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
The Graduate (1967)
as Mrs. Robinson
Antz (1998)
as Queen (voice)
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Mrs Kendal
G.I. Jane (1997)
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
Great Expectations (1998)
as Ms. Dinsmoor
Heartbreakers (2001)
as Gloria Vogal
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
as Madame Ouspenskaya
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Dr. Catherine Holland
Malice (1993)
as Mrs. Kennsinger
Silent Movie (1976)
as Self
Point of No Return (1993)
as Amanda
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Glady Joe Cleary
The Miracle Worker (1962)
as Annie Sullivan
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Ruth Schram
Haven (2001)
as Mama Gruber
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
as Madame Ruth
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Anna Bronski
7 Women (1965)
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
Agnes of God (1985)
as Mother Miriam Ruth
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Adele Larson
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Ursula
Critical Care (1997)
as Nun
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
as Paula
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Jo Armitage
Young Winston (1972)
as Lady Jennie Churchill
The Sunchaser (1996)
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
'night, Mother (1986)
as Thelma Cates
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Lyn Lesley
Delgo (2008)
as Sedessa (voice)
Lipstick (1976)
as Carla Bondi
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Estelle Rolfe
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Helene Hanff
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Edna Edison
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
The Raid (1954)
as Katy Bishop
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Bea Singer
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Princess San Ferdinando
The Turning Point (1977)
as Emma
Nightfall (1956)
as Marie Gardner
The Mother (1994)
as Mrs. Fanning
Fatso (1980)
as Antoinette
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Gorilla at Large (1954)
as Laverne Miller
The Last Frontier (1955)
as Corinna Marston
The Slender Thread (1965)
as Inga Dyson
The Naked Street (1955)
as Rosalie Regalzyk
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
as Contessa
Homecoming (1996)
as Abigail Tillerman
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Ma Beckoff
New York Confidential (1955)
as Kathy Lupo
The Man Who Had Influence (1950)
as Maria Cassini
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
as Beth Dixon
Mrs. Cage (1992)
as Mrs. Cage
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as Gerry Cummins
The Restless Breed (1957)
as Angelita
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tianay
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self (archive)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self
In Search of Peace (2001)
as Golda Meir (voice)
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer (2017)
as Herself
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
as Meredith Perlestein
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
as Julie Bickford
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway Bound (1992)
as Kate Jerome
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
A Life in the Balance (1955)
as María Ibinia
Tonight We Sing (1953)
as Emma Hurok
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Various
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Marian Foley
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Isobel Waring
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982)
as Self
Mark Twain's America in 3D (1998)
as Narrator