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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Pictured is actress Patty Duke, holding the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie 'The Miracle Worker', in which she played the role of Helen Keller. The movie was nominated for five Academy Awards and won 2 (Anne Bancroft won for Best Actress). The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Photograph dated April 9, 1963.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Duke, Patty,--1946-2016 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Miracle worker (Motion picture) Academy Awards (Motion pictures) Actresses--Awards--United States Award presentations--California--Santa Monica Award winners--California--Santa Monica Awards--California--Santa Monica Women--California--Santa Monica Actresses--United States Santa Monica (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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