The Miracle Worker
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paul Aaron
Titos Vandis
Noniece Willams
James Lee Canady
Melissa Gilbert
Diana Muldaur
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Synopsis
Coming full circle, this television remake of the 1962 film tells once again about the relationship between young Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Patty Duke Astin, who won her Academy Award for playing Helen Keller in the earlier version, here is cast as Anne Sullivan and received an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Limited Series or Drama Special. The film itself won the Emmy as Outstanding Drama Special, and so did Larry Germain and Donna Barrett Gilbert for their hairstyles. Melissa Gilbert also received an Emmy nomination as Best Actress (in competition with Astin), and Ted Voigtlander got one for his cinematography.
"The Miracle Worker" originally was produced on TV and premiered on "Playhouse 90" in February 1957, with Teresa Wright and Patty McCormack in the leads. It next was presented on Broadway, beginning in October, 1959, with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke (later to become Patty Duke Astin) as the stars. They repeated their roles -- each winning an Oscar -- in the subsequent film version. All four productions were produced by Fred Coe, who died while this TV-movie adaptation was being filmed and to whom it was dedicated.
Director
Paul Aaron
Cast
Titos Vandis
Noniece Willams
James Lee Canady
Melissa Gilbert
Diana Muldaur
Anne Seymour
Patty Duke
Stanley Wells
Jonathan Gilbert
Charles Siebert
Byron Green
Hilda Haynes
Crew
Barbara Abeles
Edward P Ancona
Else Blangsted
Fred Coe
Marvin Coil
Maury Dexter
Sandy Dvore
Sandy Gallin
Larry Germain
William Gibson
William Gibson
Donna Gilbert
Billy Goldenberg
Ron Housiaux
Kenneth Hunter
Barbara Kaplan
Raymond Katz
Richalene Kelsey
Richard D Kent
Lon Massey Iii
Jan Mccormack
Kent Mccray
Frank Meadows
Reid Rummage
Joyce Selznick
Allan Snyder
Kay Suffern
Kim Swados
Jerry Taylor
Linda Taylor
Mike Termini
Ted Voigtlander
Erika Wernher
Dean Wilson
Gary Wohlleben
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Aired in United States October 14, 1979
