Patty Duke
Patty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman. She is of Irish, and one eighth German, descent. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her brother Ray Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross. Soon after, Anna Marie became Patty, the actress. Patty started off in commercials, a few movies and some bit parts. Her first big, memorable role came when she was chosen to portray the blind and deaf Helen Keller in the Broadway version of "The Miracle Worker". The play lasted almost two years, from October 19, 1959-July 1, 1961 (Patty left in May, 1961). In 1962, The Miracle Worker (1962) became a movie and Patty won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. She was 16 years old, making her the youngest person ever to win an Oscar. She then starred in her own sitcom titled The Patty Duke Show (1963). It lasted for three seasons, and Patty was nominated for an Emmy. In 1965, she starred in the movie Billie (1965). It was a success and was the first movie ever sold to a television network. That same year, she married director Harry Falk. Their marriage lasted four years. She then starred in Valley of the Dolls (1967), which was a financial but not a critical success. In 1969, she secured a part in an independent film called Me, Natalie (1969). The film was a box-office flop, but she won her second Golden Globe Award for her performance in it. In the early 1970s, she became a mother to actors Sean Astin (with writer Michael Tell) and Mackenzie Astin (with actor John Astin). In 1976, she won her second Emmy award for the highly successful mini-series, Captains and the Kings (1976). Other successful TV films followed. She received two Emmy nominations in 1978 for A Family Upside Down (1978) and Having Babies III (1978). She then won her third Emmy in the 1979 TV movie version of The Miracle Worker (1979), this time portraying "Annie Sullivan". In 1982, she was diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. In 1984, she became President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). In 1986, she married Michael Pierce, a drill sergeant whom she met while preparing for a role in the TV movie, A Time to Triumph (1986). In 1987, she wrote her autobiography, "Call Me Anna". In 1989, she and Mike adopted a baby, whom they named "Kevin". Her autobiography became a TV movie in 1990, with Patty playing herself, from her 30s onward. In 1992, she wrote her second book, "A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depression Illness". Anna Marie Duke had a long and successful career, winning three Emmys. She was a mother and a political advocate for issues such as the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), AIDS and nuclear disarmament, all despite having Manic-Depression. She died on March 29, 2016, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Patty had proved her strength as an actress and as a person.
Valley of the Dolls
as Neely O'HaraIn New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical...
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The Swarm
as RitaScientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost...
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The Miracle Worker
as Helen KellerThe true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen...
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Amityville: The Evil Escapes
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Love Finds A Home
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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
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Me, Natalie
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A Season for Miracles
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4D Man
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Amazing Love
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Fight for Life
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A Killer Among Friends
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Little John
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
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The Miracle Worker
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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
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The Goddess
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Last Wish
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The Power and the Glory
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Curse of the Black Widow
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The Daydreamer
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Meet Me in St. Louis
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I Love Liberty
as SelfAn all-star variety special saluting America.
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The Babysitter
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Love Lessons
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Murder Without Conviction
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
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Family of Strangers
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Billie
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Hanging by a Thread
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Unanswered Prayers
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Fire!
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Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
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Wuthering Heights
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Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
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Before and After
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
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Mom, the Wolfman and Me
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A Christmas Memory
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Absolute Strangers
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The Women's Room
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September Gun
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Bigger Than the Sky
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Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
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You'll Like My Mother
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Willy/Milly
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By Design
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When the Vows Break
as Barbara ParkerPatty Duke plays a divorced woman who goes to law school to defend herself in court after a...
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Something So Right
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Kimberly
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She Waits
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Having Babies III
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The Storyteller
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If Tomorrow Comes
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Deadly Harvest
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Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
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Always Remember I Love You
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Hard Day at Blue Nose
as AdelaideBackwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.
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Killer on Board
as Norma WalshThe passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off...
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To Face Her Past
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The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane MacAllisterOriginal castmembers from the 60's series reunite as Patty fights to stop her longtime nemesis...
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Inside 'the Swarm'
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Cries from the Heart
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Nightmare
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Happy Anniversary
as Debbie WaltersAn accidental slip reveals that a happily married couple were intimate before marriage.
