Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: September 17, 1931

Death Date: June 6, 2005

Birth Place: Bronx, New York

While some actors were lucky enough to find one role for which they would always be remembered, actress Anne Bancroft was both blessed and cursed for her turn as the icily seductive Mrs. Robinson in Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967). Bancroft's legendary career spanned some six decades and encompassed parts as varied as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Broadway production of "Golda" (1977), as well as the sight-impaired teacher of Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), the latter of which earned her both an Oscar and a Tony award. In fact, Bancroft was that rarest of performers who managed to earn her profession's Triple Crown, winning an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. Bancroft undeniably fashioned an envious array of performances. Unlike many in showbiz, she also managed to find the love of her life in the form of comedy writer and director Mel Brooks, whom she married in 1964 and remained close to up until her death in 2005. Bancroft also turned in multi-nominated performances in "The Turning Point" (1977), "Agnes of God" (1985) and "Neil Simon's Broadway Bound" (ABC, 1992), all of which underscored an exemplary career unlikely to ever be duplicated again.

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Sedessa
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2008

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

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Contessa
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2003

Haven

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2001

Haven

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Mama Gruber
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2001

Heartbreakers

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Gloria Vogal/Barbara
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2001

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Herself
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2000
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Keeping the Faith

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Ruth Schram
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2000

Up at the Villa

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Princess San Ferdinando
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2000

Deep in My Heart

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Geraldine 'Gerry" Eileen Cummins
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1999

Echoes From the Ancients

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1998

Great ExpectationsStream

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Ms. Nora Dinsmoor
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1998
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AntzStream

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Queen
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1998
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Mark Twain's America in 3D

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1998

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Sen. Lillian DeHaven
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1997
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Critical Care

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Nun
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1997

The Living Edens

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1996

Homecoming

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Abigail Tillerman
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1996

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Dr. Renata Baumbauer
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1996

Lazos de Familia

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1996

The Mother

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1995

How to Make an American Quilt

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Glady Joe Cleary
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1995

Home for the Holidays

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Adele Larson
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1995

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

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Madame Ouspenskaya (Gypsy Woman)
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1995

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

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1994

Point of No Return

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Amanda
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1993

Malice

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Mrs. Kennsinger
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1993

Mr. Jones

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Dr. Catherine Holland
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1993

Mrs. Cage

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Mrs. Cage
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1992

Broadway Bound

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Kate Jerome
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1992

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Bea Singer
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1992

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1992
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1989
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Meredith Perlestein
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1989

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Ma Beckoff
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1988

84 Charing Cross Road

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Helene Hanff
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1987

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Thelma Cates
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1986

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1985
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1984

To Be or Not to Be

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Anna Bronski
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1983

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1980

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1980

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1980

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Mrs. Kendal
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1980
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1977

The Turning PointStream

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Emma
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1977
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Jésus de Nazareth

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Mary Magdalene
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1977

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1976

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1976
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1976

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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Edna Edison
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1975

The Hindenburg

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The Countess
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1975

Young Winston

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Lady Jennie Churchill
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1972

Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man

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1970

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Mrs. Robinson
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1967
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Seven Women

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Dr. D.R. Cartwright
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1966

The Slender Thread

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Inga Dyson
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1965

The Pumpkin Eater

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Jo Armitage
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1964

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Annie Sullivan
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1962
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The Girl In the Black Stockings

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Beth Dixon
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1957

The Restless Breed

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Angelita
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1957

So Soon to Die

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Isobel Waring
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1957

The Girl in Black Stockings

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Beth Dixon
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1957

Zane Grey TheaterStream

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1956

Nightfall

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Marie Gardner
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1956

Walk the Proud Land

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Tianay
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1956

The Alcoa Hour

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Alegre
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1955

Savage Wilderness

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Corinna Marston
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1955

The Naked Street

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Rosalie Regalzyk
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1955

A Life in the Balance

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María Ibinia
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1955

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1954

Demetrius and the Gladiators

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Paula
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1954

Gorilla at Large

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Laverne Miller
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1954

The Raid

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Katie Bishop
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1954

Tonight We Sing

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Emma Hurok
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1953

Treasure of the Golden Condor

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Marie
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1953

The Kid From Left Field

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Marian Foley
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1953

Don't Bother to Knock

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Lyn Lesley
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1952

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