Anna Marie Duke is also known as Patty Duke, who was an actress that has been featured in many movies some of them were “The Miracle Worker”, and “A Killer among Friends”. Being an actress in movies and TV shows takes a lot of commitment. Patty Duke started acting at the age of six years old and growing up at such a young age took a big toll on her physically and mentally. In the late 1950s, her mangers spoke to Patty’s mother and asked to have full custody of her and her acting career. Her mother agreed with the custody because she knew John and Ethel Ross could succeed more for Patty than her mother could. Later on that year Patty Duke and her mangers moved into their new place where Patty felt very depressed because the most important person in her life was her mother who gave her up. Recently after changing her name Ethel Ross told her “Anna Marie is dead now, your Patty now”. (Duke, Patty, and Kenneth Turan 1987) At such a young age, Patty Duke was unhappy that to the point the Ross’s were obsessed with Patty’s fame and fortune that they were controlling every aspect of her life. When it came to the interviews Patty Duke’s mangers were telling her want to say and even to her own mother. Patty Duke’s managers told her she could stay in the …show more content…
During those events while she was dealing with bipolar she wrote two books about how dealing with depression changed her life for the better and how getting the right help and treatment is the right decision. Patty Duke did not want to fear anymore this is why she opens up to her fans to let them know and other reporters. Sadly, Patty Duke died on March 29, 2016 passed away from Sepsis. Many of us will look up to Ms. Patty Duke as an icon of what she has been through from a young age to now knowing that no one should be afraid to ask help and should open up to the
Another person that has influenced me is an entrepreneur and retired professional Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is not only a retired professional basketball player that went to the University of North Carolina but he also hosted a numerous of basketball camps to give children the opportunity to live out their dreams. Mr. Jordan stated. “If you 're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I 've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don 't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don 't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it” (“Quotes by Michael Jordan”). Ten years ago I came across a rerun of a Michael Jordan press conference telling the world that he is retiring from the NBA because his father was murdered and he had no longer love the game of basketball. I had always found Mr. Jordan basketball skills to be remarkable and had been very interested and why people praise him highly. I found Michael Jordan and his documentaries to be very enlightening and I love to watch videos of him play basketball because I wanted to be like him. I notice that he loves playing basketball because his documentary mentions he hates losing. Not only did Michael Jordan seem passionate about basketball, but he also talked about more than just basketball and hoping to educate younger people that he has dealt with adversity to get to the NBA. When he said that he did not love basketball
According to PBS.org,”12.5% of film actors were black in 2014.” Only 12.5% of all actors!You would think it would be a lot more in a developed and liberal country like America. On the contrary, it's a lot more compared to the 3.2% it was in the 60’s.Dorothy Dandridge being part of that percent. Dandridge was a black icon in the 60’s starring in many films but, most notably, Carmen Jones. Where she is a seductive factory worker, who falls in love with a soldier after he kills his sergeant.She was so famous in the 60’s but in present times, she's unknown. She should be as famous as other icons in the 60’s such as Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe but she’s not since being black in the 60’s put you at an automatic setback. It caused her to be
“Pistol” Pete Maravich is the highest scorer in College basketball history he had 3,667 points in his four year career at LSU. In the middle portion of the book it started talking about Pete’s middle school and high school basketball memories and his great achievements. The next portion of the book spoke about Pete’s college offers and his tough decision to choose which one to attend. Another part of the book really got into the life of Pete’s brother Ronnie. Finally the last part of the book I read spoke about Pete’s legendary College basketball career. After going over this portion of the book it was easy to connect with Pete’s
Similarly, Cynthia and Anna Wintour’s character development took similar stages. From the beginning of both stories, two perspectives are shown
After winning an Oscar in 2005 for her glorious portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, actress Reese Witherspoon is better known for her meaningless roles that simply muddle her career such as popular teen comedy, Legally Blonde. Nonetheless, Witherspoon impresses her audience, in Wild, in her ability take on such a powerful and emotional role.
While Doris Goodwin’s mother and father were a very important part of her life growing up her sisters were just as important. She talks about how while Charlotte, her oldest sister was not around as much as her other older sister, Jeanne she was still very important to her. She goes into detail about a shopping trip that was taken with the oldest and youngest siblings and how after the shopping trip to Sa...
In Rose 's essay he gives personal examples of his own life, in this case it’s his mother who works in a diner. “I couldn 't put into words when I was growing up, but what I
NBA, the National Basketball Association, has become a worldwide craze nowadays. Those star players in NBA have a big impact on today’s youth. Among those star players, LeBron James, who plays for Cleveland Cavaliers, is praised as one of the greatest players in the world. Nevertheless, LeBron James’ personality has been questioned. Some of LeBron James behaviors have shown that he is a narcissistic person and have actually created a bad image among some reporters and people in Cleveland. His narcissistic personality can be seen from certain remarks he utters, the negative attitude he has when he faces the failures or criticisms and last but not least, his self-centeredness, disrespectful attitude to the sports reporters and the locals in his
Part of her problem is career disappointment. Curley’s wife wanted to be an actor, but didn’t make it, resulting in her feeling bad for herself and wanting people to pay attention to her. “Well, a show came through, an’ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’t let me. She says because I was on’y fifteen. But the guy says I coulda. If I’d went, I
He was in 19 movies in total and had little roles not really key ones. He almost never got credited for them so many never knew it was indeed Duke. He was credited for some key roles he played in like Isle of escape,The black camel and many more. As later in life when Surfing became more popular people wanted to know more about him. So they did just that and made over 4 documentaries talking about his life as a island boy and what it is like in the Olympics and other big sporting events.
Janie Lou Gibbs was in prison until 1999 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. She was forced to be released for a medical dispute and was taken under full custody of her sister after being denied parole seventeen times. She was settles into a nursing home soon after in Douglasville, Georgia and was in a wheelchair until the rest of her time on earth. On February 7th, 2010, she died alone in the same nursing home, making her 77.
When media outlets went to the home of Mrs. Cooke and her husband, they very rudely sent them away. Using words of profanity and shutting doors in faces. “Some of Mrs. Cooke’s actions, along with her husband surprised me. I had never seen her act the way that she did with the Andersons. As well as the way she did with the news reporters who attempted to interview her,” said Ms.
The third president of the United States said that “I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.” In this class, we did just that. Find the truth. In this essay, I will discuss the flaws and the things we did correctly, the grades and the knowledge, and the play and the work. Since this class’s goal was to turn my views of Sports and Culture upside down. I will work from the bottom by discussing the juxtaposition between play and work first.
She committed suicide in Febtuary 11, 1963. The hills step out into whiteness, reflecting death like whiteness. People could see it reflected on her face. They regard her sadly, obviously because she disappoints them. Her gloom spreads beyond people to natural objects, as the smoke of the train and the colour of rust raised by the hooves of the horse. Even horse’s bells are dolorus. Thus all morning is blackened. The fair fields meet her sad heart. In fact, they threaten to let her pass on to heaven, in dark without any father to protect her from death. There is no art in the sense, no artifice used to camouflage herself except blandly saying that she might die starless and fatherless. It is not that she has accepted death, but she now feels helpless –- to die once and for all, unable to bear existence. Throughout her career, Plath worked with, as Katha Pollitt notes, “tightly connected cluster of concerns –- metamorphosis, rebirth” (Pollitt 98). Her action of suicide was the last
She died of a suicide and she that because at a certain point in her life she had enough of suffering.