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