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Patty Duke was an American actress who had a long career in television and film from the 1950s through the 2000s. She is best remembered for playing Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" and for starring in her own sitcom "The Patty Duke Show," and she became an influential advocate for mental health awareness after publicly discussing her own bipolar disorder diagnosis.
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- 1946
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- 2016-03-29
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- Call Me Anna
- The Longest Road
- Call Me Anna
- A brilliant madness
- Call me Anna
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Acting · Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
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…
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- Power of the Air — Charlene Summers2018
- Liv and Maddie — Great Aunt Hilary2013
- Liv and Maddie — Grandma Janice2013
- Amazing Love — Helen2012
- Unanswered Prayers — Irene2010
- Hawaii Five-0 — Sylvia Spencer
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Anna Marie Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016), known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
At age 15, Duke portrayed Helen Keller in the film The Miracle Worker (1962), a role she had originated on Broadway. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The following year, she played the dual role of "identical cousins" Cathy and Patty Lane on her own network television series The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966). She progressed to more mature roles, such as Neely O'Hara in the film Valley of the Dolls (1967) and Natalie Miller in the film Me, Natalie (1969). The latter earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. From 1985 to 1988, she served as president of the Screen Actors Guild.
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