8.0
8.0
If Tomorrow Comes
1971
as Eileen Phillips
Patty Duke
Acting
Born:December 14, 1946
Died:March 29, 2016(aged 69)
Birthplace:Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (90 movies)
7.9
7.9
The Miracle Worker
1962
as Helen Keller
7.8
7.8
Always Remember I Love You
1990
as Ruth Monroe
7.5
7.5
Best Kept Secrets
1984
as Laura Dietz
7.2
7.2
A Killer Among Friends
1992
as Jean Monroe
7.1
7.1
A Season for Miracles
1999
as Angel
7.1
7.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as Althea Sloan
7.0
7.0
Nightmare
1974
as Jan Richards
7.0
7.0
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
7.0
7.0
Fatal Judgement
1988
as Anne Capute
7.0
7.0
A Family Upside Down
1978
as Wendy
6.9
6.9
Fire!
1977
as Dr. Peggy Wilson
6.8
6.8
Amazing Love
2012
as Helen
6.6
6.6
Love Finds A Home
2009
as Mary
6.5
6.5
The Miracle Worker
1979
as Anne Sullivan
6.3
6.3
You'll Like My Mother
1972
as Francesca Kinsolving
6.2
6.2
Little John
2002
as Sylvia
6.2
6.2
My Sweet Charlie
1970
as Marlene Chambers
6.1
6.1
A Christmas Memory
1997
as Sook
6.0
6.0
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as Natalie Porter
6.0
6.0
Deadly Harvest
1972
as Jenny
6.0
6.0
A Time to Triumph
1986
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Neely O'Hara
6.0
6.0
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
1983
as Barbara Reynolds
5.9
5.9
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989
as Carolyn Henry
5.9
5.9
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
2006
as Bridget Connolly
5.8
5.8
Happy Anniversary
1959
as Debbie Walters
5.8
5.8
Family of Strangers
1993
as Beth Thompson
5.7
5.7
Hanging by a Thread
1979
as Sue Grainger
5.7
5.7
4D Man
1959
as Marjorie Sutherland
5.7
5.7
She Waits
1972
as Laura Wilson
5.6
5.6
The Babysitter
1980
as Liz Benedict
5.6
5.6
The Goddess
1958
as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
5.6
5.6
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
as Mrs. Boyle
5.5
5.5
Me, Natalie
1969
as Natalie Miller
5.5
5.5
Fight for Life
1987
as Shirley Abrams
5.4
5.4
Murder Without Conviction
2004
as Mother Joseph
5.3
5.3
September Gun
1983
as Sister Dulcina
5.3
5.3
Bigger Than the Sky
2005
as Mrs. Keene / Earlene
5.2
5.2
Killer on Board
1977
as Norma Walsh
5.2
5.2
Willy/Milly
1986
as Doris Niceman
5.2
5.2
Cries from the Heart
1994
as Terry
5.1
5.1
Harvest of Fire
1996
as Annie Beiler
5.0
5.0
To Face Her Past
1996
as Beth Bradfield
5.0
5.0
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
as Interviewee
5.0
5.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Tootie Smith
5.0
5.0
Something So Right
1982
as Jeanne Bosnick
5.0
5.0
Curse of the Black Widow
1977
as Laura Lockwood
5.0
5.0
Two on a Bench
1971
as Macy Kramer
5.0
5.0
The Swarm
1978
as Rita
4.9
4.9
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
4.7
4.7
Billie
1965
as Billie
4.6
4.6
The Daydreamer
1966
as Thumbelina (voice)
4.6
4.6
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
1992
as Jean Williams
4.5
4.5
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1989
as Nancy Evans
4.5
4.5
Call Me Anna
1990
as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
4.3
4.3
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
2001
as Anne Kincaid
4.3
4.3
Kimberly
1999
as Dr. Feinstenberger
4.2
4.2
By Design
1982
as Helen
4.0
4.0
Having Babies III
1978
as Leslee Wexler
4.0
4.0
No Child of Mine
1993
as Lucille Jenkins
4.0
4.0
Power of the Air
2018
as Charlene Summers
3.6
3.6
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976
as Rosemary Woodhouse
3.5
3.5
The Women's Room
1980
as Lily
3.5
3.5
When He Didn't Come Home
1998
as Faye Dolan
3.0
3.0
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
as Sarah McDavid
2.8
2.8
Unanswered Prayers
2012
as Irene
2.3
2.3
Before and After
1979
as Carole Matthews
1.0
1.0
When the Vows Break
1995
as Barbara Parker
1.0
1.0
One Woman's Courage
1994
as Grace McKenna
An American Girl
1958
as Augusta Davis
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
Love Lessons
2000
as Sunny Andrews
The Storyteller
1977
as Sue Davidoff
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
as Lynda
The Girl on the Edge of Town
1981
as Martha Swenson
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980
as Deborah Bergman
Wuthering Heights
1958
as Young Cathy
Hitch-Hikers
1989
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as Martha Washington
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
1977
as Sylvia Crawford
Last Wish
1992
as Betty Rollin
Journey to the Unknown
1969
as Barbara King
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
as Neely O'Hara/Self
Birdbath
1971
as Velma Sparrow
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
Absolute Strangers
1991
as Judge Ray
The Power and the Glory
1963
as Coral
Hard Day at Blue Nose
1974
as Adelaide
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