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
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I'm surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those without celebrity and fortune who have to depend on the public healthcare system.
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They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike.
depression recovery miracle
My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.
rocks rock-and-roll breakfast
I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll
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When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.
matter stuff sometimes
Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure
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I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill
self people unattractive
I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
family husband high-heels
I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.
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The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death
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I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself
moving mental-illness rough-times
I was just sort of moving through time.
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When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.