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Patty Duke (1946-2016) was an Oscar® winning American actress. Patty Duke won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for 1962’s The Miracle Worker. Her IMDb page shows 139 acting credits from 1958 to 2018. This page will rank Patty Duke movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Patty Duke Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1962 | The Miracle Worker (1962) AA Best Supp Actress Win |
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| 1967 | Valley of the Dolls (1967) |  |
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| 1959 | Happy Anniversary (1959) |  |
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| 1969 | Me, Natalie (1969) | |
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| 1958 | The Goddess (1958) |  |
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| 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss (1992) | |
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| 1965 | Billie (1965) |  |
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| 2018 | Power of the Air (2018) | |
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| 1959 | 4D Man (1959) |  |
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| 1966 | The Daydreamer (1966) | |
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| 1999 | Kimberly (1999) Limited Release |
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| 1981 | By Design (1981) | |
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| 1958 | Country Music Holiday (1958) |  |
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| 1986 | Willy/Milly (1986) |  |
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| 1978 | The Swarm (1978) | |
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| 2005 | Bigger Than the Sky (2005) |  |
Patty Duke Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Patty Duke movies by her co-stars
- Sort Patty Duke movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Patty Duke movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Patty Duke movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Patty Duke movie received.
- Sort Patty Duke movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Miracle Worker (1962) AA Best Supp Actress Win |
Anne Bancroft | 7.10 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 37 | 86 | 05 / 02 | 92.8 | |
| 2 | Valley of the Dolls (1967) | Susan Hayward & Bad_Blockbusters |
50.00 | 445.5 | 445.50 | 6 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 3 | Happy Anniversary (1959) | David Niven & Mitzi Gaynor |
5.10 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 48 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 4 | Me, Natalie (1969) | Al Pacino | 5.40 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 50 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 5 | The Goddess (1958) | Lloyd Bridges | 0.90 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 143 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 62.9 | |
| 6 | Prelude to a Kiss (1992) | Meg Ryan & Alec Baldwin |
20.00 | 52.0 | 59.00 | 66 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 7 | Billie (1965) | Jane Greer | 4.10 | 42.8 | 42.80 | 66 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 8 | Power of the Air (2018) | Michael Gross | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 493 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | |
| 9 | 4D Man (1959) | Robert Lansing | 0.10 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 174 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | |
| 10 | The Daydreamer (1966) | Hayley Mills & Tallulah Bankhead |
0.40 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 142 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 12 | Kimberly (1999) Limited Release |
Sean Astin | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 306 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.2 | |
| 11 | By Design (1981) | Saul Rubinek | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 184 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.9 | |
| 13 | Country Music Holiday (1958) | Zsa Zsa Gabor | 0.40 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 167 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 14 | Willy/Milly (1986) | Pamela Adnon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 252 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.4 | |
| 15 | The Swarm (1978) | Michael Caine & Henry Fonda |
17.10 | 78.8 | 78.80 | 41 | 25 | 01 / 00 | 13.2 | |
| 16 | Bigger Than the Sky (2005) | John Corbett | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 423 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.3 |
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Bruce of course gives Prelude to a Kiss 58% rating and not 56% as stated in my earlier post though as the Duke said in Rio Bravo “I sure wouldn’t like to live on the difference.”
Anyway apologies WH for the initial error.
I have seen Patty in just 3 movies: Valley of the Dolls/The Miracle Worker/Prelude to a Kiss. To be honest I don’t remember her in them and I recall those films for mostly Susan Hayward’s ‘come-down’ supporting role in Dolls/ “Mrs Robinson” Bancroft’s powerhouse performance in Worker; and Prelude because somebody did a Brando imitation in it.
The latter was an awful film as Bruce’s 56% rating above suggests but I think The Work Horse should consider crediting its box office figure to Marlon’s grosses: the ‘Brando scene’ lasted a few seconds longer than Willis’ split outing.
However I have seen Patty in many TV movies and the one that I most remember is 1993’s A Matter of Justice co-starring Marty Sheen as Patty’s husband.
Patty’s TV career in fact dwarfed her big screen one and Wikipedia gives details of around 100 television productions that she appeared in stretching across 60 years from 1958 until 2015 inclusive.
