In response, they send Anne Sullivan ( Anne Bancroft), a former student, to the Keller home as a tutor. Unable to deal with her, her terrified and helpless parents contact the Perkins School for the Blind for assistance. Young Helen Keller ( Patty Duke), blind and deaf since infancy due to a severe case of scarlet fever, is frustrated by her inability to communicate and subject to frequent violent and uncontrollable outbursts. The Miracle Worker also holds a 96% score from the movie critics site Rotten Tomatoes. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Director for Arthur Penn, and won two awards, Best Actress for Anne Bancroft and Best Supporting Actress for Patty Duke, the latter of whom, at age 16, became the youngest competitive Oscar winner at the time. The film went on to be an instant critical success and a moderate commercial success. Gibson's secondary source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller. 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. The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film about Anne Sullivan, blind tutor to Helen Keller, directed by Arthur Penn.
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