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List of accolades received by The Miracle Worker

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Play (1959)

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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 Arthur Penn Won
Best Play Won
Best Scenic Design George Jenkins Nominated
Best Stage Technician John Walters Won
Theatre World Award Patty Duke Won

Film (1962)

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Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
Academy Awards Best Director Arthur Penn Nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role Anne Bancroft Won
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Patty Duke Won
Best Screenplay – Adapted William Gibson Nominated
Best Costume Design – Black-and-White Ruth Morley Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Film from any Source Nominated
Best Foreign Actress in a Leading Role Anne Bancroft Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Anne Bancroft Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Patty Duke Nominated
Best Film – Drama Nominated

Guilds

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Guild Category Recipients and nominees Result
Belgian Film Critics Association Grand Prix Arthur Penn Won
Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing Arthur Penn Nominated
Writers Guild of America Best Written American Drama William Gibson Nominated

Film festivals

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Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
San Sebastián Film Festival Prize San Sebastián: Best Actress Anne Bancroft Won
OCIC Award Arthur Penn Won

Television film (1979)

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Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
Emmy Awards Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Limited Series or Special Patty Duke Won
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Limited Series or Special Melissa Gilbert Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography – Limited Series or Special Ted Voigtlander Nominated
Outstanding Hairstyling Larry Germain and Donna Barrett Gilbert Won
Outstanding Special – Comedy or Drama Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Film Made for Television Nominated

Guilds

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Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
American Cinema Editors Best Editing – Television Special Gerald Lee Taylor Nominated
Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing – Special/Television Film/Actuality Paul Aaron Nominated

Television film (2000)

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Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
Young Artist Awards Best Young Actress (age ten or under) – Television Film Hallie Kate Eisenberg Nominated

Guilds

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Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing, Television Film and Specials – Dialogue & ADR John Benson, John Green and Sonya Henry Nominated
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