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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
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 . The play's title was inspired by a Mark Twain quote: "Helen is a miracle, and Miss Sullivan is the miracle worker".
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 .
Crawford, who was snubbed, ended up onstage and accepted on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who won for “The Miracle Worker,” beating Davis. Bancroft was appearing on Broadway and was unable to ...
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.
ROCKLAND – Linda Spera McNutt was 20 when someone suggested she might like working as a certified nurse's aide at the Del Manor Nursing Home in her hometown of Rockland.
5 nominations: The Miracle Worker; 4 nominations: Destry Rides Again and A Raisin in the Sun; 3 nominations: Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tenth Man; 2 nominations: Once Upon a Mattress and Saratoga; The following productions received multiple awards. 5 wins: The Sound of Music; 4 wins: The Miracle Worker; 3 wins: Fiorello! 2 wins: Toys in the Attic
Sullivan is the main character in The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, originally produced for television in 1957, in which she was portrayed by Teresa Wright. [22] The Miracle Worker then moved to Broadway and later was produced as a 1962 feature film. Both the play and the film featured Anne Bancroft as Sullivan. [23]