. >> patty duke played helen keller in the miracle worker opposite ann bancroft as anne sullivan. years later, oscar night memories never faded. >> joan crawford told me i was wonderful! gregory peck! i met gregory peck! all of it was truly a wonderland. >> with the awe came plenty of adversity. her father was an alcoholic, her mother a manic depressive. duke herself struggled with bipolar disorder, a battle which hollywood turned into a sitcom classic. ♪ they're cousins, identical cousins all the way ♪ >> the patty duke show made her a t.v. star, playing cousins. duke, who was married three times, including to the addams family's john astin, went public with her illness in 1982. from 1985 to 1988, she served as president of the screen actors guild, an actress, and advocate, when she was asked how she would like to be remembered she said. >> i'm proud that when i get a job, i'm going to give you have paid for and maybe even more. >> her son shared a picture of himself as a baby in the arms of his famous mother, patty duke, the caption, i love you mom. erica pitzi, al jazeera. >>>