15 facts you didn’t know about the Helen Keller movie, “The Miracle Worker” The 1962 film starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke became the stuff of legend for their bold, combative roles ...

Patty Duke’s Oscar nominated performance in 1962’s “ The Miracle Worker” wasn’t the first movie about a disabled person I saw, but it was the most ubiquitous.

The classic three-act stage drama, written by William Gibson in 1957 as a teleplay, uses Keller’s autobiography as the basis for the story. Barth, who also serves as executive director ...