Contents
- Play (1959)
- Organizations
- Film (1962)
- Organizations 2
- Guilds
- Film festivals
- Television film (1979)
- Organizations 3
- Guilds 2
- Television film (2000)
- Organizations 4
- Guilds 3
- External links
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| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role – Play | Anne Bancroft | Won |
| Best Direction – Play | Arthur Penn | Won | |
| Best Play | Won | ||
| Best Scenic Design | George Jenkins | Nominated | |
| Best Stage Technician | John Walters | Won | |
| Theatre World Award | Patty Duke | Won | |
| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Arthur Penn | Nominated |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Anne Bancroft | Won | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Patty Duke | Won | |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | William Gibson | Nominated | |
| Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Ruth Morley | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Film from any Source | Nominated | |
| Best Foreign Actress in a Leading Role | Anne Bancroft | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama | Anne Bancroft | Nominated |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Patty Duke | Nominated | |
| Best Film – Drama | Nominated | ||
| Guild | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Film Critics Association | Grand Prix | Arthur Penn | Won |
| Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directing | Arthur Penn | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America | Best Written American Drama | William Gibson | Nominated |
| Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Sebastián Film Festival | Prize San Sebastián: Best Actress | Anne Bancroft | Won |
| OCIC Award | Arthur Penn | Won |
| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Limited Series or Special | Patty Duke | Won |
| Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Limited Series or Special | Melissa Gilbert | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Cinematography – Limited Series or Special | Ted Voigtlander | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Hairstyling | Larry Germain and Donna Barrett Gilbert | Won | |
| Outstanding Special – Comedy or Drama | Won | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Film Made for Television | Nominated | |
| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Cinema Editors | Best Editing – Television Special | Gerald Lee Taylor | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directing – Special/Television Film/Actuality | Paul Aaron | Nominated |
| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Artist Awards | Best Young Actress (age ten or under) – Television Film | Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Nominated |
| Organization | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing, Television Film and Specials – Dialogue & ADR | John Benson, John Green and Sonya Henry | Nominated |
Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
The Miracle Worker refers to a broadcast, a play and various other adaptations of Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life. The first of these works was a 1957 Playhouse 90 broadcast written by William Gibson and starring Teresa Wright as Anne Sullivan and Patricia McCormack as Keller. Gibson adapted his teleplay for a 1959 Broadway production with Patty Duke as Keller and Anne Bancroft as Sullivan. The 1962 film also starred Bancroft and Duke. Subsequent television films were released in 1979 and in 2000.
Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
William Gibson was an American playwright and novelist. He won the Tony Award for Best Play for The Miracle Worker in 1959, which he later adapted for the film version in 1962.
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra.
The 37th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1979, were held on 26 January 1980.
The 20th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1962, were held on March 5, 1963.
Laurence Rosenthal is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, film, and the concert hall.
Michael Petroni is an Australian screenwriter and director.
George Clarke Jenkins was an American production designer.
The 34th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 21, 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.
The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 7, 1980, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark and broadcast on NBC. For the second year in a row, the top series awards went to the same shows, Taxi and Lou Grant. Lou Grant was the most successful show of the night winning five major awards. It also received 14 major nominations, tying the record for most major nominations by a drama series, set by Playhouse 90 in 1959.
The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. It was based on Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life.
Cosmos is a 2010 Turkish-Bulgarian drama film, written and directed by Reha Erdem, starring Sermet Yeşil as a thief and a miracle worker who is welcomed into a tiny, snowbound border village after resuscitating a half-drowned boy. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on April 16, 2010, won four awards at the 46th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film, which it shared with Bornova Bornova (2009) directed by İnan Temelkuran. The film also won the Golden Apricot at the 2010 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film.
The Miracle Worker is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller. The play was adapted for the screen before, in 1962.
Ruth Morley was an Austrian-born American costume designer, active from the late 1950s through 1991. She was nominated for Best Costumes-Black and White for her work on The Miracle Worker during the 35th Academy Awards. She is also well known for her work on Annie Hall.
Miracle Workers is an American anthology comedy television series created by Simon Rich for TBS. It is based in part on Rich's writings, with the first season being based on his 2012 novel What in God's Name, while the short story "Revolution" provided the basis for the second season. The series stars an ensemble cast comprising Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Jon Bass, Karan Soni, Sasha Compère, and Lolly Adefope.