Duke, Patty, 1946-2016
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Patty Duke (b. December 14, 1946, New York, NY–d. March 29, 2016, Coeur d'Alene, ID) was an American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), a role which she had originated on Broadway. The following year she was given her own show, The Patty Duke Show, in which she portrayed "identical cousins".
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| referencedIn | Savings Bonds Public Service Announcements | United States. National Archives and Records Administration | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 31 | ||
| creatorOf | Herndon, Booton. Papers of Booton Herndon, 1939-1986. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Ben Shaktman Papers, 1949-2009 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
| referencedIn | Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966, 1924-1966 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. |
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| associatedWith | Herndon, Booton. | person |
| associatedWith | Morehouse, Ward, 1898-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | Shaktman, Ben, 1937- | person |
| associatedWith | Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 | person |
| associatedWith | Unger, Arthur | person |
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| Queens | NY | US | |
| New York | NY | US | |
| Coeur d'Alene | ID | US |
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Birth 1946-12-14
Death 2016-03-29
Americans
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