Patty duke biography book

  • A harrowing, ultimately triumphant story told by Patty Duke herself--wife, mother, political activist, President of the Screen Actors Guild, and at last, a.
  • The Star: The public saw her as a gifted child  star: the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role  as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and the  youngest actor to have a prime-time television series  bearing her own name.
  • A memoir reveals Patty Duke's traumatic and bizarre upbringing, her Academy Award-winning acting career, her headline-making behavior with drugs, drinking.

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    Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke

    The Star--The public saw her as a begåvad child  star: the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role  as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and the  youngest actor to have a prime-time television series  bearing her own name.

    The Nightmare--What the  public did not see was Anna Marie Duke, a young girl  whose life changed forever at age sju when  tyrannical mangers stripped her of nearly all that was  familiar, beginning with her name. She was deprived  of family and friends. Her every word was  programmed, her every action monitored and criticized. She  was fed liquor and prescription drugs, taught to  lie to get work, and relentlessly drilled to win  roles.

    The Legend--Out of this mardröm emerged  Patty Duke, a show business legend still searching  for the child, Anna. She won three Emmy Awards and  divorced three husbands. A starring role in  Valley of the Dolls nearly ruinerad her  career. She was notorious for wild s

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    Patty Duke

    American actress (–)

    Patty Duke

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    Born

    Anna Marie Duke


    ()December 14,

    New York City, U.S.

    DiedMarch 29, () (aged&#;69)

    Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.

    Resting placeForest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
    Other&#;names
    • Patty Duke Astin
    • Anna Duke-Pearce
    OccupationActress
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    Children3, including Sean and Mackenzie Astin
    In office
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    Preceded byEd Asner
    Succeeded byBarry Gordon

    Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, [1] – March 29, ) was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star

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    Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke

    April 10,
    "The youngest person to win an Academy Award - for her performance as Helen Keller in 'The Miracle Worker' - and winner also of three Emmys for outstanding dramatic appearances on television, Patty Duke is one of the most honored stars in America, a woman so respected by her fellow actors, she has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. With such unanimous public and professional recognition of her talent, Patty Duke would appear to represent the ultimate American success story.

    But appearances, as Anna Marie reveals, are deceiving. For Anna Marie Duke is her real name; "Patty" was the stage name assigned to her by John and Ethel Ross, the managers who shaped her career as a child star and who, as she reveals in this deeply personal autobiography, made her life a living hell. Patty Duke spent most of her childhood and teenage years in the public eye, yet even her most devoted fans had no idea of the life she was
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