Patty Duke’s Oscar nominated performance in 1962’s "The Miracle Worker" wasn’t the first movie about a disabled person I saw, but it was the most ubiquitous. When you grow up disabled, the names of ...

“The Miracle Worker” (1962). Admit it. It’s been way too long since we’ve watched this astonishing classic. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke recreate their Broadway roles as Annie Sullivan and Helen ...

The story of Anne Sullivan’s efforts to teach Helen Keller, a young Victorian-era blind and deaf girl, how to communicate is so well-known, it’s taken on an almost legendary quality. Helen had grown ...

You may think you know the story of “The Miracle Worker,” but trust me, you don’t. Drawn from an original 1957 teleplay by playwright William Gibson for CBS “Playhouse 90” and turned into the Academy ...

William Gibson, 94, a Tony Award-winning playwright best known for "The Miracle Worker," the inspirational story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, died Nov. 25 at his home in ...