Patty Duke
Age: N/A | From: Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Anna Marie Duke , Patty Duke-Astin , Anna Pearce , Patty Duke Astin
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 76
TV Involvements: 22
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Toni
Judging Amy
(1999) Valerie Bing
The Virginian
(1962) Sue Ann McRae
Touched by an Angel
(1994) Jean
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Awards Custodian
Intimate Portrait
(1993) Self
Good Day Live
(2001) Self
The Oscars
(1953) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Charlene Summers | |
| 2013 | Grandma Janice | |
| Great Aunt Hilary | ||
| 2012 | Helen | |
| Irene | ||
| 2010 | N/A | |
| 2009 | N/A | |
| Jan | ||
| Mary | ||
| 2006 | Bridget Connolly | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Keene / Earlene | |
| 2004 | Mother Joseph | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Sylvia | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| Anne Kincaid | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2000 | Sunny Andrews | |
| Herself - Interviewee | ||
| 1999 | Angel | |
| Dr. Feinstenberger | ||
| N/A | ||
| Valerie Bing | ||
| Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Faye Dolan | |
| 1997 | Sook | |
| 1996 | Beth Bradfield | |
| Annie Beiler | ||
| Natalie Porter | ||
| 1995 | Barbara Parker | |
| Hannah Miller | ||
| 1994 | Terry | |
| Nancy Williams | ||
| Jean | ||
| Grace McKenna | ||
| 1993 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Lucille Jenkins | ||
| Alice (voice) | ||
| Beth Thompson | ||
| Nancy Evans | ||
| 1992 | Jean Monroe | |
| Mrs. Boyle | ||
| Jean Williams | ||
| Betty Rollin | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| Judge Ray | ||
| 1990 | Ruth Monroe | |
| Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke | ||
| 1989 | Carolyn Henry | |
| 1988 | Anne Capute | |
| Althea Sloan | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Karen Matthews | ||
| Shirley Abrams | ||
| 1986 | Doris Niceman | |
| Martha Washington | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | President Julia Mansfield | |
| 1984 | Martha Washington | |
| Laura Dietz | ||
| 1983 | Sister Dulcina | |
| Barbara Reynolds | ||
| 1982 | Jeanne Bosnick | |
| Molly Quinn | ||
| N/A | ||
| Helen | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Sarah McDavid | |
| Martha | ||
| 1980 | Liz Benedict | |
| Deborah Bergman | ||
| Lily | ||
| 1979 | Anne Sullivan | |
| Carole Matthews | ||
| Sue Grainger | ||
| Cathy Payson | ||
| 1978 | Rita | |
| Wendy | ||
| Leslee Wexler | ||
| Self | ||
| 1977 | Sue Davidoff | |
| Norma Walsh | ||
| Shirlee Warner | ||
| Lilly Mackim | ||
| Laura Lockwood | ||
| Sylvia Crawford | ||
| Dr. Peggy Wilson | ||
| 1976 | Rosemary Woodhouse | |
| Bernadette Hennessey Armagh | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| Adelaide | ||
| Jan Richards | ||
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1972 | Francesca Kinsolving | |
| Jenny | ||
| N/A | ||
| Linda Colby | ||
| Laura Wilson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Eileen Phillips | |
| Macy Kramer | ||
| Velma Sparrow | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Marlene Chambers | ||
| 1969 | Natalie Miller | |
| Barbara King | ||
| 1968 | Barbara King | |
| Toni | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | Neely O'Hara | |
| Interviewee | ||
| 1966 | Thumbelina (voice) | |
| 1965 | Billie | |
| 1964 | Self - Singer | |
| 1963 | Patty Lane / Cathy Lane | |
| Coral | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Sue Ann McRae | ||
| Helen Keller | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Marjorie Sutherland | |
| Tootie Smith | ||
| Debbie Walters | ||
| 1958 | Lynda | |
| Emily Ann Faulkner (Child) | ||
| Young Cathy | ||
| Augusta Davis | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self - Awards Custodian | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Angel | |
| Sylvia | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Book | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |