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Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:51 pm
by WildBill
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016) was an American actress of stage, film and television.
She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role
as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, which she had originated on Broadway. Later she had the lead in the eponymous
sitcom The Patty Duke Show. Duke progressed to more mature roles such as in the film Valley of the Dolls (1967) playing
Neely O'Hara. She served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988, four years after her Patty Duke
Show co-star William Schallert held the same office.
RIP Patty.
Patty Duke, the teen who won an Oscar for The Miracle Worker and later played "identical cousins" in her own TV sitcom, has died. She was 69.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movi ... /82382666/
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:57 pm
by joe817
RIP Patty.
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:23 pm
by Dadtodabone
Dang.
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:12 pm
by WildBill
Dadtodabone wrote:Dang.
A very talented actress.
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:02 pm
by philip964
Loved that flip hair style.
This has not been a good year for stars.
RIP
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:22 pm
by Oldgringo
Hmmm?
That's the same age (69) that both Mrs. Oldgringo's and my mother died. That is 5 years younger than Mrs. Oldgringo and I are today. It's later than you think, us all better be tightenin' up/gittin' right a bit, eh boys?
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:38 pm
by joe817
Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm? That's the same age (69) that both Mrs. Oldgringo's and my mother died. That is 5 years younger than Mrs. Oldgringo and I are today. It's later than you think, us all better be tightenin' up/gittin' right a bit, eh boys?
Closer than you think O.G. I'm a year & a half younger than she, so I think about it often.
But I do remember when I first saw her on screen in
The Parent Trap. I immediately had a crush on her. A great actress. God Bless her.
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:49 pm
by RoyGBiv
Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm?
That's the same age (69) that both Mrs. Oldgringo's and my mother died. That is 5 years younger than Mrs. Oldgringo and I are today. It's later than you think, us all better be tightenin' up/gittin' right a bit, eh boys?
If I said "I feel ya brah", would that buy me a few extra years?
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:53 pm
by WildBill
joe817 wrote:Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm? That's the same age (69) that both Mrs. Oldgringo's and my mother died. That is 5 years younger than Mrs. Oldgringo and I are today. It's later than you think, us all better be tightenin' up/gittin' right a bit, eh boys?
Closer than you think O.G. I'm a year & a half younger than she, so I think about it often.
But I do remember when I first saw her on screen in
The Parent Trap. I immediately had a crush on her. A great actress. God Bless her.
They say that the mind is the second thing to go.
Sorry joe817, but it was Haley Mills in "Parent Trap", not Patty Duke.
Re: Actress Patty Duke Dies at Age 69
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:01 pm
by joe817
WildBill wrote:joe817 wrote:Oldgringo wrote:Hmmm? That's the same age (69) that both Mrs. Oldgringo's and my mother died. That is 5 years younger than Mrs. Oldgringo and I are today. It's later than you think, us all better be tightenin' up/gittin' right a bit, eh boys?
Closer than you think O.G. I'm a year & a half younger than she, so I think about it often.
But I do remember when I first saw her on screen in
The Parent Trap. I immediately had a crush on her. A great actress. God Bless her.
They say that the mind is the second thing to go.
Sorry joe817, but it was Haley Mills in "Parent Trap", not Patty Duke.
DOH!
I knew that! See what old age does to you!
Nevertheless, I did have a crush on her.
