Anne Bancroft
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Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa (or Luisa) Italiano on September 17, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City, the middle of three daughters of Mildred (née Di Napoli), a telephone operator, and Michael G. Italiano, a dress pattern maker. Both of her parents' surnames were toponymic. Her parents were Italian immigrants from Southern Italy. In an interview, she stated that her family was originally from Muro Lucano, in the province of Potenza. She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. Bancroft was raised in Little Italy, in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx, attended P.S. 12, later moving to 1580 Zerega Ave. Bancroft's Broadway debut in the two-character drama Two for the Seesaw (1958), brought her wide recognition for the depth of her talent and garnered her a Tony Award for best supporting actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967). Bancroft continued to have a successful career in film and television. She starred in a number of other films, including The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), and Agnes of God (1985), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Bancroft was married to director Mel Brooks from 1964 until her death in 2005. They had one son, Max Brooks.
Known for
Credits
Antz (1998)
as Queen (voice)
The Graduate (1967)
as Mrs. Robinson
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Mrs Kendal
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
as Madame Ouspenskaya
Silent Movie (1976)
as Anne Bancroft
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Dr. Catherine Holland
G.I. Jane (1997)
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
Heartbreakers (2001)
as Gloria Vogal
Great Expectations (1998)
as Ms. Dinsmoor
Point of No Return (1993)
as Amanda
Malice (1993)
as Mrs. Kennsinger
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
as Madame Ruth
'night, Mother (1986)
as Thelma Cates
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
7 Women (1965)
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Ruth Schram
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
as Annie Sullivan
Mrs. Cage (1992)
as Mrs. Cage
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Glady Joe Cleary
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
as Paula
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982)
as Self
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Helene Hanff
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Lyn Lesley
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Ursula
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Anna Bronski
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
as Julie Bickford
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Adele Larson
Nightfall (1956)
as Marie Gardner
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Edna Edison
The Sunchaser (1996)
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
as Beth Dixon
Gorilla at Large (1954)
as Laverne Miller
Agnes of God (1985)
as Mère Miriam / Mariam Ruth
Delgo (2008)
as Sedessa (voice)
Lipstick (1976)
as Carla Bondi
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Bea Singer
The Turning Point (1977)
as Emma
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Isobel Waring
Young Winston (1972)
as Lady Jennie Churchill
The Last Frontier (1955)
as Corinna Marston
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Jo Armitage
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as Gerry Cummins
The Naked Street (1955)
as Rosalie Regalzyk
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
as Contessa
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Princess San Ferdinando
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
Critical Care (1997)
as Nun
The Raid (1954)
as Katy Bishop
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer (2017)
as Herself
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tianay
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Ma Beckoff
The Slender Thread (1965)
as Inga Dyson
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
The Restless Breed (1957)
as Angelita
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Estelle Rolfe
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self
Homecoming (1996)
as Abigail Tillerman
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
as Meredith Perlestein
A Life in the Balance (1955)
as María Ibinia
New York Confidential (1955)
as Kathy Lupo
Fatso (1980)
as Antoinette
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Haven (2001)
as Mama Gruber
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self (archive)
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Marian Foley
Mark Twain's America in 3D (1998)
as Narrator
Tonight We Sing (1953)
as Emma Hurok
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Various
Broadway Bound (1992)
as Kate Jerome
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mother (1994)
as Mrs. Fanning
The Man Who Had Influence (1950)
as Maria Cassini
In Search of Peace (2001)
as Golda Meir (voice)