Patty Duke

ActorWriterProduction Dec 14 (died age 69) Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States 1947–2018 (71 year career)

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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 b…

Known For

Film

The Miracle Worker

Helen Keller

Film

Valley of the Dolls

Neely O'Hara

Film

A Killer Among Friends

Jean Monroe

Film

Prelude to a Kiss

Mrs. Boyle

Film

The Swarm

Rita

Film

A Season for Miracles

Angel

Film

4D Man

Marjorie Sutherland

Film

Love Finds A Home

Mary

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (94)

Power of the Air

as Charlene Summers

Amazing Love

as Helen

Unanswered Prayers

as Irene

Love Finds A Home

as Mary

Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door

2006

as Bridget Connolly

5.9

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

2006

as Neely O'Hara/Self

The Dish on Dolls

2006

as Neely O'Hara (archive footage)

The Divine Ms. Susann

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Bigger Than the Sky

2005

as Mrs. Keene / Earlene

5.3

Murder Without Conviction

2004

as Mother Joseph

5.4

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

as Self

Little John

as Sylvia

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

2001

as Anne Kincaid

4.3

Love Lessons

2000

as Sunny Andrews

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

1999

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kimberly

1999

as Dr. Feinstenberger

4.3

A Season for Miracles

1999

as Angel

7.0

The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights

1999

as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister

When He Didn't Come Home

as Faye Dolan

A Christmas Memory

as Sook

Harvest of Fire

as Annie Beiler

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

as Natalie Porter

To Face Her Past

as Beth Bradfield

When the Vows Break

as Barbara Parker

Cries from the Heart

as Terry

One Woman's Courage

as Grace McKenna

No Child of Mine

as Lucille Jenkins

Family of Strangers

as Beth Thompson

Prelude to a Kiss

as Mrs. Boyle

Last Wish

as Betty Rollin

A Killer Among Friends

1992

as Jean Monroe

7.2

Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive

1992

as Jean Williams

4.6

Absolute Strangers

1991

as Judge Ray

Always Remember I Love You

1990

as Ruth Monroe

7.8

Call Me Anna

1990

as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke

4.5

Amityville: The Evil Escapes

1989

as Nancy Evans

4.6

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

as Carolyn Henry

Hitch-Hikers

Fatal Judgement

as Anne Capute

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

as Althea Sloan

Fight for Life

as Shirley Abrams

Willy/Milly

as Doris Niceman

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

as Martha Washington

A Time to Triumph

Best Kept Secrets

as Laura Dietz

September Gun

as Sister Dulcina

Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

as Barbara Reynolds

By Design

as Helen

I Love Liberty

as Self

Something So Right

1982

as Jeanne Bosnick

5.5

The Girl on the Edge of Town

1981

as Martha Swenson

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

1981

as Sarah McDavid

3.0

Mom, the Wolfman and Me

1980

as Deborah Bergman

The Women's Room

as Lily

The Babysitter

as Liz Benedict

The Miracle Worker

as Anne Sullivan

Hanging by a Thread

as Sue Grainger

Before and After

as Carole Matthews

Inside 'the Swarm'

as Self

The Swarm

as Rita

Having Babies III

as Leslee Wexler

A Family Upside Down

as Wendy

Fire!

as Dr. Peggy Wilson

Curse of the Black Widow

as Laura Lockwood

Killer on Board

as Norma Walsh

The Storyteller

as Sue Davidoff

Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women

1977

as Sylvia Crawford

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

1976

as Rosemary Woodhouse

3.6

Hard Day at Blue Nose

1974

as Adelaide

Nightmare

as Jan Richards

Deadly Harvest

as Jenny

She Waits

as Laura Wilson

You'll Like My Mother

1972

as Francesca Kinsolving

6.3

Birdbath

1971

as Velma Sparrow

Two on a Bench

as Macy Kramer

If Tomorrow Comes

as Eileen Phillips

My Sweet Charlie

as Marlene Chambers

Journey to the Unknown

1969

as Barbara King

Me, Natalie

1969

as Natalie Miller

5.5

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

1967

Valley of the Dolls

1967

as Neely O'Hara

6.0

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

1967

as Interviewee

5.0

The Daydreamer

1966

as Thumbelina (voice)

4.6

Billie

1965

as Billie

4.7

The Power and the Glory

1963

as Coral

The Miracle Worker

as Helen Keller

Happy Anniversary

as Debbie Walters

4D Man

as Marjorie Sutherland

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Tootie Smith

Wuthering Heights

as Young Cathy

The Goddess

1958

as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)

5.6

Swiss Family Robinson

1958

as Lydia

An American Girl

1958

as Augusta Davis

Country Music Holiday

1958

as "Sis" Brand

5.0

Television (50)

Liv and Maddie

as Grandma Janice

Hawaii Five-0

as Sylvia Spencer

Glee

as Jan

Drop Dead Diva

Good Day Live

as Self

First Years

Backstory

as Herself - Interviewee

Judging Amy

as Valerie Bing

Family Law

as Judge Sylvia Formenti

8.2

Amazing Grace

1995

as Hannah Miller

Touched by an Angel

as Nancy Williams

Frasier

as Alice (voice)

Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

A Matter of Justice

The Torkelsons

as Catharine Jeffers

J.J. Starbuck

Karen's Song

as Karen Matthews

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

as Martha Washington

6.3

Hail to the Chief

1985

as President Julia Mansfield

George Washington

as Martha Washington

Hotel

It Takes Two

as Molly Quinn

Entertainment Tonight

1981

as Self

4.1

Women in White

1979

as Cathy Payson

Hanging by a Thread

1979

as Sue Grainger

The Love Boat

1977

as Shirlee Warner

6.3

Captains and the Kings

1976

as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh

8.3

Police Story

1973

6.9

The Streets of San Francisco

Ghost Story

as Linda Colby

The Sixth Sense

Night Gallery

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Hawaii Five-O

as Toni

Journey to the Unknown

as Barbara King

Shindig!

as Self - Singer

The Patty Duke Show

as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane

5.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Sue Ann McRae

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Ben Casey

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

6.8

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Awards Custodian

The Perry Como Show

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Angel

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Call Me Anna

Book

Call Me Anna

Co-Producer