Patty Duke, Academy Award winning actress, past President of the Screen Actors Guild, and best selling author, has been delighting and challenging audiences for more than 40 years with her work in movies and on television. Her Oscar-winning portrayal of blind, mute and deaf Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" launched Patty as one of America's finest young talents. Still a teenager, she went on to enjoy success in "The Patty Duke Show" before establishing herself as one of televisions most versatile and beloved actresses. Her career has brought her to Broadway, Feature Films, Television Series and Cartoons. Seventy-two television movies have afforded her a wide variety of roles. Neely O'Hara of "Valley of the Dolls", Martha Washington in "George Washington", Mother of the Bride in "Prelude to a Kiss". Helen is the controversial lesbian comedy, "By Design" and Anne Sullivan in the 1980's remake of "The Miracle Worker" to cite a few. Patty has received much recognition from her peers - An Oscar, two Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards and six Emmy Nominations and a People's Choice Award. Community service awards have honored her commitment to many social issues. Since the publication of her autobiography, "Call Me Anna" and her second book "A Brilliant Madness", Patty spends a great deal of time and travel speaking on the topic of mental illness. At the moment only two of her children have joined her in the family business. Sean Astin, well known as "Rudy" and Sam in "Lord of the Rings". His Brother, Mackenzie Astin (Iron Will fame) has just completed a series "1st Years". Both play a great game of "All Star Baseball". At this writing, Patty continues to jump from Television to Film to Commercials to Cartoons and the Theatre. Patty is in her element as her career heads into its Fiftieth year. She finds it just as adventurous as it was when she was seven! Titles Overcoming Obstacles A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness Call Me Anna Advocating for Those With Challenges Mental Health Aging Women’s Leadership Balancing Work, Health, and Family Women's Mental Health My Life Story in Theater and Film Topics Women, Celebrity, Family, Health, Medical, Relationships, Psychology Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State WA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.