The Miracle Worker(Movie, 1962)

The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film about Anne Sullivan, blind tutor to Helen Keller, directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's secondary source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller. It starred Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in the lead roles of Sullivan and Keller respectively. The Miracle Worker received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards the performances of Bancroft and Duke. However, commercially, it emerged as a moderate box-office success. The Miracle Worker received 5 nominations at the 35th Academy Awards, including Best Director (for Penn), and won 2 awards – Best Actress (for Bancroft) and Best Supporting Actress (for Duke), with the latter becoming, at the age of 16, the youngest competitive Oscar winner at the time. At the 16th British Academy Film Award... ()