Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 - March 29, 2016)[1] was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She guest starred as Jan on the fourth season of Glee.
Personal life[]
Duke was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York to John P. Duke (deceased) and Frances McMahon (deceased).[2][3] She has two older siblings, Carol and Raymond.[4] John and Ethel Ross, her managers, had Duke change her name from Anna Marie to Patty, and controlled "everything from what I wore to when I slept to what I ate."[3] She would move in with the Rosses with her mother's permission, but at age seventeen she would move to Los Angeles, Calfornia; after they tried to quash the romance between Duke and Harry Falk by moving her sitcom to LA.[3] While living with the Rosses they would curtailed their protégée's visits with her mother and close friends and even tried to fondle her in bed on two occasions.[3]
Duke was married to Falk, but they divorced in 1967.[3] Duke had an affair with a then seventeen year old, Desi Arnaz, Jr., from early to spring 1970.[3] She then began to date John Astin and also around the same time, developed an intimate relationship with Michael Tell. Duke learned she was pregnant in June 1970 and was unsure of whether the father was Arnaz[5] or Astin[3]. She married Tell, but that marriage only lasted for thirteen days before an annulment in early July 1970.[3] Duke was married to John Astin for thirteen years before a 1985 divorce[3], during their marriage Duke took the professional name Patty Duke Astin. She had been married to Michael Pearce from 1986[3] till her death in 2016.
Duke has three children, Sean Astin (b. 1971, whose father is actually Tell)[6], Mackenzie Astin (b. 1973, with Astin) and Kevin Pearce (b. 1988, with Pearce, adopted).[3] She became a stepmother to Pearce's two daughters, Raelene and Charlene; sadly Raelene died at the age of 22.[3]
Duke was diagnosed with manic depression in 1982.[3]
Career[]
First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely O'Hara, in Valley of the Dolls. From 1985 to 1988, Duke was president of the Screen Actors Guild.
On Glee, she portrays a jewelry saleswoman named Jan and is in a relationship with Meredith Baxter's character, Liz, in the final episode of Season Four, All or Nothing.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Gina/Angelina Rico/Marianne Doona | 1956 - 59 (6 episodes) |
| 1957 | Kraft Theatre | Roberta/Betty | 1957 - 58 (4 episodes) |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Young Cathy | 1957 - 58 (The Prince and the Pauper and Wuthering Heights) | |
| 1958 | Swiss Family Robinson | Lynda | TV Movie |
| The Goddess | Emily Ann Faulkner, age 8 | ||
| Country Music Holiday | 'Sis' Brand | ||
| Kitty Foyle | Molly Scharf as a girl | ||
| Rendezvous | (Bang Bang, You're Dead) | ||
| The Brighter Day | Ellen Williams Dennis #1 | 1958 - 59 | |
| The United States Steel Hour | Kathy/Penelope/Robin Kent | 1958 - 59/62 (6 episodes) | |
| 1959 | Once Upon a Christmas Time | Lori | TV Movie |
| Happy Anniversary | Debbie Walters | ||
| 4D Man | Marjorie Sutherland | ||
| Meet Me in St. Louis | 'Tootie' Smith | TV Movie | |
| 1961 | The Power and the Glory | Coral | TV Movie |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Janie Wahl | (Mrs McBroom and the Cloud Watcher) |
| The Miracle Worker | Helen Keller | ||
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show | Patty Lane/Cathy Lane | 1963 - 66 (105 episodes) |
| Best of Patty Duke | Patty Lane/Cathy Lane | TV Movie | |
| Wide Country | Cindy Hopkins | (To Cindy, with Love) | |
| 1965 | Billie | Billie Carol | |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | Thumbelina | voice |
| 1967 | Valley of the Dolls | Neely O'Hara | |
| The Virginian | Sue Ann McRae | (Sue Ann) | |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Natalie Miller | |
| Journey to the Unknown | Barbara King | (The Last Visitor) | |
| 1970 | Matt Lincoln | Sheila | (Sheila) |
