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Patty Duke


Born
in New York City, The United States
December 14, 1946

Died
March 29, 2016

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Biographies & Memoirs


Anna Marie "Patty" Duke was an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for the role of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, and later starring in her self-titled sitcom, The Patty Duke Show for three years. She progressed to more adult roles such as Neely O'Hara in the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls . Duke was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1982; afterwards she then devoted much of her time to advocating and educating the public on mental health issues. She was later elected president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.Duke died on the morning of March 29, 2016, at the age of 69, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, of sepsis fr ...more

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“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
― Patty Duke
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“Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.”
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