Patty Duke | American actress | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• Oscar for best supporting actress, 1962

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• “The Miracle Worker”
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    In Helen Keller
    …Anne Bancroft as Sullivan and Patty Duke as Keller, that won two Academy Awards.
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    In Arthur Penn: Early films
    Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft repeated their stage roles as Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, respectively. Bancroft won the Academy Award for best actress and Duke the award for best supporting actress, while Penn received his first nomination for best director. Penn…
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    In The Miracle Worker
    Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Academy Awards for best actress and supporting actress, respectively.
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• “Valley of the Dolls”
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    In Mark Robson: Later films
    …especially the over-the-top performances by Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, and Joey Bishop. Daddy’s Gone a-Hunting (1969), a small suspense film, earned less attention, and Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971) was a flawed adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s play, with Steiger as a big-game hunter who returns home…
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