Cast & creator
Patty Duke
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Hawaii Five-0
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.
Also known as: Anna Marie Duke, Patty Duke-Astin, Anna Pearce, Patty Duke Astin
95
film credits
58
television credits
151
1944–2018 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (153)
Showing 153 of 153 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Hawaii Five-0
Sylvia Spencer
2010
Frasier
Alice (voice)
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Shirlee Warner
1977The Love Boat
Lilly Mackim
1977The Love Boat
Jane Fletcher
1977
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Hawaii Five-O
Toni
1969
Glee
Jan
2009
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Touched by an Angel
Nancy Williams
1994Touched by an Angel
Jean
1994
Tony Awards
Self - Awards Custodian
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Judging Amy
Valerie Bing
1999Good Day Live
Self
2001
The Virginian
Sue Ann McRae
1962
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Hotel
1982
Ben Casey
1961
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Family Law
Judge Sylvia Formenti
1999
Night Gallery
1970
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Oscars
Self
1953
Police Story
1973
Liv and Maddie
Grandma Janice
2013Liv and Maddie
Great Aunt Hilary
2013
The Patty Duke Show
Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
1963
Hollywood Squares
Self
1966
Ghost Story
Linda Colby
1972
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Shindig!
Self - Singer
1964
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Torkelsons
Catharine Jeffers
1991
Journey to the Unknown
Barbara King
1968
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Captains and the Kings
Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Angel
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sylvia
1951
It Takes Two
Molly Quinn
1982
The Miracle Worker
Helen Keller
1962
Hail to the Chief
President Julia Mansfield
1985
Valley of the Dolls
Neely O'Hara
1967
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
Martha Washington
1986
Prelude to a Kiss
Mrs. Boyle
1992
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
2003
The Perry Como Show
1956
Backstory
Herself - Interviewee
2000
George Washington
Martha Washington
1984
First Years
2001
A Matter of Justice
1993
Women in White
Cathy Payson
1979
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Nancy Evans
1989
Me, Natalie
Natalie Miller
1969
Love Finds A Home
Mary
2009
The Swarm
Rita
1978
A Killer Among Friends
Jean Monroe
1992
Hanging by a Thread
Sue Grainger
1979Amazing Grace
Hannah Miller
1995Karen's Song
Karen Matthews
1987
A Season for Miracles
Angel
1999
Curse of the Black Widow
Laura Lockwood
1977
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary Woodhouse
1976
Meet Me in St. Louis
Tootie Smith
1959
By Design
Helen
1982
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
Bridget Connolly
2006
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Carolyn Henry
1989
Billie
Billie
1965
No Child of Mine
Lucille Jenkins
1993
Kimberly
Dr. Feinstenberger
1999
You'll Like My Mother
Francesca Kinsolving
1972
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
A Family Upside Down
Wendy
1978
Bigger Than the Sky
Mrs. Keene / Earlene
2005
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Jean Williams
1992
When He Didn't Come Home
Faye Dolan
1998
Amazing Love
Helen
2012
I Love Liberty
Self
1982Fatal Judgement
Anne Capute
1988
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Sarah McDavid
1981
If Tomorrow Comes
Eileen Phillips
1971
When the Vows Break
Barbara Parker
1995
Willy/Milly
Doris Niceman
1986George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
Martha Washington
1986
The Dish on Dolls
Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
2006
Two on a Bench
Macy Kramer
1971
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Deborah Bergman
1980
The Power and the Glory
Coral
1963
Always Remember I Love You
Ruth Monroe
1990
Last Wish
Betty Rollin
1992
Best Kept Secrets
Laura Dietz
1984
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Althea Sloan
1988
Power of the Air
Charlene Summers
2018
My Sweet Charlie
Marlene Chambers
1970
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Self / Neely O'Hara (archive footage)
2006
Killer on Board
Norma Walsh
1977
The Goddess
Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
1958
Absolute Strangers
Judge Ray
1991The Divine Ms. Susann
Self (archive footage)
2006
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Anne Kincaid
2001
Journey to the Unknown
Barbara King
1969
A Time to Triumph
1986
One Woman's Courage
Grace McKenna
1994
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Sylvia Crawford
1977
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
Barbara Reynolds
1983
The Miracle Worker
Anne Sullivan
1979
Murder Without Conviction
Mother Joseph
2004
Little John
Sylvia
2002
Cries from the Heart
Terry
1994
Something So Right
Jeanne Bosnick
1982
Fire!
Dr. Peggy Wilson
1977
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
1978
To Face Her Past
Beth Bradfield
1996
September Gun
Sister Dulcina
1983
She Waits
Laura Wilson
1972
The Babysitter
Liz Benedict
1980
Wuthering Heights
Young Cathy
1958
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllister
1999
Unanswered Prayers
Irene
2010
The Women's Room
Lily
1980
The Storyteller
Sue Davidoff
1977
The Daydreamer
Thumbelina (voice)
1966
4D Man
Marjorie Sutherland
1959
Harvest of Fire
Annie Beiler
1996
Hard Day at Blue Nose
Adelaide
1974An American Girl
Augusta Davis
1958
Fight for Life
Shirley Abrams
1987
The Girl on the Edge of Town
Martha Swenson
1981
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Interviewee
1967
Family of Strangers
Beth Thompson
1993
A Christmas Memory
Sook
1997
Before and After
Carole Matthews
1979
Love Lessons
Sunny Andrews
2000
Nightmare
Jan Richards
1974
Call Me Anna
Anna Marie Duke/ Patty Duke
1990Call Me Anna
Book
1990Call Me Anna
Co-Producer
1990
Having Babies III
Leslee Wexler
1978
Country Music Holiday
"Sis" Brand
1958
Happy Anniversary
Debbie Walters
1959Swiss Family Robinson
Lydia
1958
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Natalie Porter
1996
Deadly Harvest
Jenny
1972
Birdbath
Velma Sparrow
1971