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Who is Harry Falk from Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke and what is their importance? Call_Me_Anna English & Literature Harry Falk | Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke

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Harry Falk was the assistant director on The Patty Duke Show. From the moment she saw him, Patty wanted to marry Harry. Harry was already married at the time, but Patty refused to allow that to be an obstacle. In time, Harry divorced his first wife and began dating Patty. When the Rosses learned of the seriousness of this relationship, they urged Patty to stop seeing this much older man. Patty refused, so the Rosses moved The Patty Duke Show to Los Angeles in the hopes of putting a wedge between the young lovers. This did not work. Instead, it only drew Patty and Harry closer. Patty and Harry married and worked together briefly on The Patty Duke Show before it was canceled. When it was cancelled, Patty fell into a dark depression that caused problems in her marriage, as Patty tried on multiple occasions to manipulate Harry by taking an overdose of pills. Eventually, Harry fell in love with someone else and they divorced.