Anne Sullivan their roles as Sullivan and Keller in the 1962 film version "The Miracle Worker". Anne Sullivan Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy (April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936), better known as Anne Sullivan, was an American teacher, best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her blind and without reading or writing skills. She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind where upon graduation she became a teacher to Keller when she was 20. Sullivan was born on
Anne Shirley cannot get right. Hammill observed that the idea that Anne was entirely cheerful is a product of the film and television versions as the Anne of the books has to deal with loss, rejection, cruel authority figures, and loneliness. Anne was portrayed by Kim Braden in two BBC mini-series in the early 1970s, based upon the books "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea". Anne was portrayed by Megan Follows in three of the four CBC Television film adaptions by Kevin Sullivan: "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel", and ""; the third film is an