| My Sweet Charlie | Marlene Chambers | TV Movie | |
| The Cliff | Sheila | TV Movie | |
| 1971 | Birdbath | Velma Sparrow | TV short |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Eileen Phillips | TV Movie | |
| Night Gallery | Holly Schaeffer | (segment "The Diary") | |
| Two on a Bench | Macy Kramer | TV Movie | |
| 1972 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Lois | (Love Child) |
| The Sixth Sense | Elizabeth | (With Affection, Jack the Ripper) | |
| You'll Like My Mother | Francesca Kinsolving | ||
| Deadly Harvest | Jenny | TV Movie | |
| She Waits | Laura Wilson | TV Movie | |
| 1973 | Circle of Fear | Linda Colby | as Patty Duke Astin (Graveyard Shift) |
| Hawaii Five-O | Toni | (Thanks for the Honeymoon) | |
| 1974 | Insight | Various | 1974 - 83 (6 episodes) |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Melanie Kline | as Patty Duke Astin (Miss Kline, We Love You) | |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Adelaide | (Hard Day at Blue Nose) | |
| Nightmare | Jan Richards | TV Movie | |
| 1975 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Kate Gannard | as Patty Duke Astin (Unindicted Wife) |
| Police Woman | Larue Collins | as Patty Duke Astin (Nothing Left to Lose) | |
| Police Story | Daniele | as Patty Duke Astin (Sniper) | |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Bernadette Hennessey Armagh | as Patty Duke Astin (6 episodes) |
| Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Rosemary Woodhouse | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Susan Rosen | as Patty Duke Astin (The Thrill Killers: Part 1 and Part 2) | |
| Phillip and Barbara | Barbara Logan | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| 1977 | The Storyteller | Sue Davidoff | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie |
| Killer on Board | Norma Walsh | TV Movie | |
| Curse of the Black Widow | Laura Lockwood | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| Rosetti and Ryan | Sylvia Crawford | as Patty Duke Astin (Men Who Love Women) | |
| Fire! | Dr. Peggy Wilson | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| The Love Boat | Lilly Mackim/Shirlee Warner | as Patty Duke Astin; 1977 - 78/84 (3 episodes) | |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Rita | as Patty Duke Astin |
| A Family Upside Down | Wendy | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | TV Movie | |
| 1979 | The Miracle Worker | Anne Sullivan | TV Movie |
| Before and After | Carole Matthews | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| Hanging by a Thread | Sue Grainger | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| Women in White | Cathy Payson | TV Movie | |
| 1980 | The Babysitter | Liz Benedict | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie |
| Mom, the Wolfman and Me | Deborah Bergman | ||
| The Women's Room | Lily | TV Movie | |
| 1981 | Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Barbara Reynolds | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie |
| The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Sarah McDavid | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| The Girl on the Edge of Town | Martha | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | Molly Quinn | as Patty Duke Astin; 1982 - 83 (22 episodes) |
| Something So Right | Jeanne Bosnick | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| By Design | Helen | as Patty Duke Astin | |
| 1983 | September Gun | Sister Dulcina | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie |
| 1984 | George Washington | Martha Washington | as Patty Duke Astin (Episodes #1.1 - #1.3) |
| Best Kept Secrets | Laura Dietz | as Patty Duke Astin; TV Movie | |
| 1985 | Hail to the Chief | President Julia Mansfield | (7 episodes) |
| Hotel | Gayla Erikson | as Patty Duke Astin (New Beginnings) | |
| Gifts of Greatness | Amy Lowell | ||
| 1986 | Willy/Milly | Doris Niceman | |
| George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Martha Washington | TV Movie | |
