Patty Duke
This petite, gifted former child performer had appeared in more than 50 television shows by the time she won Broadway fame at age 12 in "The Miracle Worker." Patty Duke won an Oscar for reprising her role as the young Helen Keller in the 1962 screen adaptation. In 1979, she won an Emmy for playing Keller's teacher--the role originally played on Broadway by Anne Bancroft--in a TV version of the same play. Duke made a successful transition to teen star playing vivacious twins on the popular TV series "The Patty Duke Show" (ABC, 1963-66). But after starring in the cult classic "Valley of the Dolls" (1967) and "Me, Natalie" (1969), she mostly concentrated on TV roles. Over her career, Duke won two other Emmy Awards, as a runaway pregnant Southerner befriended by a black lawyer in the TV-movie "My Sweet Charlie" (NBC, 1970) and as a mentally unstable wife in the NBC miniseries "Captains and the Kings" (1976). She played a rather sensuous Martha Washington in both "George Washington" (CBS, 1984) and "George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation" (CBS, 1986). Duke brought her warm maternal presence to "Always Remember I Love You" (CBS, 1990) and garnered praise as real-life journalist Betty Rollin who struggled to assist her mother (played by Maureen Stapleton) to die with dignity in "Last Wish" (ABC, 1992). In 1990, Duke co-produced and played herself in the small screen adaptation of her memoirs, "Call Me Anna" (ABC), which detailed her lifelong struggle with mental illness. After her initial success with her own sitcom, Duke failed to find an appropriate follow-up. She was wife to Richard Crenna and mother of Helen Hunt and Anthony Edwards in "It Takes Two" (ABC, 1982-83) and the first female President of the United States in the short-lived "Hail to the Chief" (ABC, 1985). Duke also played a woman involved with a younger man in the summer sitcom "Karen's Song" (Fox, 1987) and a woman who becomes a minister and moves to Idaho in "Amazing Grace" (NBC, 1995), which she also co-executive produced. An unglamorous, earnest performer, Duke most often played sensitive but troubled types who sometimes display an inner reserve of considerable strength but never lose their essential ordinariness. In her autobiography, she revealed details of her turbulent childhood and her victory over bipolar disorder, which she further chronicled in A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic-Depressive Illness. Duke became only the second woman to be elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1985, resigning from the post in 1988. During her 1973-82 marriage to actor John Astin, she was billed as Patty Duke Astin; the couple's two sons, Sean and Mackenzie, went on to respectable acting careers of their own.
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Patty Duke
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Power of the Air | Charlene Summers (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Amazing Love | Helen (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Unanswered Prayers | Irene (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Love Finds a Home | Mary (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Four Children of Tander Welch | Susan Metler (Character) | - | 2008 |
12% |
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Bigger Than the Sky |
Mrs. Keene/ |
$20.1K | 2005 |
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Falling in Love With the Girl Next Door | Bridget Connolly (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Without Conviction | Mother Joseph (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Little John | Sylvia (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Lessons | Sunny Andrews (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story | Anne Kincaid (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Kimberly | Dr. Feinstenberger (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights |
Patty Lane/ Executive Producer |
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A Season for Miracles | Angel (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Disappearing Act | Faye Dolan (Character) | - | 1998 |
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A Christmas Memory | Sook (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Harvest of Fire | Annie Beiler (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Natalie Porter (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Face Her Past | Beth Bradfield (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When the Vows Break | Barbara Parker (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cries From the Heart | Terry (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Woman's Courage | Grace McKenna (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Matter of Justice | Mary Brown (Character) | - | 1993 |
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A Family of Strangers | Beth Thompson (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Child of Mine | Lucille Jenkins (Character) | - | 1993 |
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A Killer Among Friends | Jean Monroe (Character) | - | 1992 |
63% |
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Prelude to a Kiss | Mrs. Boyle (Character) | $19.3M | 1992 |
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Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | Jean Williams (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Wish | Betty Rollin (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friends for Life | Jean Monroe (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Absolute Strangers | Judge Ray (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Me Anna | Anna Marie Duke (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Always Remember I Love You | Ruth Monroe (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Carolyn Henry (Character) | - | 1989 |
40% |
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Amityville: The Evil Escapes | Nancy Evans (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace | Althea Sloan (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatal Judgment | Anne Capute (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Fight for Life | Shirley Abrams (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Time to Triumph | Concetta Hassan (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Willy/Milly | Doris Niceman (Character) | - | 1986 |
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George Washington: The Forging of a Nation | Martha Washington (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best Kept Secrets | Laura Dietz (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | September Gun | Sister Dulcina (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something So Right | Jeanne Bosnick (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Sarah McDavid (Character) | - | 1981 |
57% | No Score Yet | By Design | Helen (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Women's Room | Lily (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mom, the Wolfman, and Me | Deborah Bergman (Character) | - | 1980 |
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The Babysitter | Liz Benedict (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hanging by a Thread | Sue Grainger (Character) | - | 1979 |
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The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Before and After | Carole Matthews (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler (Character) | - | 1978 |
9% |
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The Swarm | Rita (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire! | Dr. Peggy Wilson (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Who Love Women | Sylvia Crawford (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Storyteller | Sue Davidoff (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Curse of the Black Widow | Laura Lockwood (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer on Board | Norma Walsh (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women | Sylvia Crawford (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rosemary's Baby II | Rosemary Woodhouse (Character) | - | 1976 |
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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miss Kline, We Love You | Melanie Kline (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare | Jan Richards (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Day at Blue Nose | Adelaide (Character) | - | 1974 |
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You'll Like My Mother | Francesca Kinsolving (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Harvest | Jenny (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If Tomorrow Comes | Eileen Phillips (Character) | - | 1971 |
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She Waits | Laura Wilson (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two on a Bench | Macy Kramer (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cliff | Sheila (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Sweet Charlie | Marlene Chambers (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Me, Natalie | Natalie Miller (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey to the Unknown | Barbara King (Character) | - | 1968 |
32% |
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Valley of the Dolls | Neely O'Hara (Character) | - | 1967 |
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The Daydreamer | Thumbelina (Voice) | - | 1966 |
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Billie | Billie Carol (Character) | - | 1965 |
96% |
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The Miracle Worker | Helen Keller (Character) | - | 1962 |
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The Power and the Glory | Coral (Character) | - | 1961 |
80% |
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4D Man | Marjorie Sutherland (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Anniversary | Debbie Walters (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wuthering Heights | Young Cathy Earnshaw (Character) | - | 1958 |
57% |
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The Goddess | Emily Ann Faulkner, age 8 (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liv and Maddie | Grandma Janice (Guest Star) | 2015 |
70% | 72% | Glee | Jan (Guest Star) | 2013 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Rita Curtis (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
13% | 73% | The Protector | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First Years | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
95% | 95% | Frasier | Alice (Guest Voice) | 1997 |
0% | No Score Yet | Amazing Grace | Hannah Miller (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1985-1986 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Karen's Song | Karen Matthews (Character) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Patty Duke (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hail to the Chief | President Julia Mansfield (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Takes Two | Molly Quinn (Character) | 1982-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Password 79 | Guest | 1979-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Self | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1974-1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Susan Rosen (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Kate Gannard (as Patty Duke Astin) (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Larue Collins (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Daniele (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Patty Duke Show |
Patty Lane/ |
1963-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jimmy Dean Show | Guest | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Janie Wahl (Character) | 1962 |