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The acclaimed star of \u201cThe Miracle Worker\u201d and \u201cValley of the Dolls\u201d died today at 69. She had an extraordinary career and a tortured life\u2014but this Irish-German girl from Queens had deep Catholic roots. She spoke about it with St. Anthony Messenger<\/a><\/strong> a couple years back:<\/p>\n

One of the most popular teen stars on television, now the proud grandmother of six, Oscar winner Patty Duke, 68, is enjoying her sixth decade as a professional actor. Happily ensconced in the northern Idaho home she shares with her husband of 29 years, Michael Pearce, she is grateful for both her past successes and her present joys.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been richly blessed,\u201d she says softly. \u201cWhen I pray, I never ask for material things. I offer only prayers of gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the time she entered first grade at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary School in New York City, Anna Marie Duke (she prefers to use her baptismal name) had already caught the attention of several talent scouts. By the time she made her first Communion, she was well on her way as a child star, having appeared in commercials and on television, sharing the bill with the likes of David Niven, Richard Burton, and Sir Laurence Olivier.<\/p>\n

As a child, though, acting remained the furthest thing from her mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than anything else, I wanted to be a nun,\u201d Anna reveals. \u201cMy friends and I would play \u2018nun\u2019 all the time. We would wrap a piece of loose-leaf paper around our forehead and neck, put a dark scarf around our head, and we would play school, taking turns being the teacher or the mother superior.\u201d Given what lay ahead for young Anna Marie, she could have used a cloister of nuns praying around the clock for her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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