Patty Duke
Acting
Born: December 14, 1946 · Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
Died: March 29, 2016 (aged 69)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Glee
2009
Frasier
1993
Liv and Maddie
2013
The Miracle Worker
1962
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Swarm
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Touched by an Angel
1994
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1989
Photos (5)
Movies (83)
The Swarm
Rita
The Miracle Worker
Helen Keller
Valley of the Dolls
Neely O'Hara
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Nancy Evans
Me, Natalie
Natalie Miller
Prelude to a Kiss
Mrs. Boyle
4D Man
Marjorie Sutherland
A Season for Miracles
Angel
Love Finds A Home
Mary
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Carolyn Henry
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary Woodhouse
Billie
Billie
Curse of the Black Widow
Laura Lockwood
Amazing Love
Helen
Unanswered Prayers
Irene
Little John
Sylvia
A Killer Among Friends
Jean Monroe
Kimberly
Dr. Feinstenberger
Before and After
Carole Matthews
The Miracle Worker
Anne Sullivan
Willy/Milly
Doris Niceman
The Goddess
Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
Harvest of Fire
Annie Beiler
Last Wish
Betty Rollin
By Design
Helen
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Jean Williams
My Sweet Charlie
Marlene Chambers
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
Bridget Connolly
You'll Like My Mother
Francesca Kinsolving
Cries from the Heart
Terry
Something So Right
Jeanne Bosnick
Deadly Harvest
Jenny
September Gun
Sister Dulcina
Two on a Bench
Macy Kramer
Killer on Board
Norma Walsh
Wuthering Heights
Young Cathy
If Tomorrow Comes
Eileen Phillips
A Christmas Memory
Sook
Family of Strangers
Beth Thompson
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Natalie Porter
Nightmare
Jan Richards
The Daydreamer
Thumbelina (voice)
When He Didn't Come Home
Faye Dolan
Call Me Anna
Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
A Time to Triumph
1986
The Power and the Glory
Coral
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Althea Sloan
Fire!
Dr. Peggy Wilson
The Babysitter
Liz Benedict
Fight for Life
Shirley Abrams
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
Absolute Strangers
Judge Ray
The Women's Room
Lily
When the Vows Break
Barbara Parker
Best Kept Secrets
Laura Dietz
Happy Anniversary
Debbie Walters
No Child of Mine
Lucille Jenkins
The Dish on Dolls
Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
Murder Without Conviction
Mother Joseph
The Storyteller
Sue Davidoff
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Anne Kincaid
Bigger Than the Sky
Mrs. Keene / Earlene
Meet Me in St. Louis
Tootie Smith
Country Music Holiday
"Sis" Brand
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Sarah McDavid
Always Remember I Love You
Ruth Monroe
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Deborah Bergman
She Waits
Laura Wilson
Love Lessons
Sunny Andrews
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
Barbara Reynolds
A Family Upside Down
Wendy
To Face Her Past
Beth Bradfield
Having Babies III
Leslee Wexler
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Sylvia Crawford
Journey to the Unknown
Barbara King
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Interviewee
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
Power of the Air
Charlene Summers
The Girl on the Edge of Town
Martha Swenson
One Woman's Courage
Grace McKenna
Birdbath
Velma Sparrow
Hard Day at Blue Nose
Adelaide
Hitch-Hikers
1989
TV Shows (40)
Hawaii Five-0
Sylvia Spencer · 1 eps
Frasier
Alice (voice) · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Shirlee Warner · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Lilly Mackim · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Jane Fletcher · 1 eps
Glee
Jan · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Toni · 1 eps
Judging Amy
Valerie Bing · 1 eps
The Virginian
Sue Ann McRae · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Nancy Williams · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Jean · 2 eps
Hotel
1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
1 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Family Law
Judge Sylvia Formenti · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
1 eps
Liv and Maddie
Grandma Janice · 1 eps
Liv and Maddie
Great Aunt Hilary · 1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
The Patty Duke Show
Patty Lane / Cathy Lane · 104 eps
Ghost Story
Linda Colby · 1 eps
The Torkelsons
Catharine Jeffers · 1 eps
J.J. Starbuck
1 eps
Journey to the Unknown
Barbara King · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
1 eps
The Sixth Sense
1 eps
Captains and the Kings
Bernadette Hennessey Armagh · 8 eps
It Takes Two
Molly Quinn · 22 eps
George Washington
Martha Washington · 3 eps
Hail to the Chief
President Julia Mansfield · 7 eps
First Years
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Angel · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sylvia · 1 eps
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
Martha Washington · 2 eps
Women in White
Cathy Payson · 3 eps
Hanging by a Thread
Sue Grainger · 2 eps
The Perry Como Show
1 eps
A Matter of Justice
2 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Awards Custodian · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 2 eps
Shindig!
Self - Singer · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self · 5 eps
Backstory
Herself - Interviewee · 1 eps
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Neely O'Hara/Self