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Patty Duke: Brooklyn Heights Senior Citizen…Sorta

Patty Duke, whose eponymous 60’s TV show immortalized Brooklyn Heights is starring in a new TV spot from the Social Security Administration.  In the ad, Duke reprises her role as identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane to tout the benefits of signing up online for benefits.  Duke, 62,  will be deferring her benefits for now according to reports.


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  • Comments

    Comment from AEB
    Time: January 8, 2009, 10:12 am

    “But at my back I always hear/Time’s wingéd chariot hurrying near.”

    Comment from melanie hope greenberg
    Time: January 8, 2009, 12:30 pm

    Does a hot dog still make her lose control?
    I love pointing out the Patty/Kathy house on Remsen to my visitors.

    Pingback from Lose a Friend, Gain a Whopper - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
    Time: January 8, 2009, 12:38 pm

    [...] television show immortalized the neighborhood in the 1960s. But now that she’s in her 60s, the Social Security Administration has tapped her for a new role. [Brooklyn Heights [...]

    Comment from In the Heights
    Time: January 8, 2009, 2:09 pm

    What number house on Remsen is it?

    Comment from Jo
    Time: January 8, 2009, 4:47 pm

    8 Remsen St, but it was called Remsen Drive in the show.

    Comment from maybebaby
    Time: January 8, 2009, 6:35 pm

    I remember the day the crew came down to shoot. I think it was only one day and only a couple of exterior shots. I remember getting Patty’s autograph on The Promenade, ships were in the piers then, no World Trade. Was Kennedy shot yet, hmmmm? I think I was ten and I was so ga-ga over the teenager. I remember her stand-in was very gracious and patient with a couple of us girls who hung out all day. The show put Brooklyn Heights on the map and allowed me to brag the rest of my childhood to my cousins in Erie, Pa.

    Comment from Joe
    Time: January 8, 2009, 11:53 pm

    I refuse to believe that Patty (or Cathy, for that matter) is 62 years old. I cannot believe it.

    How old is Ross now?

    BTW–William Schallert, who played Patty’s dad (and Cathy’s dad on one show) is still around. He appeared on an episode of “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody” this past season.

    Comment from GHB
    Time: January 9, 2009, 2:11 pm

    Schallert is the workingest man in Hollywood!

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