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Patty Duke

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born

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

gender

female

website

http://www.officialpattyduke.com/

genre

Biographies & Memoirs

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Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is 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 .

She was later elected president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.

Duke was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1982; since then she has devoted much of her time to advocating and educating the public on mental health issues.

In 1996, Patty Duke was ranked #40 in TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.

Duke is currently resid...more

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Books by Patty Duke

Average rating: 3.76 · 990 ratings · 69 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke by Patty Duke, Kenneth Turan 3.79 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness by Patty Duke, Gloria Hochman, Mary Lou Pinckert (Foreword by) 3.70 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:
	I'm Walking as Straight as I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond by Geri Jewell, Ted Nichelson, Patty Duke (Foreword) 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	To Love This Life, Quotations by Helen Keller by Helen Keller, Patty Duke 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Patty Duke

“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”
― Patty Duke

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