Patty Duke
Patty Duke
Patty Dukewas an American actress of stage, film, and television. She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, a role which she had originated on Broadway. The following year she was given her own show, The Patty Duke Show, in which she played "identical cousins". She later progressed to more mature roles such as that of Neely O'Hara in...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 December 1946
CityNew York City, NY
book thinking self
I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?
mirrors mind looks
I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned
miracle together miracle-worker
I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker
appealed created great lived nursing strife
This one appealed to me, ... My mom, before she passed, lived in a nursing home. It created great strife and guilt.