Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film)

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Academy Award film award

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *The Miracle Worker* (1962 film) is the Oscar given to Patty Duke for her acclaimed portrayal of Helen Keller in the film adaptation of the stage play.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film) canonical	2
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962)	1
Patty Duke's Academy Award for The Miracle Worker	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11049939 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film)
Context triple: [Patty Duke, awardReceivedFor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film)]

A. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come Back, Little Sheba
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Come Back, Little Sheba" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Terry Moore’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 1952 film adaptation of the stage play.
B. Academy Award for Best Actress for Louise Fletcher
The Academy Award for Best Actress for Louise Fletcher honors her acclaimed performance as the tyrannical Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
C. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Revere)
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Revere) recognizes Anne Revere’s Oscar-nominated performance in a supporting role, notably including her work in the film "Gentleman's Agreement."
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Sundowners
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Sundowners is the Oscar nomination Glynis Johns received for her acclaimed supporting role in the 1960 film "The Sundowners."
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “My Man Godfrey”
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “My Man Godfrey” is the Oscar category recognizing the most outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role in the 1936 screwball comedy film "My Man Godfrey."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film)
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *The Miracle Worker* (1962 film) is the Oscar given to Patty Duke for her acclaimed portrayal of Helen Keller in the film adaptation of the stage play.

A. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come Back, Little Sheba
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Come Back, Little Sheba" is the Oscar nomination recognizing Terry Moore’s acclaimed supporting performance in the 1952 film adaptation of the stage play.
B. Academy Award for Best Actress for Louise Fletcher
The Academy Award for Best Actress for Louise Fletcher honors her acclaimed performance as the tyrannical Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
C. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Revere)
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Revere) recognizes Anne Revere’s Oscar-nominated performance in a supporting role, notably including her work in the film "Gentleman's Agreement."
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Sundowners
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Sundowners is the Oscar nomination Glynis Johns received for her acclaimed supporting role in the 1960 film "The Sundowners."
E. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “My Man Godfrey”
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “My Man Godfrey” is the Oscar category recognizing the most outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role in the 1936 screwball comedy film "My Man Godfrey."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker ⓘ
awardCategory	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
awardYear	1962 ⓘ
basedOn	The Miracle Worker (play) ⓘ linked to: The Miracle Worker
categoryType	supporting actress ⓘ
ceremonyNumber	35th Academy Awards ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
filmReleaseYear	1962 ⓘ
forWork	The Miracle Worker (1962 film) ⓘ linked to: The Miracle Worker
genreOfFilm	biographical drama film ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
languageOfFilm	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
notableAs	Oscar-winning performance by Patty Duke ⓘ
notableFact	Patty Duke became one of the youngest competitive Oscar winners ⓘ linked to: Patty Duke
partOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
portraysRealPerson	Helen Keller ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
presentedFor	performance in a supporting role by an actress ⓘ
presentedTo	Patty Duke ⓘ
relatedWork	The Miracle Worker (stage play) ⓘ linked to: The Miracle Worker
rolePortrayed	Helen Keller ⓘ
winnerAgeAtAward	16 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patty Duke → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film) ⓘ

Anna Marie Duke → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film) ⓘ

Anna Duke Pearce → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962) ⓘ

linked to: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Miracle Worker (1962 film)

Call Me Anna → about → Patty Duke's Academy Award for The Miracle Worker ⓘ