| A Time to Triumph | Concetta Hassan | TV Movie | |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | Verna Mckidden | (Pilot) |
| Fight for Life | Shirley Abrams | TV Movie | |
| It's a Living | Patty Duke | (The Evictables) | |
| Karen's Song | Karen Matthews | (13 episodes) | |
| 1988 | Fatal Judgement | Anne Capute | TV Movie |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace | Althea Sloan | TV Movie | |
| 1989 | The Hitch-Hikers | ||
| Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Carolyn Henry | TV Movie | |
| Amityville: The Evil Escapes | Nancy Evans | TV Movie | |
| 1990 | Always Remember I Love You | Ruth Monroe | TV Movie |
| Call Me Anna | Anna Marie Duke | TV Movie | |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Lady Morgana | voice (The Trust Betrayed, The Awakening & The Dawn of Darkness) |
| The Torkelsons (TV Series) | Catharine Jeffers | (Return to Sender) | |
| Absolute Strangers | Judge Ray | TV Movie | |
| 1992 | A Killer Among Friends | Jean Monroe | TV Movie |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Mrs. Boyle | TV Movie | |
| Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | Jean Williams | TV Movie | |
| Last Wish | Betty Rollin | TV Movie | |
| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | Mary Brown | TV Movie |
| No Child of Mine | Lucille Jenkins | TV Movie | |
| Family of Strangers | Beth Thompson | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | Cries from the Heart | Terry | TV Movie |
| One Woman's Courage | Grace McKenna | TV Movie | |
| 1995 | When the Vows Break | Barbara Parker | TV Movie |
| Amazing Grace | Hannah Miller | (5 episodes) | |
| 1996 | To Face Her Past | Beth Bradfield | TV Movie |
| Harvest of Fire | Annie Beiler | TV Movie | |
| Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Natalie Porter | TV Movie | |
| 1997 | A Christmas Memory | Sook | TV Movie |
| Frasier | Alice | voice (Death and the Dog) | |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Jean/Nancy Williams | (I Do and I Will Walk with You: Part 1 & Part 2) |
| When He Didn't Come Home | Faye Dolan | TV Movie | |
| 1999 | A Season for Miracles | Angel | TV Movie |
| Kimberly | Dr. Feinstenberger | ||
| The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights | Patty Lane/Cathy Lane MacAllister | TV Movie | |
| 2000 | Love Lessons | Sunny Andrews | TV Movoe |
| Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story | Anne Kincaid | TV Movie | |
| 2001 | First Years | Evelyn Harrison | (There's No Place Like Homo) |
| Family Law | Judge Sylvia Formenti | (Liar's Club: Part 2) | |
| 2002 | Little John | Sylvia | TV Movie |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Esther | short |
| 2004 | Murder Without Conviction | Mother Joseph | TV Movie |
| Judging Amy | Valerie Bing | (Disposable) | |
| 2005 | Bigger Than the Sky | Mrs. Keene/Earlene | |
| Take Me Home: A Child's Experience of Internment | Narrator | short | |
| 2006 | Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door | Bridget Connolly | TV Movie |
| 2008 | The Four Children of Tander Welch | Susan Metler | |
| 2009 | Throwing Stones | Patti Thom | TV Movie |
| Love Finds a Home | Mary | TV Movie | |
| 2010 | Unanswered Prayers | Irene | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Sylvia Spencer | (Mea Makamae) |
| The Protector | Beverly | (Wings and Blood) | |
| 2012 | Amazing Love | Helen | |
| Drop Dead Diva | Rita Curtis | (Freak Show) | |
| 2013 | Glee | Jan | (All or Nothing) |
| 2015 | Liv and Maddie | Grandma Janice/Great-Aunt Hillary | (Grandma-a-Rooney) |
| 2016 | Power of the Air | Charlene Summers | post-production |
Gallery[]
External links[]
Patty Duke at the Internet Movie Database
id Patty Duke on Twitter
References[]
- ↑ Patty Duke Dead: 'Miracle Worker' Star Was 69
- ↑ Patty Duke Biography
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Duke of Hazards March 1999.
- ↑ Patty Bio
- ↑ Duke, Patty; Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke. p. 234. 1987.
- ↑ 'I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend all my life'