963 - 1966), playing a dual role and garnering the first of ten Emmy nominations. She won Emmys for her roles in television film My Sweet Charlie (1970), miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976), and the 1979 TV movie version of The Miracle Worker (1979), this time portraying Annie Sullivan. She served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 - 1988. Off-screen, Duke's life was often tumultuous. Born in Elmhurst, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman, her acting career began at age eight when she was turned over to her brother Ray Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross, who changed her name and engaged in exploitative behavior. Duke was married four times: to director Harry Falk from 1965 - 1969; to writer Michael Tell in 1970 (with whom she became mother to actor Sean Astin); to actor John Astin from 1972 - 1985 (with who she became mother to actress Mackenzie Astin); and to drill sergeant Michael Pearce from 1986 until her death (with whom she had two stepdaughters and an adopted son Kevin). In 1982, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which was the subject of her second book, "A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depression Illness" (1992). Duke was also a political advocate for issues such as the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), AIDS awareness, and nuclear disarmament. She died on March 29, 2016, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, of sepsis from a ruptured intestine.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Power of the Air as Charlene Summers
- 2013 · Liv and Maddie as Grandma Janice
- 2013 · Liv and Maddie as Great Aunt Hilary
- 2012 · Amazing Love as Helen
- 2012 · Unanswered Prayers as Irene
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Sylvia Spencer
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as
- 2009 · Glee as Jan
- 2009 · Love Finds A Home as Mary
- 2006 · Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls' as Neely O'Hara/Self
- 2006 · Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door as Bridget Connolly
- 2005 · Bigger Than the Sky as Mrs. Keene / Earlene
- 2004 · Murder Without Conviction as Mother Joseph
- 2003 · Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 2002 · Little John as Sylvia
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story as Anne Kincaid
- 2001 · First Years as
- 2000 · Love Lessons as Sunny Andrews
- 2000 · Backstory as Herself - Interviewee
- 1999 · A Season for Miracles as Angel
- 1999 · Kimberly as Dr. Feinstenberger
- 1999 · Family Law as Judge Sylvia Formenti
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Valerie Bing
- 1999 · Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
- 1998 · When He Didn't Come Home as Faye Dolan
- 1997 · A Christmas Memory as Sook
- 1996 · To Face Her Past as Beth Bradfield
- 1996 · Harvest of Fire as Annie Beiler
- 1996 · Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Natalie Porter
- 1995 · When the Vows Break as Barbara Parker
- 1995 · Amazing Grace as Hannah Miller
- 1994 · Cries from the Heart as Terry
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Nancy Williams
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Jean
- 1994 · One Woman's Courage as Grace McKenna
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · A Matter of Justice as
- 1993 · No Child of Mine as Lucille Jenkins
- 1993 · Frasier as Alice (voice)
- 1993 · Family of Strangers as Beth Thompson
- 1992 · A Killer Among Friends as Jean Monroe
- 1992 · Prelude to a Kiss as Mrs. Boyle
- 1992 · Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive as Jean Williams
- 1992 · Last Wish as Betty Rollin
- 1991 · The Torkelsons as Catharine Jeffers
- 1991 · Absolute Strangers as Judge Ray
- 1990 · Always Remember I Love You as Ruth Monroe
- 1990 · Call Me Anna as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
- 1989 · Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure as Carolyn Henry
- 1989 · Amityville: The Evil Escapes as Nancy Evans
- 1989 · Hitch-Hikers as
- 1988 · Fatal Judgement as Anne Capute
- 1988 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace as Althea Sloan
- 1987 · J.J. Starbuck as
- 1987 · Karen's Song as Karen Matthews
- 1987 · Fight for Life as Shirley Abrams
- 1986 · Willy/Milly as Doris Niceman
- 1986 · George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Martha Washington
- 1986 · George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Martha Washington
- 1986 · A Time to Triumph as
- 1985 · Hail to the Chief as President Julia Mansfield
- 1984 · George Washington as Martha Washington
- 1984 · Best Kept Secrets as Laura Dietz
- 1983 · September Gun as Sister Dulcina
- 1983 · Please Don't Hit Me, Mom as Barbara Reynolds
- 1982 · Something So Right as Jeanne Bosnick
- 1982 · It Takes Two as Molly Quinn
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · By Design as Helen
- 1982 · I Love Liberty as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · The Violation of Sarah McDavid as Sarah McDavid
- 1981 · The Girl on the Edge of Town as Martha Swenson
- 1980 · The Babysitter as Liz Benedict
- 1980 · Mom, the Wolfman and Me as Deborah Bergman
- 1980 · The Women's Room as Lily
- 1979 · The Miracle Worker as Anne Sullivan
- 1979 · Before and After as Carole Matthews
- 1979 · Hanging by a Thread as Sue Grainger
- 1979 · Women in White as Cathy Payson
- 1978 · The Swarm as Rita
- 1978 · A Family Upside Down as Wendy
- 1978 · Having Babies III as Leslee Wexler
- 1978 · Inside 'the Swarm' as Self
- 1977 · The Storyteller as Sue Davidoff
- 1977 · Killer on Board as Norma Walsh
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Shirlee Warner
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Lilly Mackim
- 1977 · Curse of the Black Widow as Laura Lockwood
- 1977 · Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women as Sylvia Crawford
- 1977 · Fire! as Dr. Peggy Wilson
- 1976 · Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse
- 1976 · Captains and the Kings as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
- 1974 · Hard Day at Blue Nose as Adelaide
- 1974 · Nightmare as Jan Richards
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · You'll Like My Mother as Francesca Kinsolving
- 1972 · Deadly Harvest as Jenny
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Linda Colby
- 1972 · She Waits as Laura Wilson
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · If Tomorrow Comes as Eileen Phillips
- 1971 · Two on a Bench as Macy Kramer
- 1971 · Birdbath as Velma Sparrow
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · My Sweet Charlie as Marlene Chambers
- 1969 · Me, Natalie as Natalie Miller
- 1969 · Journey to the Unknown as Barbara King
- 1968 · Journey to the Unknown as Barbara King
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Toni
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · Valley of the Dolls as Neely O'Hara
- 1967 · Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage as Interviewee
- 1967 · Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls as
- 1966 · The Daydreamer as Thumbelina (voice)
- 1965 · Billie as Billie
- 1964 · Shindig! as Self - Singer
- 1963 · The Patty Duke Show as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
- 1963 · The Power and the Glory as Coral
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sue Ann McRae
- 1962 · The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1959 · 4D Man as Marjorie Sutherland
- 1959 · Meet Me in St. Louis as Tootie Smith
- 1959 · Happy Anniversary as Debbie Walters
- 1958 · Swiss Family Robinson as Lynda
- 1958 · The Goddess as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
- 1958 · Wuthering Heights as Young Cathy
- 1958 · An American Girl as Augusta Davis
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as
- 1956 · The Perry Como Show as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Awards Custodian
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Angel
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sylvia
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self