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Patty Duke
Born	Anna Marie Duke December 14, 1946 (1946-12-14) (age 61) Elmhurst, Queens, New York
Spouse(s)	Harry Falk (1965-1969) Michael Tell (1970-1970) John Astin (1972-1985) Michael Pearce (1986-present)
Awards won Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1962 The Miracle Worker Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie 1970 My Sweet Charlie 1977 Captains and the Kings 1980 The Miracle Worker Golden Globe Awards Most Promising Newcomer - Female 1962 The Miracle Worker Best Actress - Comedy Movie 1969 Me, Natalie

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Biography

Early life

Duke was born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York to an Irish American father, John P. Duke, and an Irish-German mother, Frances McMahon. Elmhurst is a legendary neighborhood in Queens, one of the Five Boroughs of New York City. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... The Germans (German: die Deutschen), or the German people, are a nation in the meaning an ethnos (in German: Volk), defined more by a sense of sharing a common German culture and having a German mother tongue, than by citizenship or by being subjects to any particular country. ...

Duke experienced what could be termed a Dickensian childhood. Her father was an alcoholic, and her mother suffered from clinical depression and was prone to violence. When Duke was 6, her mother threw her father out.^{[citation needed]} When she was 8, her mother essentially turned Duke's care over to her managers, John and Ethel Ross, who recognized her talent and promoted her as a child actress.^{[citation needed]} Charles Dickens used his rich imagination, sense of humour and detailed memories, particularly of his childhood, to enliven his fiction. ... King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... On the Threshold of Eternity. ...

The Rosses' methods were somewhat unscrupulous.^{[citation needed]} For instance, they consistently billed Duke as two years younger than she was, and padded her resume with some false credits.^{[citation needed]} It was Ethel Ross who gave the sweeping name-change order, "Anna Marie is dead, you are Patty now."^{[citation needed]} This would have painful repercussions for Duke in the decades to come. (Her professional name was chosen because the Rosses wanted her to achieve the success of Patty McCormack).^{[citation needed]} Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark in The Bad Seed Patty McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress. ...

Career

One of Duke's first acting jobs was on the soap opera The Brighter Day, in the late 1950s. She also appeared in print ads and in television commercials. The first TIME magazine cover devoted to soap operas, dated January 12, 1976. ... The Brighter Day was a soap opera which aired on CBS-TV from January 4, 1954 to September 28, 1962. ...

At the age of 12, Patty Duke appeared on The $64,000 Question and won $32,000. Three years later, it was revealed that the game show was rigged and she was called to testify before a congressional panel. She was coached by the Rosses to claim that she had not cheated.^{[citation needed]} At first she went along with the Rosses' story and lied to the panel. Later she broke down into tears and admitted that she had been given the answers.^{[citation needed]} This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposedly fair competition. ...

Duke's first major role was playing Helen Keller (with Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan) in the Broadway play The Miracle Worker, which ran for nearly two years. Midway through the run, her name was placed above the title on the marquee. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist and lecturer. ... Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an iconic Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... Anne Sullivan, Annie Sullivan, or Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, (April 14, 1866–October 20, 1936) was born in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

The play was subsequently made into a 1962 film, for which Duke received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At 16, Duke was the youngest person at that time to receive an Academy Award in a competitive category. She is also one of only three actresses to win an Oscar for a non-speaking role, since Duke had no dialogue other than grunts and screams in the film.^{[citation needed]} She won a Golden Globe for Me, Natalie in 1969, which also featured Al Pacino in his screen debut. In a 1979 television movie of "The Miracle Worker", Duke played Sullivan. The Miracle Worker is a 1962 film based on a play by William Gibson from Helen Kellers autobiography, The Story of My Life. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA, Emmy, and SAG award winning American actor who is best known for playing the roles of Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy . ...

In 1963, Duke landed her own series The Patty Duke Show, in which she played both main characters: Patty Lane and her prim and proper "identical cousin" from Scotland, Cathy Lane. The show ran for three seasons, and earned her one Emmy Award nomination. For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The Patty Duke Show was a sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to the final episode aired on May 4, 1966 and repeats through August 31, 1966. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Despite the success of her career, Duke was deeply unhappy during her teenage years. Efforts were taken to portray her as a normal teenager, but Duke has indicated in her memoirs that she was a virtual prisoner of the Rosses, and had little control over her own life and earnings. The Rosses kept control over Duke and her mother by allowing them only a pittance to survive on. The Rosses also began providing Duke with alcohol and prescription drugs when she was 13, which led to substance abuse problems later on (as an adult, Duke accused both John and Ethel Ross of sexual abuse). Bad Touch redirects here. ...

Upon turning 18, Duke became free of the Rosses, only to find that they had squandered most of her earnings.

Duke had a successful singing career, garnering several Top 40 hits such as "Don't Just Stand There" in 1965, and "Dona Dona" in 1968. She performed both songs on The Ed Sullivan Show. However, it was in the 1970 TV movie My Sweet Charlie, for which she won her first Emmy Award, where Duke made her comeback as an actress. See also: // January 4 - Fender Guitars is sold to CBS for $13 million. ... // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... See also: 1969 in television, other events of 1970, 1971 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1970-71 American network television schedule. ... An Emmy Award. ...

