Patty Duke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Died
- March 29, 2016 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Power of the Air
Movie · as Charlene Summers
Liv and Maddie
TV · as Great Aunt Hilary, Grandma Janice · 1 ep
Amazing Love
Movie · as Helen
Unanswered Prayers
Movie · as Irene
Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Sylvia Spencer · 1 ep
Love Finds A Home
Movie · as Mary
Drop Dead Diva
TV · 1 ep
Glee
TV · as Jan · 1 ep
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
Movie · as Bridget Connolly
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Movie · as Self / Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Dish on Dolls
Movie · as Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
Bigger Than the Sky
Movie · as Mrs. Keene / Earlene
Murder Without Conviction
Movie · as Mother Joseph
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie · as Self
Little John
Movie · as Sylvia
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Movie · as Anne Kincaid
First Years
TV · 1 ep
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love Lessons
Movie · as Sunny Andrews
Backstory
TV · as Herself - Interviewee · 1 ep
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
Movie · as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
Kimberly
Movie · as Dr. Feinstenberger
A Season for Miracles
Movie · as Angel
Judging Amy
TV · as Valerie Bing · 1 ep
Family Law
TV · as Judge Sylvia Formenti · 1 ep
When He Didn't Come Home
Movie · as Faye Dolan
A Christmas Memory
Movie · as Sook
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Movie · as Natalie Porter
Harvest of Fire
Movie · as Annie Beiler
To Face Her Past
Movie · as Beth Bradfield
When the Vows Break
Movie · as Barbara Parker
Amazing Grace
TV · as Hannah Miller · 5 eps
Cries from the Heart
Movie · as Terry
One Woman's Courage
Movie · as Grace McKenna
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Nancy Williams, Jean · 1 ep
Family of Strangers
Movie · as Beth Thompson
No Child of Mine
Movie · as Lucille Jenkins
Frasier
TV · as Alice (voice) · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
A Matter of Justice
TV · 2 eps
Prelude to a Kiss
Movie · as Mrs. Boyle
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Movie · as Jean Williams
A Killer Among Friends
Movie · as Jean Monroe
Last Wish
Movie · as Betty Rollin
Absolute Strangers
Movie · as Judge Ray
The Torkelsons
TV · as Catharine Jeffers · 1 ep
Call Me Anna
Movie · as Patty Duke
Always Remember I Love You
Movie · as Ruth Monroe
Hitch-Hikers
Movie
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Movie · as Nancy Evans
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Movie · as Carolyn Henry
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Movie · as Althea Sloan
Fatal Judgement
Movie · as Anne Capute
Fight for Life
Movie · as Shirley Abrams
Karen's Song
TV · as Karen Matthews · 13 eps
J.J. Starbuck
TV · 1 ep
Willy/Milly
Movie · as Doris Niceman
A Time to Triumph
Movie
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
TV · as Martha Washington · 2 eps
Hail to the Chief
TV · as President Julia Mansfield · 7 eps
Best Kept Secrets
Movie · as Laura Dietz
George Washington
TV · as Martha Washington · 3 eps
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
Movie · as Barbara Reynolds
September Gun
Movie · as Sister Dulcina
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
By Design
Movie · as Helen
Something So Right
Movie · as Jeanne Bosnick
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
It Takes Two
TV · as Molly Quinn · 22 eps
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Movie · as Sarah McDavid
The Girl on the Edge of Town
Movie · as Martha Swenson
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Women's Room
Movie · as Lily
The Babysitter
Movie · as Liz Benedict
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Movie · as Deborah Bergman
The Miracle Worker
Movie · as Anne Sullivan
Before and After
Movie · as Carole Matthews
Women in White
TV · as Cathy Payson · 3 eps
Hanging by a Thread
TV · as Sue Grainger · 2 eps
The Swarm
Movie · as Rita
Inside 'the Swarm'
Movie · as Self
A Family Upside Down
Movie · as Wendy
Having Babies III
Movie · as Leslee Wexler
Fire!
Movie · as Dr. Peggy Wilson
Killer on Board
Movie · as Norma Walsh
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Movie · as Sylvia Crawford
The Storyteller
Movie · as Sue Davidoff
Curse of the Black Widow
Movie · as Laura Lockwood
The Love Boat
TV · as Shirlee Warner, Lilly Mackim, Jane Fletcher · 1 ep
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Movie · as Rosemary Woodhouse
Captains and the Kings
TV · as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh · 8 eps
Hard Day at Blue Nose
Movie · as Adelaide
Nightmare
Movie · as Jan Richards
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
You'll Like My Mother
Movie · as Francesca Kinsolving
She Waits
Movie · as Laura Wilson
Deadly Harvest
Movie · as Jenny
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as Linda Colby · 1 ep
Two on a Bench
Movie · as Macy Kramer
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Eileen Phillips
Birdbath
Movie · as Velma Sparrow
My Sweet Charlie
Movie · as Marlene Chambers
Night Gallery
TV · 1 ep
Journey to the Unknown
Movie · as Barbara King
Me, Natalie
Movie · as Natalie Miller
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Toni · 1 ep
Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Barbara King · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Valley of the Dolls
Movie · as Neely O'Hara
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Movie · as Interviewee
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
Movie
The Daydreamer
Movie · as Thumbelina (voice)
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Billie
Movie · as Billie
Shindig!
TV · as Self - Singer · 2 eps
The Power and the Glory
Movie · as Coral
The Patty Duke Show
TV · as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane · 104 eps
The Miracle Worker
Movie · as Helen Keller
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Sue Ann McRae · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Happy Anniversary
Movie · as Debbie Walters
4D Man
Movie · as Marjorie Sutherland
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie · as Tootie Smith
The Goddess
Movie · as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie · as Lydia
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Young Cathy
An American Girl
Movie · as Augusta Davis
Country Music Holiday
Movie · as "Sis" Brand
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · 1 ep
The Perry Como Show
TV · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Awards Custodian, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Angel, Sylvia · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep