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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 .
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.
Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result Academy Awards: Best Director: Arthur Penn: Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role: Anne Bancroft
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In 1962, Prine was cast in the Academy Award-nominated film The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller's older brother James. [9] He had fond memories of his co-star Anne Bancroft , who was dating Mel Brooks at the time.
His most famous play is The Miracle Worker (1959), the story of Helen Keller's childhood education, which won him the Tony Award for Best Play after he adapted it from his original 1957 telefilm script. [2] [3] He adapted the work again for the 1962 film version, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Coe also was a significant producer on Broadway. His plays include The Trip to Bountiful, The Miracle Worker, Two for the Seesaw, All the Way Home, A Thousand Clowns, and Wait Until Dark. He also produced the film versions of The Miracle Worker and A Thousand Clowns, the latter of which he directed.
The next year she portrayed Anne Sullivan in the original Broadway production of The Miracle Worker, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. After her continued success on stage, Bancroft's film career was revived when she was cast in the acclaimed film adaptation of The Miracle Worker (1962) for which she won the Academy Award for ...