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Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
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My Sweet Charlie
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Two on a Bench
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One Woman's Courage
as Grace McKennaBecause Grace's husband Craig is having an affair she starts drinking. One night Grace witnesses...
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When He Didn't Come Home
as Faye DolanA mother (Patty Duke) goes to Chicago to try to find her son (Robert Floyd) who has suddenly...
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No Child of Mine
as Lucille JenkinsA woman attempts to stop her daughter signing away her down syndrome grandson for adoption....
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Power of the Air
as Charlene SummersAn African Missionary shares with a Christian man in the United States how he feels the church...
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Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
as IntervieweeThe maiden cruise of the ocean liner Italia travels from Italy to California for the premiere of...
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Call Me Anna
as Anna Marie Duke/ Patty DukePatty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star...
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Harvest of Fire
as Annie BeilerIn a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally...
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A Time to Triumph
as uncreditedConstruction worker, Chuck Hassan, has a heart attack and is no longer able to work and support...
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Best Kept Secrets
as Laura DietzBlaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic...
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The Girl on the Edge of Town
as MarthaPatty Duke Astin received an Emmy nomination for her role as a mother whose teenage daughter...
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Journey to the Unknown
as Barbara KingTV Movie consisting of two episodes of the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown" (1968):...
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A Family Upside Down
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Birdbath
as Velma SparrowDuring the course of one night, two strangers, a lonely waif and a prodigal poet, form an...
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Hitch-Hikers
as uncreditedIn 1930s Mississippi, a traveling salesman picks up two hitch-hikers.
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Hawaii Five-0
as uncreditedSteve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Mike Douglas Show
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Hawaii Five-O
as ToniHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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The Love Boat
as Shirlee WarnerPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Love Boat
as Lilly MackimPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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Drop Dead Diva
as uncreditedA shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a...
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Touched by an Angel
as Nancy WilliamsMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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Touched by an Angel
as JeanMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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Frasier
as Alice (voice)After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...
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Liv and Maddie
as Grandma JaniceThe exploits of identical twins Liv, a former television star back home in Wisconsin and in the...
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Liv and Maddie
as Great Aunt HilaryThe exploits of identical twins Liv, a former television star back home in Wisconsin and in the...
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Judging Amy
as Valerie BingJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...
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Night Gallery
as uncreditedRod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Streets of San Francisco
as uncreditedTwo police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...
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Ghost Story
as Linda ColbyGhost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...
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The Patty Duke Show
as Patty Lane / Cathy LaneThe Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27,...
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Glee
as JanIn this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own...
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The Sixth Sense
as uncreditedThe Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
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The Virginian
as Sue Ann McRaeThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...
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J.J. Starbuck
as uncreditedJ.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Tony Awards
as Self - Awards CustodianThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...
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Intimate Portrait
as SelfIntimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...
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Journey to the Unknown
as Barbara KingA British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and...
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Captains and the Kings
as Bernadette Hennessey ArmaghRags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.
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Ben Casey
as uncreditedBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...
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Police Woman
as uncreditedSergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as AngelHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as SylviaHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Family Law
as uncreditedFamily attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...
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Hail to the Chief
as President Julia MansfieldHail to the Chief is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from April 9, 1985 until May 21, 1985....
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Women in White
as Cathy PaysonSoap opera set in a big-city hospital where dedication and professionalism vie with jealousy,...
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Shindig!
as Self - SingerShindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to...
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The Torkelsons
as Catharine JeffersMillicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and...
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Police Story
as uncreditedPolice Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...
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George Washington
as Martha WashingtonThis 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United...
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Entertainment Tonight
as SelfDaily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access...
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First Years
as uncreditedFive first-year law graduates live together in San Francisco as they try to get both their lives...
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The Perry Como Show
as uncreditedThe Perry Como Show was a musical-comedy variety program hosted by Perry Como.
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A Matter of Justice
as uncreditedTrue story about the mother of a murder victim seeking to bring her son's widow to justice and...
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Backstory
as Herself - IntervieweeA provocative and in-depth look at the making of a classic movie, providing viewers with great...
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