2000s

In 2002, Duke returned to New York to appear as Aunt Eller in a revival of Oklahoma!. She also returned to New York in 2005 to attend a memorial service for actress and old co-star from The Miracle Worker, Anne Bancroft, who had died of uterine cancer earlier in the year. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an iconic Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Endometrial cancer. ...

On November 2, 2004, it was announced that Duke would undergo single bypass surgery in Idaho, which was successful. is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coronary artery bypass surgery Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

On October 4, 2007, Duke appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, talking about her bipolar disorder to an Oprah guest, advising the guest to seek out a support group. is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ...

Other achievements

In 1985, Duke was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, the second woman to hold the position (Duke held the job until 1988). Coincidentally, in the same year she also played the first female President of the United States in the sitcom Hail to the Chief. This article is about the year. ... The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide. ... Hail to the Chief was a television sitcom about the first woman President of the United States, who finds her role as wife and mother drastically changed when shes faced with handling world-shaking events while surrounded by a cabinet full of crazies. ...

She authored two books, one her autobiography, Call Me Anna (ISBN 0-553-27205-5), and Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness (ISBN 0-553-56072-7)

In December, 2007, Duke was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of North Florida for her work in advancing awareness of mental health issues.^[1]

Personal life

At the age of 18, Duke married director Harry Falk who was 31 years old at the time. Duke's heavy drinking and drug abuse, coupled with suicide attempts and anorexia, stressed the marriage. Falk eventually began an affair that ended the marriage after four years. It was during her marriage to Falk that she made Valley of the Dolls, a film that was a critical disaster that raised questions as to her ability as an adult actress.^{[citation needed]} However, to this day, according to Duke, she still hears from people who loved her character of Neely O'Hara. Around 1970, Duke became romantically involved with actor John Astin. She also entered into a short-lived but highly publicized affair with Desi Arnaz, Jr. The relationship did not last, partially because Arnaz's mother, TV legend Lucille Ball, did not approve of the relationship and reportedly ordered her son to stop seeing Duke. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Anorexia. ... Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann. ... Neely OHara (Born Ethel Agnes ONeill) is a fictional character in the novel and movie Valley of the Dolls. ... John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an Oscar nominated American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, but is best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series and similarly eccentric comedic characters. ... Desi Arnaz, Jr. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, glamour girl and star of the landmark sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Heres Lucy. ...

Duke quickly married rock promoter Michael Tell, whom she had only recently met. The marriage was annulled two weeks later. After her marriage to Michael Tell, Duke discovered she was pregnant with her first child. Much of the public^[who?] assumed that the father was Arnaz, due to the media hype of the affair. However, Duke herself believed she was carrying Astin's child. On February 25, 1971, she gave birth to her first son, Sean. Although she would later claim in her autobiography that her marriage with Tell was never consummated, subsequent DNA testing showed that Sean was Tell's biological son. Even though the affair with Desi Jr. had long since ended, Desi Arnaz, Sr. made a kindly visit to Duke when she was in the hospital, despite reporters outside the hospital that were eager for news that the newborn was his grandson. is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke[1] on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is a film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer best known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy... Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban American musician, actor and television producer. ...

In 1972, actor John Astin married Duke, adopted her son and fathered her second son, Mackenzie, who was born in 1973. Duke and Astin worked together extensively during their marriage. For a time, Patty Duke added Astin to her professional name. The marriage and her children greatly improved her self confidence and her career. She received her second Emmy for the TV miniseries, Captains and the Kings, and her third for a TV version of The Miracle Worker in which she played Annie Sullivan to Melissa Gilbert's Helen Keller. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an Oscar nominated American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, but is best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series and similarly eccentric comedic characters. ... Mackenzie Astin in Facts of Life Mackenzie Alexander Astin (born 12 May 1973) is an American actor. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... An Emmy Award. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer and producer, primarily in movies and television. ...

In 1985, Duke and Astin divorced, and in 1986 she married drill sergeant Michael Pearce, whom she met on the set of a TV movie, A Time for Triumph. The couple moved to Idaho and adopted a son together. This article is about the year. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... -1...

Illness

Duke has suffered from mental health issues throughout her life. In 1982, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Its treatment, which included lithium as a medication, stabilized Duke's life and put her on the road to recovery. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ... This article discusses the pharmacological uses of lithium salts; for information on the chemistry of individual lithium salts, see Category:Lithium compounds. ...

Duke has since become an activist for numerous mental health causes.

Filmography

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References

1. ^ Duke Awarded Honorary Degree/Senior Recognized for Service. Press Release For: December 06, 2007. University of North Florida.

• Duke, Patty. Call me Anna Bantam, 1998. (ISBN 0-553-27205-5)

External links

• Patty Duke at the Internet Movie Database
• Patty Duke at the Internet Broadway Database
• Patty Duke at TV.com
• Patty Duke's Official Website
• When Young Stars Burn Out MSN Movies
• InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Patty Duke (TV Interview)
• The Patty Duke Fanzine