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.
The Miracle Worker
(Helen Keller)
Valley of the Dolls
(Neely O'Hara)
The Goddess
(Emily Ann Faulkner (Child))
Prelude to a Kiss
(Mrs. Boyle)
Hitch-Hikers
Love Finds A Home
(Mary)
I Love Liberty
(Self)
Willy/Milly
(Doris Niceman)
The Swarm
(Rita)
Swiss Family Robinson
(Lynda)
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
(Jean Williams)
Billie
(Billie)
Happy Anniversary
(Debbie Walters)
Fire!
(Dr. Peggy Wilson)
A Christmas Memory
(Sook)
Amazing Love
(Helen)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Call Me Anna
(Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke)
Little John
(Sylvia)
Inside 'the Swarm'
(Self)
You'll Like My Mother
(Francesca Kinsolving)
The Power and the Glory
(Coral)
When He Didn't Come Home
(Faye Dolan)
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
(Natalie Porter)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
(Rosemary Woodhouse)
Journey to the Unknown
(Barbara King)
Me, Natalie
(Natalie Miller)
Family of Strangers
(Beth Thompson)
Best Kept Secrets
(Laura Dietz)
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
(Anne Kincaid)
Two on a Bench
(Macy Kramer)
If Tomorrow Comes
(Eileen Phillips)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
(Althea Sloan)
My Sweet Charlie
(Marlene Chambers)
The Miracle Worker
(Anne Sullivan)
Love Lessons
(Sunny Andrews)
The Daydreamer
(Thumbelina (voice))
The Women's Room
(Lily)
A Family Upside Down
(Wendy)
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
(Nancy Evans)
Hanging by a Thread
(Sue Grainger)
A Killer Among Friends
(Jean Monroe)
Fight for Life
(Shirley Abrams)
Killer on Board
(Norma Walsh)
The Babysitter
(Liz Benedict)
Birdbath
(Velma Sparrow)
Fatal Judgement
(Anne Capute)
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
(Sylvia Crawford)
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
(Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister)
Harvest of Fire
(Annie Beiler)
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
(Sarah McDavid)
Last Wish
(Betty Rollin)
By Design
(Helen)
Absolute Strangers
(Judge Ray)
When the Vows Break
(Barbara Parker)
She Waits
(Laura Wilson)
Kimberly
(Dr. Feinstenberger)
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
(Barbara Reynolds)
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
(Martha Washington)
The Girl on the Edge of Town
(Martha Swenson)
The Storyteller
(Sue Davidoff)
Cries from the Heart
(Terry)
A Season for Miracles
(Angel)
Always Remember I Love You
(Ruth Monroe)
4D Man
(Marjorie Sutherland)
Curse of the Black Widow
(Laura Lockwood)
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
(Bridget Connolly)
To Face Her Past
(Beth Bradfield)
One Woman's Courage
(Grace McKenna)
September Gun
(Sister Dulcina)
No Child of Mine
(Lucille Jenkins)
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
(Interviewee)
Hard Day at Blue Nose
(Adelaide)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(Tootie Smith)
Before and After
(Carole Matthews)
Bigger Than the Sky
(Mrs. Keene / Earlene)
A Time to Triumph
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
(Self)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
(Carolyn Henry)
Unanswered Prayers
(Irene)
Having Babies III
(Leslee Wexler)
Wuthering Heights
(Young Cathy)
An American Girl
(Augusta Davis)
Power of the Air
(Charlene Summers)
Nightmare
(Jan Richards)
Murder Without Conviction
(Mother Joseph)
Deadly Harvest
(Jenny)
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
(Deborah Bergman)
Something So Right
(Jeanne Bosnick)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
(Neely O'Hara/Self)
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
The Love Boat
(Shirlee Warner)
Judging Amy
(Valerie Bing)
Touched by an Angel
(Nancy Williams)
Hawaii Five-O
(Toni)
The Torkelsons
(Catharine Jeffers)
The Streets of San Francisco
Hotel
Frasier
(Alice (voice))
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Night Gallery
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Angel)
Intimate Portrait
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Police Story
Family Law
(Judge Sylvia Formenti)
The Virginian
(Sue Ann McRae)
Hail to the Chief
(President Julia Mansfield)
Shindig!
(Self - Singer)
The Patty Duke Show
(Patty Lane / Cathy Lane)
The Sixth Sense
Ben Casey
Drop Dead Diva
George Washington
(Martha Washington)
Captains and the Kings
(Bernadette Hennessey Armagh)
Amazing Grace
(Hannah Miller)
Karen's Song
(Karen Matthews)
The Oscars
(Self)
Ghost Story
(Linda Colby)
The Perry Como Show
First Years
It Takes Two
(Molly Quinn)
J.J. Starbuck
Hawaii Five-0
(Sylvia Spencer)
Intimate Portrait
(Self)
Touched by an Angel
(Jean)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Sylvia)
Journey to the Unknown
(Barbara King)
Good Day Live
(Self)
DuPont Show of the Month
Backstory
(Herself - Interviewee)
A Matter of Justice
Tony Awards
(Self - Awards Custodian)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Glee
(Jan)
The Love Boat
(Lilly Mackim)
Women in White
(Cathy Payson)
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
(Martha Washington)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Liv and Maddie
(Great Aunt Hilary)
Liv and Maddie
(Grandma Janice)
Kraft Television Theatre
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)