Acting · Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States · Born December 14, 1946
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.
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2018
as Charlene Summers
TVLiv and Maddie
2013
as Grandma Janice
MovieAmazing Love
2012
as Helen
MovieUnanswered Prayers
2010
as Irene
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Sylvia Spencer
TVDrop Dead Diva
2009
TVGlee
2009
as Jan
MovieLove Finds A Home
2009
as Mary
MovieGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
as Neely O'Hara/Self
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2006
as Self (archive footage)
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2006
as Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
MovieFalling in Love with the Girl Next Door
2006
as Bridget Connolly
MovieBigger Than the Sky
2005
as Mrs. Keene / Earlene
MovieMurder Without Conviction
2004
as Mother Joseph
MovieSex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
MovieLittle John
2002
as Sylvia
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2001
as Self
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2001
as Anne Kincaid
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2001
MovieLove Lessons
2000
as Sunny Andrews
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2000
as Herself - Interviewee
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1999
as Angel
MovieKimberly
1999
as Dr. Feinstenberger
TVFamily Law
1999
as Judge Sylvia Formenti
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Valerie Bing
MovieHollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
MovieWhen He Didn't Come Home
1998
as Faye Dolan
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1997
as Sook
MovieTo Face Her Past
1996
as Beth Bradfield
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1996
as Annie Beiler
MovieRace Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as Natalie Porter
MovieWhen the Vows Break
1995
as Barbara Parker
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1995
as Hannah Miller
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1994
as Terry
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Nancy Williams
MovieOne Woman's Courage
1994
as Grace McKenna
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVA Matter of Justice
1993
MovieNo Child of Mine
1993
as Lucille Jenkins
TVFrasier
1993
as Alice (voice)
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1993
as Beth Thompson
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1992
as Jean Monroe
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1992
as Mrs. Boyle
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1992
as Jean Williams
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1992
as Betty Rollin
TVThe Torkelsons
1991
as Catharine Jeffers
MovieAbsolute Strangers
1991
as Judge Ray
MovieAlways Remember I Love You
1990
as Ruth Monroe
MovieCall Me Anna
1990
as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
MovieEverybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989
as Carolyn Henry
MovieAmityville: The Evil Escapes
1989
as Nancy Evans
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1989
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1988
as Anne Capute
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as Althea Sloan
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1987
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1987
as Karen Matthews
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1987
as Shirley Abrams
MovieWilly/Milly
1986
as Doris Niceman
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1986
as Martha Washington
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1986
as Martha Washington
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1986
TVHail to the Chief
1985
as President Julia Mansfield
TVGeorge Washington
1984
as Martha Washington
MovieBest Kept Secrets
1984
as Laura Dietz
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1983
as Sister Dulcina
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1983
as Barbara Reynolds
MovieSomething So Right
1982
as Jeanne Bosnick
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1982
as Molly Quinn
TVHotel
1982
MovieBy Design
1982
as Helen
MovieI Love Liberty
1982
as Self
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
MovieThe Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
as Sarah McDavid
MovieThe Girl on the Edge of Town
1981
as Martha Swenson
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1980
as Liz Benedict
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1980
as Deborah Bergman
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1980
as Lily
MovieThe Miracle Worker
1979
as Anne Sullivan
MovieBefore and After
1979
as Carole Matthews
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1979
as Sue Grainger
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1979
as Sue Grainger
TVWomen in White
1979
as Cathy Payson
MovieThe Swarm
1978
as Rita
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1978
as Wendy
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1978
as Leslee Wexler
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1978
as Self
MovieThe Storyteller
1977
as Sue Davidoff
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1977
as Norma Walsh
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Shirlee Warner
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1977
as Laura Lockwood
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1977
as Sylvia Crawford
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1977
as Dr. Peggy Wilson
MovieLook What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976
as Rosemary Woodhouse
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1976
as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
MovieHard Day at Blue Nose
1974
as Adelaide
MovieNightmare
1974
as Jan Richards
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieYou'll Like My Mother
1972
as Francesca Kinsolving
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1972
as Jenny
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVGhost Story
1972
as Linda Colby
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1972
as Laura Wilson
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
MovieIf Tomorrow Comes
1971
as Eileen Phillips
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1971
as Macy Kramer
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1971
as Velma Sparrow
TVNight Gallery
1970
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1970
as Marlene Chambers
MovieMe, Natalie
1969
as Natalie Miller
MovieJourney to the Unknown
1969
as Barbara King
TVJourney to the Unknown
1968
as Barbara King
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Toni
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieValley of the Dolls
1967
as Neely O'Hara
MovieValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
as Interviewee
MovieJacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
TVHollywood Squares
1966
as Self
MovieThe Daydreamer
1966
as Thumbelina (voice)
MovieBillie
1965
as Billie
TVShindig!
1964
as Self - Singer
TVThe Patty Duke Show
1963
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
MovieThe Power and the Glory
1963
as Coral
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Sue Ann McRae
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1962
as Helen Keller
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
Movie4D Man
1959
as Marjorie Sutherland
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1959
as Tootie Smith
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1959
as Debbie Walters
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1958
as Lydia
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1958
as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
MovieWuthering Heights
1958
as Young Cathy
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1958
as Augusta Davis
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1958
as "Sis" Brand
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1957
TVThe Perry Como Show
1956
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Awards Custodian
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Angel
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
