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Patty Duke
Anna Marie Duke, known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, Duke was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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entertainment · American actress (1946–2016) · television actor · film actor · singer · politician · stage actor · trade unionist · health activist · actor · also Patty Duke, Anna Marie Duke, Patty Duke Astin, Patty Duke Austin, Anna Marie-Pearce, Duke
Born 14 December 1946 · Died 29 March 2016 · Q232538
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2026· 7 entries
Yahoo: The Patty Duke Show: 12 Things You Probably Never Knew About The '60s Sitcom
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Newsday: Looking back at 'The Patty Duke Show' and the '60s
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Reported net worth: $10M.
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2016· 13 entries
Yahoo: How sepsis killed Patty Duke
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People: How Patty Duke Fought Through Her Illness to Finish Her Final Film
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New York Post: How Patty Duke triumphed over a host of hidden woes
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Newsday: Patty Duke, Oscar-winning actress, dead at 69, agent says
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People: Remembering Patty Duke: An Actress Who Worked Miracles
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Time: Oscar-Winning Actress Patty Duke Dies At Age 69
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IndieWire: Patty Duke Has Died at Age 69; Oscar-Winner Was Beloved by Boomers for ‘The Patty Duke Show’ (VIDEO CLIPS)
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Died 2016-03-29.
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Duke occasionally used the name "Anna Duke-Pearce" in her writings and other professional work
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“I wrote the book not to have a catharsis, because I was under the impression that I already have had many catharses as one could have.”
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“All that hitting out and pulling and tugging every performance for two years was probably a kind of therapy for me, a release. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened to me if I adjust had to hold it all in.”
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“I’ve had trouble sleeping for a good part of my life, And what I would always do is start at the very beginning of ‘The Miracle Worker’ and say all of the lines, all the way through.”
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“I always felt pressure as a child to perform, but again that came from the people who were managing my career. There was no such thing as halfway, I had to do it to the hilt.”
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2015· 1 entry
Made her final TV appearance, guest-starring on Liv and Maddie as Grandma Janice and Great-aunt Hilary, a pair of identical twins
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2011· 2 entries
Duke appeared in public service announcements for the U
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Duke joined the cast of the drama The Protector
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2010· 2 entries
Was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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Duke hosted a PBS TV special When Irish Eyes Are Smiling: An Irish Parade Of Stars
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2009· 1 entry
As Madame Morrible in the San Francisco production of the musical Wicked
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2007· 2 entries
Her 61st birthday, Duke was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters degree from the University of North Florida for her work in advancing awareness of mental health issues
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Duke appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, talking about her bipolar disorder
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2004· 2 entries
Duke received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to the motion-picture industry
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Released album “The Patty Duke Collection”.
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded TV Land Award for The Patty Duke Show (2003).
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Temecula Valley International Film Festival (2002).
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In 2002, Duke was hospitalized with a skull fracture after a horse accident in their barn.
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Duke was hospitalized with a skull fracture after a horse accident in their barn
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1999· 1 entry
The program's characters were revisited and updated in The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights, with Cindy Williams taking on the villain role of Sue Ellen Turner when Kitty Sullivan was unable to reprise
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1998· 2 entries
Duke also adopted Astin's other three sons; years later in 1998, they reversed the adoption with Duke's approval.
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Reversed the adoption with Duke's approval
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “The Very Best of Patty Duke: Just Patty”.
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1994· 1 entry
Biological tests determined that Tell was Sean's biological father
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1992· 1 entry
Duke portrayed the mother of Meg Ryan's character in the film adaptation of the play Prelude to a Kiss
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1990· 1 entry
Duke's autobiography, Call Me Anna, was adapted for television; she played herself from her mid-30s onward
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1987· 4 entries
Duke revealed in her autobiography that she had been diagnosed with manic depression (now called bipolar disorder) five years prior, becoming one of the first public figures to speak out about her personal experience of
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And Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness (ISBN 0-553-56072-7) was published in 1992
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Duke wrote in her 1987 autobiography that the marriage to Tell was never consummated, and that Astin was Sean's biological father, emphasizing those two assertions in several parts of the book.
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“s biological father, emphasizing those two assertions in several parts of the book. Both of her statements on these matters appear to have been incorrect: in 1994, biological tests determined that Tell was Sean”
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1986· 1 entry
And remained married to him until her death thirty years later
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1985· 3 entries
Duke became the second woman, after Kathleen Nolan, to be elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, a post she held until 1988
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Career landmark: 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards (1985–1988).
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Career landmark: President of SAG (1985–1988).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Western Heritage Award for September Gun (1984).
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Miracle Worker (1980).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Miracle Worker (1980).
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Captains and the Kings (1977).
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For the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings and her third in 1980 for a TV version of her 1979 stage revival of The Miracle Worker, this time playing Anne Sullivan to Melissa Gilbert's Helen Keller
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1972· 1 entry
Duke married John Astin on August 5, 1972.
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1971· 1 entry
Her son, actor Sean Astin, was born on February 25, 1971; she later told him that Arnaz was his biological father.
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1970· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for My Sweet Charlie (1970).
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Starring in a made-for-TV movie, My Sweet Charlie
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In early 1970, at age 23, Duke became involved with three men at the same time: 17-year-old Here's Lucy star Desi Arnaz Jr., actor John Astin (who was 16 years her senior), and rock music promoter Michael Tell.
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1969· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Me, Natalie (1969).
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Duke starred in Me, Natalie, playing an "ugly duckling" Brooklyn teenager struggling to make a life for herself in the Bohemian world of Greenwich Village
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1967· 3 entries
Released album “Sings Songs From Valley of the Dolls and Other Selections”.
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Released album “TV's Teen Star”.
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And was again hospitalized for mental health problems in 1969, eventually being diagnosed as manic depressive in 1982
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1966· 1 entry
Duke began her adult acting career by playing Neely O'Hara in Valley of the Dolls (1967)
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1965· 3 entries
"Don't Just Stand There" (number eight) and "Say Something Funny" (number 22)
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Released album “Don't Just Stand There”.
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At age 18, Duke married director Harry Falk, who was 13 years her senior
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1963· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1963).
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When she won her Academy Award, Duke became the youngest person to ever win an Academy Award in a competitive category
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1962· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962).
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1960).
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1959· 2 entries
Duke appeared in a television adaptation of Meet Me in St
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At age 12, she was a contestant on The $64,000 Question and won $32,000; Duke's category of expertise, according to her autobiography Call Me Anna, was popular music
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1946· 2 entries
At Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan to Frances Margaret (née McMahon) (1913–1993), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke (1913–1964), a handyman and cab driver, who was of Irish descent
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Born 1946-12-14.
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