JamesG
10-10-2011, 01:12 PM
Patty Duke Reflects Back on "Patty Duke"
Oct 10, 2011
by William Keck
These days, a lot of TV actresses are taking on dual roles: "The Vampire Diaries'" Nina Dobrev (Elena/Katherine), "Ringer's" Sarah Michelle Gellar (Bridget/Siobhan) and "The Lying Game's" Alexandra Chando (Emma/Sutton).
But back in 1963, Patty Duke was all on her own as identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane on "The Patty Duke Show".
"We didn't have digital anything," recalls Duke, 64. "We'd shoot the Patty side first, then everyone would stand in place while I sneaked off and came back dressed as Cathy. In postproduction, they would actually split the celluloid."
The proud mom of actors Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings) and Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life"), Duke admits having leaned heavily on her former TV dad, William Schallert, now 89.
"He's just amazing," says Duke, whose own father left the family when she was 6. "He has been 90 percent the dad I never had. No matter what craziness I was going through, he was always there for me."
Still, she admits there were times the two butted heads as active members of the Screen Actors Guild.
"I would get so pissed at him when he challenged me," she remembers with a laugh. Yet it was only smiles when the longtime pals reteamed with the rest of their sitcom cast for a 1999 TV-movie reunion.
Actress Jean Byron, who played mother Natalie Lane, passed away in 2006 at age 80.
Having finally tired of the fast pace of Los Angeles, Duke now lives in Idaho with her husband of 25 years, retired firefighter Michael Pearce.
Says Duke of L.A.: "I simply would not have another stranger give me the finger."
Be sure to watch tonight's episode of "Hawaii Five-0" for Patty Duke's guest appearance.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Patty-Duke-Returns-1038572.aspx
Oct 10, 2011
by William Keck
These days, a lot of TV actresses are taking on dual roles: "The Vampire Diaries'" Nina Dobrev (Elena/Katherine), "Ringer's" Sarah Michelle Gellar (Bridget/Siobhan) and "The Lying Game's" Alexandra Chando (Emma/Sutton).
But back in 1963, Patty Duke was all on her own as identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane on "The Patty Duke Show".
"We didn't have digital anything," recalls Duke, 64. "We'd shoot the Patty side first, then everyone would stand in place while I sneaked off and came back dressed as Cathy. In postproduction, they would actually split the celluloid."
The proud mom of actors Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings) and Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life"), Duke admits having leaned heavily on her former TV dad, William Schallert, now 89.
"He's just amazing," says Duke, whose own father left the family when she was 6. "He has been 90 percent the dad I never had. No matter what craziness I was going through, he was always there for me."
Still, she admits there were times the two butted heads as active members of the Screen Actors Guild.
"I would get so pissed at him when he challenged me," she remembers with a laugh. Yet it was only smiles when the longtime pals reteamed with the rest of their sitcom cast for a 1999 TV-movie reunion.
Actress Jean Byron, who played mother Natalie Lane, passed away in 2006 at age 80.
Having finally tired of the fast pace of Los Angeles, Duke now lives in Idaho with her husband of 25 years, retired firefighter Michael Pearce.
Says Duke of L.A.: "I simply would not have another stranger give me the finger."
Be sure to watch tonight's episode of "Hawaii Five-0" for Patty Duke's guest appearance.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Patty-Duke-Returns-1038572.aspx