PATTY DUKE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Patty Duke as born on December 14th, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York with the birth name Anna Marie Duke born to parents Frances and John Patrick. Her father was an alcoholic and left her family when she was very young. Her brother, Ray Duke was an actor and she also had a sister Carol Duke. When Ray introduced his sister to his managers, John and Ethel Ross they took her on as a client and changed her name from Anna to Patty.
She began working in the industry as a commercial actress and soon found her way to occasional small parts on television shows and films. Her big break came when she was cast in, "The Miracle Worker" a stage play which lasted for two years before the play was made into a film and Patty was cast in the film. For this role she won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress when she was only sixteen years old which made her the youngest person to ever win an Oscar.
This role opened a number of doors for her and soon she had her own television sitcom called, "The Patty Duke Show" (1963) which lasted a total of three seasons and she earned an Emmy nomination.
Patty had proven herself to be quite a talented actress and no role was too challenging for her. Next she was cast in the film, "Billie" (1965) which was another successful career move for her and this movie was the first to be sold to a television network.
Some of her other film roles to follow were on, "Valley of the Dolls" (1967) and "Me, Natalie" (1969), which won her a Golden Globe Award. Along with being successful on film and on television roles kept coming her way working on such series as, "Captains and the Kings" (1976) "Family Upside Down" (1978 and "Having Babies III" (1978) all for which she won an Emmy Award for, "Captain of the Kings" and two Emmy nominations for the later two.
She remained very involved in the industry and even served as President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in 1984. In 1987, she wrote an autobiography titled, "Call Me Anna" which later in 1990 was made into a television movie. She also wrote another book titled, A Brilliant madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness". She proved herself to be a highly successful actress and author and also was very involved in politics for such issues as (ERA) Equal Rights Amendment.
Patty Duke married a total of four times, first to Harry Falk whom she married in 1965 and remained together until 1970. Her second marriage was to Michael Tell from June 26th, 1970 and annulled July 9th, 1970. Her third time to marry was to, John Astin in 1972 and they stayed together until 1985 and had two children, actors Sean and Mackenzie Astin. She is currently married to her fourth husband, Michael Pearce whom she wed in 1986 and they live together with one son, Kevin.
Filmography
2010 Unanswered Prayers
2009 Throwing Stones
2009 Love Finds a Home
2008 The Four Children of Tander Welch
2006 Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
2005 Bigger Than the Sky
2005 Take Me Home: A Child's Experience of Internment
2004 Murder Without Conviction
2004 Judging Amy
2003 Wrong Turn
1998-2003 Touched by an Angel
2002 Little John
2001 First Years
2001 Family Law
2000 Love Lessons
2000 Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
1999 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1999 Kimberly
1999 The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1998 When He Didn't Come Home
1997 A Christmas Memory
1997 Frasier
1996 To Face Her Past
1996 Harvest of Fire
1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1995 Courting Justice
1995 Amazing Grace
1994 Cries from the Heart
1994 One Woman's Courage
1993 A Matter of Justice
1993 No Child of Mine
1993 Family of Strangers
1992 A Killer Among Friends
1992 Prelude to a Kiss
1991-1992 The Legend of Prince Valiant
1992 Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
1992 Last Wish
1991 The Torkelsons
1991 Absolute Strangers
1990 Always Remember I Love You
1989 Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989 Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1989 The Hitch-Hikers
1988 Fatal Judgement
1988 Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1987 J.J. Starbuck
1987 Karen's Song
1987 Fight for Life
1986 Willy/Milly
1986 George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986 A Time to Triumph
1985 Hail to the Chief
1985 Hotel
1985 Gifts of Greatness
1977-1984 The Love Boat
1984 George Washington
1984 Best Kept Secrets
1983 September Gun
1974-1983 Insight
1982-1983 It Takes Two
1982 Something So Right
1982 By Design
1981 Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
1981 The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981 The Girl on the Edge of Town
1980 The Babysitter
1980 Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980 The Women's Room
1979 The Miracle Worker
1979 Before and After
1979 Hanging by a Thread
1979 Women in White
1978 The Swarm
1978 A Family Upside Down
1978 Having Babies III
1977 The Storyteller
1977 Killer on Board
1977 Curse of the Black Widow
1977 Rosetti and Ryan
1977 Fire!
1976 Captains and the Kings
1976 Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976 The Streets of San Francisco
1976 Phillip and Barbara
1975 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1975 Police Woman
1975 Police Story
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1974 Wide World Mystery
1974 Nightmare
1973 Circle of Fear
1973 Hawaii Five-O
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1972 The Sixth Sense
1972 You'll Like My Mother
1972 Deadly Harvest
1972 She Waits
1971 If Tomorrow Comes
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery
1971 Two on a Bench
1971 Birdbath
1970 Matt Lincoln
1970 My Sweet Charlie
1969 Me, Natalie
1969 Journey to the Unknown
1967 Valley of the Dolls
1967 The Virginian
1966 The Daydreamer
1963-1966 The Patty Duke Show
1965 Billie
1963 The Wide Country
1963 Best of Patty Duke
1958-1962 The United States Steel Hour
1962 Ben Casey
1961 The Power and the Glory
1959 Once Upon a Christmas Tree
1959 Happy Anniversary
1959 4D Man
1956-1959 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis
1958-1959 The Brighter Day
1958 Swiss Family Robinson
1958 The Goddess
1957-1958 The DuPont Show of the Month
1958 Country Music Holiday
1958 Kitty Foyle
1958 Rendezvous
1957 Kraft Theatre
