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Patty Duke
American actress (–)
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| Born | Anna Marie Duke ()December 14, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 29, () (aged&#;69) Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
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| Children | 3, including Sean and Mackenzie Astin |
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| Preceded by | Ed Asner |
| Succeeded by | Barry Gordon |
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, [1] – March 29, ) was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
At age 15, Duke portrayed Helen Keller in the film The Miracle Worker (), a role she had originated on Broadway. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The following year, she played the dual role of "identical cousins" Cathy and
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From the PEOPLE Archive: Inside Patty Duke's Life and 'Heartbreaking' Youth as a Child Star
Patty Duke, best known as Helen Keller in the film The Miracle Worker and for headlining her own sitcom, has died, She was In , just ahead of her 40th birthday, the actress sat down with PEOPLE to discuss love, career and her troubled past. Read the profile below:
“Little Patty Duke is gonna be 40 next year? Wow! How can that be? I’d swear she was 18 just a minute ago!”
Little Patty Duke – and at an even five feet she still Is little – giggles at her self-parody. “That’s exactly how I feel about it,” she says, “like someone who’s been watching me on TV all these years.” But Patty Duke fans who remember her as the Broadway prodigy from The Miracle Worker or as the reckless young actress who kept Hollywood gossip columnists guessing are in for a shock. Little Patty Duke is the mother of five sons, plays strictly adult roles onscreen and off and two weeks ago succeeded Ed Asner as president of the Screen Actors Guild.
For Patty it has been a watershed year, another turning point in a life that could have been written by Dickens, with music and lyrics by Freud. Running for the SAG presidency against actor Ed Nelson (she had the endorsement of Asner and the union’s nom
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