Anne Bancroft
American actress (1931-2005) · United States · Actors · Died at 73
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Something wrong?She seduced Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate and won an Oscar for teaching a blind girl to speak in The Miracle Worker - but Bancroft's real range showed in five decades of performance that collected every major acting award there is.
A life in dates
HeartbreakersFilm, Gloria Vogal2000
Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries, Anne Bancroft1999Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1998
AntzFilm, Queen (voice)1997“There are always good parts.”In their wordsAssociated Press interview (1997).“If there are, let's say, 20 astronauts, there may be two women among those 20 astronauts. If there are 20 FBI guys, there's one woman and the rest are men.”In their wordsAssociated Press interview (1997).“First of all, you have to marry the right person.”In their wordsOn successful marriage. Associated Press interview (1997).“He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.”In their wordsOn her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997).1996
The SunchaserFilm, Dr. Renata Baumbauer1993
MaliceFilm, Mrs. Kennsinger1991
PerformanceSeries, Mrs. Fanning1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Dr. Zweig (voice)1988BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAward
Torch Song TrilogyFilm, 1988Ma Beckoff1986
'night, MotherFilm, Thelma Cates1980
The Elephant ManFilm, Mrs Kendal1978
An Audience with...Series1977National Board of Review Award for Best ActressAward1976
LipstickFilm, Carla Bondi1972
Young WinstonFilm, Lady Jennie Churchill1971Film '72Series1967Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAward1965
7 WomenFilm, Dr. D.R. Cartwright1964Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActressAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaAward1963Academy Award for Best ActressAward1962National Board of Review Award for Best ActressAward
The Miracle WorkerFilm, 1962Annie Sullivan1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAwardTony Award for Best Actress in a PlayAward1958“I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?”In their wordsInterview on her role in the Broadway play "Two for the Seesaw". The New York Times (1958).Theatre World AwardAwardTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayAward1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1955
The Last FrontierFilm, Corinna Marston1954
Climax!Series, Audrey1952
Don't Bother to KnockFilm, Lyn Lesley1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Leah1948
Studio OneSeries, Maria Cassini1931Born17 September 1931Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 9
, I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson.
To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.
There are always good parts.
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DEDelgo
TSThe Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneHEHeartbreakers
KFKeeping the Faith
UVUp at the VillaANAntz
GEGreat Expectations
GJG.I. Jane
CCCritical CareTSThe Sunchaser
DIDracula: Dead and Loving It
HQHow to Make an American Quilt
HHHome for the Holidays
PRPoint of No ReturnMAMalice
MJMr. Jones
LNLove Potion No. 9
HVHoneymoon in VegasTTTorch Song Trilogy
CR84 Charing Cross RoadNM'night, Mother
AGAgnes of God
TBTo Be or Not to BeTMThe Elephant Man
TPThe Turning Point
SMSilent MovieLILipstick
THThe Hindenburg
TAThe Prisoner of Second AvenueYWYoung Winston
TGThe GraduateWO7 Women
TTThe Slender Thread
TEThe Pumpkin EaterTWThe Miracle Worker
NINightfallTFThe Last Frontier
DGDemetrius and the Gladiators
TRThe RaidDKDon't Bother to Knock112 credits on file
Television 24
LELegends
HAHavenCECurb Your Enthusiasm
OAOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllPEPerformanceTSThe Simpsons
APAmerican Playhouse
MPMarco PoloAWAn Audience with...
JNJesus of Nazareth
FFFlick Flack
GPGreat Performances
ASABC Stage 67TPTonight Starring Jack Paar
TATony Awards
DTDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreCLClimax!
TOThe Oscars
WLWhat's My Line?
SUSuspenseSOStudio OneAwards
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Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in 1931, Bancroft ground through 15 films in the 1950s before the stage cracked her open. She studied method under Lee Strasberg, hit Broadway in 1958 with Two for the Seesaw, then won her first Tony playing Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker. When the film version came in 1962, she took the Academy Award. Three more Oscar nominations followed - The Pumpkin Eater, The Graduate, The Turning Point, Agnes of God - alongside work that stretched from Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth to The Elephant Man to late turns in G.I. Jane and Great Expectations. She married Mel Brooks, raised their son Max, and became one of 24 actors to win the Triple Crown. Uterine cancer killed her in 2005 at 73.
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