Mental Illness, Family Drama and Oscars: Patty Duke’s Life Story Will Break Your Heart & Inspire You At The Same Time
Trying to be an adult
Patty continued to take prescription drugs that did not help with her condition. She had to be hospitalized in more than one occasion due to pill overdoses. She had difficulty being alone and the separation from Harry only drove her to more feelings of despair. In 1969, she won a Golden Globe for the movie Me, Natalie, where her co-star was a young Al Pacino. She also won an Emmy for My Sweet Charlie. The moment of her acceptance speech was one of the first times her inner turmoil was shown to the world, as she gave an incoherent speech.
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