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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 14, 1946
Died
March 29, 2016
Place of Birth
Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States
Also Known As
- Anna Marie Duke
- Patty Duke-Astin
- Anna Pearce
- Patty Duke Astin
Patty Duke
1.9 Popularity
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
4.0
Charlene Summers
Power of the Air
2018
8.1
Grandma Janice
Liv and Maddie
2013
8.1
Great Aunt Hilary
Liv and Maddie
2013
6.7
Helen
Amazing Love
2012
2.8
Irene
Unanswered Prayers
2010
7.8
Sylvia Spencer
Hawaii Five-0
2010
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
6.8
Jan
Glee
2009
6.6
Mary
Love Finds A Home
2009
0.0
Neely O'Hara/Self
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Credits
Power of the Air
as Charlene Summers
2018
4.0
Liv and Maddie
as Grandma Janice
2013
8.1
Liv and Maddie
as Great Aunt Hilary
2013
8.1
Amazing Love
as Helen
2012
6.7
Unanswered Prayers
as Irene
2010
2.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Sylvia Spencer
2010
7.8
Drop Dead Diva
2009
7.7
Glee
as Jan
2009
6.8
Love Finds A Home
as Mary
2009
6.6
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Neely O'Hara/Self
2006
0.0
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
as Bridget Connolly
2006
5.9
Bigger Than the Sky
as Mrs. Keene / Earlene
2005
5.3
Murder Without Conviction
as Mother Joseph
2004
5.4
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
2003
4.9
Little John
as Sylvia
2002
6.2
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
as Anne Kincaid
2001
4.3
First Years
2001
0.0
Love Lessons
as Sunny Andrews
2000
0.0
Backstory
as Herself - Interviewee
2000
6.5
A Season for Miracles
as Angel
1999
7.1
Kimberly
as Dr. Feinstenberger
1999
4.3
Family Law
as Judge Sylvia Formenti
1999
8.2
Judging Amy
as Valerie Bing
1999
7.5
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
0.0
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
1999
0.0
When He Didn't Come Home
as Faye Dolan
1998
3.5
A Christmas Memory
as Sook
1997
6.1
To Face Her Past
as Beth Bradfield
1996
5.0
Harvest of Fire
as Annie Beiler
1996
5.5
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as Natalie Porter
1996
6.0
When the Vows Break
as Barbara Parker
1995
1.0
🎬
Amazing Grace
as Hannah Miller
1995
0.0
Cries from the Heart
as Terry
1994
5.2
Touched by an Angel
as Nancy Williams
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Jean
1994
7.2
One Woman's Courage
as Grace McKenna
1994
1.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
A Matter of Justice
1993
6.0
No Child of Mine
as Lucille Jenkins
1993
4.0
Frasier
as Alice (voice)
1993
7.7
Family of Strangers
as Beth Thompson
1993
5.8
A Killer Among Friends
as Jean Monroe
1992
7.2
Prelude to a Kiss
as Mrs. Boyle
1992
5.6
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
as Jean Williams
1992
4.6
Last Wish
as Betty Rollin
1992
0.0
The Torkelsons
as Catharine Jeffers
1991
7.8
Absolute Strangers
as Judge Ray
1991
0.0
Always Remember I Love You
as Ruth Monroe
1990
7.8
Call Me Anna
as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
1990
4.5
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
as Carolyn Henry
1989
5.9
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
as Nancy Evans
1989
4.6
Hitch-Hikers
1989
0.0
🎬
Fatal Judgement
as Anne Capute
1988
7.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
as Althea Sloan
1988
7.1
J.J. Starbuck
1987
5.0
🎬
Karen's Song
as Karen Matthews
1987
5.0
Fight for Life
as Shirley Abrams
1987
5.5
Willy/Milly
as Doris Niceman
1986
5.2
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
as Martha Washington
1986
6.3
🎬
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
as Martha Washington
1986
0.0
A Time to Triumph
1986
6.0
Hail to the Chief
as President Julia Mansfield
1985
5.0
George Washington
as Martha Washington
1984
7.4
Best Kept Secrets
as Laura Dietz
1984
7.5
September Gun
as Sister Dulcina
1983
5.3
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
as Barbara Reynolds
1983
6.0
Something So Right
as Jeanne Bosnick
1982
5.5
It Takes Two
as Molly Quinn
1982
5.0
Hotel
1982
6.8
By Design
as Helen
1982
4.2
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
0.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
as Sarah McDavid
1981
3.0
The Girl on the Edge of Town
as Martha Swenson
1981
0.0
The Babysitter
as Liz Benedict
1980
5.6
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
as Deborah Bergman
1980
0.0
The Women's Room
as Lily
1980
3.5
The Miracle Worker
as Anne Sullivan
1979
6.5
Before and After
as Carole Matthews
1979
2.3
Hanging by a Thread
as Sue Grainger
1979
5.7
Women in White
as Cathy Payson
1979
0.0
The Swarm
as Rita
1978
5.0
A Family Upside Down
as Wendy
1978
7.0
Having Babies III
as Leslee Wexler
1978
4.0
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
1978
7.0
The Storyteller
as Sue Davidoff
1977
0.0
Killer on Board
as Norma Walsh
1977
5.2
The Love Boat
as Shirlee Warner
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Lilly Mackim
1977
6.3
Curse of the Black Widow
as Laura Lockwood
1977
5.0
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
as Sylvia Crawford
1977
0.0
Fire!
as Dr. Peggy Wilson
1977
7.0
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
as Rosemary Woodhouse
1976
3.6
Captains and the Kings
as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
1976
8.3
Hard Day at Blue Nose
as Adelaide
1974
0.0
Nightmare
as Jan Richards
1974
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
You'll Like My Mother
as Francesca Kinsolving
1972
6.3
Deadly Harvest
as Jenny
1972
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Ghost Story
as Linda Colby
1972
7.1
She Waits
as Laura Wilson
1972
5.7
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
If Tomorrow Comes
as Eileen Phillips
1971
8.0
Two on a Bench
as Macy Kramer
1971
5.0
Birdbath
as Velma Sparrow
1971
0.0
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
My Sweet Charlie
as Marlene Chambers
1970
6.2
Me, Natalie
as Natalie Miller
1969
5.5
Journey to the Unknown
as Barbara King
1969
0.0
Journey to the Unknown
as Barbara King
1968
6.3
Hawaii Five-O
as Toni
1968
7.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Valley of the Dolls
as Neely O'Hara
1967
6.0
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
as Interviewee
1967
5.0
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
0.0
The Daydreamer
as Thumbelina (voice)
1966
4.6
Billie
as Billie
1965
4.7
Shindig!
as Self - Singer
1964
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
1963
5.6
The Power and the Glory
as Coral
1963
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Virginian
as Sue Ann McRae
1962
6.4
The Miracle Worker
as Helen Keller
1962
7.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
4D Man
as Marjorie Sutherland
1959
5.7
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Tootie Smith
1959
5.0
Happy Anniversary
as Debbie Walters
1959
5.8
🎬
Swiss Family Robinson
as Lynda
1958
0.0
The Goddess
as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
1958
5.6
Wuthering Heights
as Young Cathy
1958
0.0
🎬
An American Girl
as Augusta Davis
1958
0.0
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
6.8
The Perry Como Show
1956
7.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Awards Custodian
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Angel
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sylvia
1951
8.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2