Her TV roles include (1) the perennial precocious ‘Tootie’ Smith [played by famous child star Margaret O’Brien Judy’s 1944 film] and Patty played Tootie in the 1959 TV movie Meet Me in St Louis (2) and -wait for it! – the role of Sue Ann McRae in the 1967 episode of the western series The Virginian.
It will be seen that I have made myself an Honorary Virginian as I have on this site drawn the attention to the appearance of so many actors in that series [Stew Granger recently in fact]. I had hoped that some generous local would have submitted the nomination on my behalf but as that hasn’t happened I have had to take matters into my own hands.
IMDB credits Patty with 13 acting awards and 14 noms overall. Although she sadly died in 2016 Celeb Net Worth updated the net value of her estate just last month and assesses it at $10 million. She also had a very successful musical career with 2 Top 40 hits in 1965. Anyway “Voted Up!” for the hour of TV pleasure that Patty’s work has given me.
I was surprised to find out that the Patty Duke Show was filmed in NYC. The 60’s seemed to have every show filmed on the backlots of L.A. Outside of Naked City, N.Y.P.D., Car 54, Where are You and I believe Kraft Music Hall, all was Boss Angeles (old 93 KHJ jingle). Patty had to stay in NYC because of child labor laws.
I have only seen 8 of Patty’s films, the highest ranked one I haven’t seen is “Me, Natalie”.
Funny Patty’s the Oscar winner and she’s never been on the Oracle list but son Sean has.
These are the limited actors on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 she has appeared with.
4 MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
52 NED BEATTY Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
98 DAVID NIVEN Happy Anniversary (1959)
126 HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
177 KATHY BATES Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
192 STANLEY TUCCI Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
200 MARTIN BALSAM Me, Natalie (1969)
226 ALEC BALDWIN Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
283 RICHARD DREYFUSS Valley of the Dolls (1967)
285 BOB BALABAN Me, Natalie (1969)
306 JOSE FERRER The Swarm (1978)
325 ANNE BANCROFT The Miracle Worker (1962)
372 LLOYD BRIDGES The Goddess (1958)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
427 SAUL RUBINEK By Design (1982)
430 AL PACINO Me, Natalie (1969)
502 RICHARD WIDMARK The Swarm (1978)
569 TERRY-THOMAS The Daydreamer (1966)
583 DAVID ARQUETTE BIGGER THAN THE SKY (2005)
626 BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
693 SETH GREEN WILLY/MILLY (1986)
717 SLIM PICKENS The Swarm (1978)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL The Swarm (1978)
871 JOHN GLOVER Willy/Milly (1986)
956 LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
956 LEE GRANT Valley of the Dolls (1967)
979 SEAN ASTIN BIGGER THAN THE SKY (2005)
979 SEAN ASTIN KIMBERLY (1999)
Patty appeared with 14 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Me, Natalie (1969)
ANNE BANCROFT The Miracle Worker (1962)
BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
BURL IVES The Daydreamer (1966)
DAVID NIVEN Happy Anniversary (1959)
HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
JOSE FERRER The Swarm (1978)
KATHY BATES Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
LEE GRANT Valley of the Dolls (1967)
MARTIN BALSAM Me, Natalie (1969)
MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The Swarm (1978)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Valley of the Dolls (1967)
SUSAN HAYWARD Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Hey Dan. Thanks for checking out our Patty Duke page and for including the Oracle & Oscar lists. Interesting information about her television show…..that show is how I came to originally know her. Good point about her son, having a spot on the Oracle list and not her. Tally count: 8 for you, 3 for me and 2 for Flora. I like any list that starts with Michael Caine..lol. Looks like her son shares Oracle honors with Lee Grant for most frequent Oracle co-star. I think the second list could be called The Swarm list…as it has almost half of the winners on the list. Good stuff as always.
I have seen only 2 Patty Duke movies -Valley of the Dolls and The Swarm. Neither are favourites.
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out our Patty Duke page. I have seen both of the movies you have seen plus I have seen The Miracle Worker. Tally count: Dan 8, me 3 and you 2. The Swarm is so bad it is actually a fun movie to watch. As always good stuff.