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
G.I. Jane (1997)
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
Great Expectations (1998)
as Ms. Dinsmoor
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
as Madame Ouspenskaya
Point of No Return (1993)
as Amanda
Heartbreakers (2001)
as Gloria Vogal
Silent Movie (1976)
as Anne Bancroft
Malice (1993)
as Mrs. Kennsinger
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Helene Hanff
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Dr. Catherine Holland
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
as Madame Ruth
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Ruth Schram
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Glady Joe Cleary
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Bea Singer
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Anna Bronski
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Lyn Lesley
The Miracle Worker (1962)
as Annie Sullivan
The Sunchaser (1996)
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
as Paula
The Turning Point (1977)
as Emma
Agnes of God (1985)
as Mother Miriam Ruth
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Adele Larson
7 Women (1965)
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
Critical Care (1997)
as Nun
Nightfall (1956)
as Marie Gardner
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Ursula
The Last Frontier (1955)
as Corinna Marston
'night, Mother (1986)
as Thelma Cates
Lipstick (1976)
as Carla Bondi
Delgo (2008)
as Sedessa (voice)
Young Winston (1972)
as Lady Jennie Churchill
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Edna Edison
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self (archive)
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Ma Beckoff
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Jo Armitage
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
The Slender Thread (1965)
as Inga Dyson
The Restless Breed (1957)
as Angelita
The Naked Street (1955)
as Rosalie Regalzyk
The Raid (1954)
as Katy Bishop
Gorilla at Large (1954)
as Laverne Miller
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
as Contessa
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
The Mother (1994)
as Mrs. Fanning
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
as Beth Dixon
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Princess San Ferdinando
New York Confidential (1955)
as Kathy Lupo
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Estelle Rolfe
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer (2017)
as Herself
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as Gerry Cummins
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tianay
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self
Homecoming (1996)
as Abigail Tillerman
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Mrs. Cage (1992)
as Mrs. Cage
Fatso (1980)
as Antoinette
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Various
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
as Meredith Perlestein
Haven (2001)
as Mama Gruber
Broadway Bound (1992)
as Kate Jerome
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Marian Foley
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
as Julie Bickford
A Life in the Balance (1955)
as María Ibinia
In Search of Peace (2001)
as Golda Meir (voice)
Mark Twain's America in 3D (1998)
as Narrator
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Isobel Waring
The Man Who Had Influence (1950)
as Maria Cassini
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982)
as Self
Tonight We Sing (1953)
as Emma Hurok