Patty Duke To Direct ‘Miracle Worker’

Item: Patty Duke directs the show that made her famous /Jim Kershner, SR.

More Info: The 14-year-old Patty Duke was inconsolable on the day in 1961 when she filmed the final scene of “The Miracle Worker.” “I was heartbroken, absolutely heartbroken,” says Duke, 50 years later. “In fact, I’ll tell you a little secret. There is a shot of my face when a chick is being born in my hand. My face and eyes are puffy and red because I had been sobbing for hours.” “The Miracle Worker” had been Duke’s life ever since she was 12, when the smash Broadway play opened in 1959. Her co-stars, especially the great Anne Bancroft, had been her family for years.

Question: What does it mean for the Coeur d’Alene area to have an actress of Patty Duke’s caliber living here?